The practice of conservation must spring from a conviction of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. A thing is right only when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the community, and the community includes the soil, waters, fauna, and flora, as well as people.
- Aldo Leopold		  

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To promote and achieve conservation and sustainability of Utah's natural resources by bringing government and local agencies together with private interests to foster solutions and to provide financial and educational assistance to landowners and land users.

 

 

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& "PURGE YOUR SPURGE" Myrtle Spurge Exchange

May 15, 2010 10am-3pm
REI, 3285 East 3300 South

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Our Native Plant Sale will give you the opportunity to restore the natural beauty of your landscape with over 70 different high-quality, low-cost native trees, shrubs, grasses and perennials. Our plants are grown locally and are not taken from the wild. Each native is sold as a tubling; trees and shrubs are 10 cubic inches and perennials are 7 cubic inches.

You will find favorite native perennials such as Firecracker Penstemon, Pale Evening Primrose and Sundancer Daisy.  We will also be stocking harder to find perennials such as Butterfly Weed, Scarlet Globemallow, Prince’s Plume and a wide variety of penstemons. 

This year we will not be doing pre-orders, so all plants are first come first served. Sale starts at 10 am. Please cash or check only. For more information, please e-mail: admin@uacd.org

Look here for a plant list with color photo descriptions and pricing.

All plants listed are subject to weather and availability, please check back prior to Sale.

perennials $2.50 Each

trees $3.50 Each

grasses $2.50 Each

 



 

How to Purge Your Spurge:  On May 15th, 2010 from 10 – 3 pm, bring your bagged myrtle spurge to the Salt Lake REI located at 3285 East 3300 South, where volunteers will be on hand to take your plants and in exchange give your 1 of 2 native plant mixes containing 5 Intermountain west native plants for FREE.  For more information contact Salt Lake County Weed Program Staff at 801-469-2861 or on the web at www.weeds.slco.org


Myrtle spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites) is a highly invasive garden plant that is rapidly spreading in our foothills and canyons.  Recently listed as a noxious weed in Salt Lake County, this non-native species out-competes native vegetation by forming large dense infestations that decrease plant diversity and wildlife habitat. 

*Don't forget to wear protective clothing including long sleeves, gloves, and eye protection! Spurge has white sap that can cause severe skin irritation.
 
   
     
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