Workshop/class

I’ve collected my seed … now what? - Butte One Early Weekday Evening in July (based on plant seeding cycle) – 6 pm Krystal Weilage will engage a small, hands-on group in specific techniques for handling particular native seed types to prepare them for storage and/or seeding. Bring your own native seed or learn with […]

Native Seed Collection workshop - West Glacier Tuesday, July 21 – 11 am to 12 pm Presented by Mark Majerus, a native plant enthusiast who worked as a botanist/agronomist, retiring from the Bridger Plant Materials Center. The workshop will emphasize stages of seed development in grasses, forbs, and shrubs.  Mark will show us diagnostic techniques […]

Grass ID & appreciation workshop - West Glacier Tuesday, July 21 – 1:30 pm to 3 pm Grasses comprise the largest, most wide-spread and economically important plant family worldwide. Mark Majerus spent his career working with grasses.  He authored the book, Forage and Reclamation Grasses of the Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. The workshop […]

Native Seed Collection Workshop - Missoula DNRC nursery Thursday, July 23 – 5:30 pm Mark Majerus, a highly experienced grasslands botanist, will walk us through how to collect and process seed from native plant species at the DNRC Seedling Nursery. For more details and to register, please email mtnursery@mt.gov.