Native Plant Workshop Saturday, December 14, 1-3 p.m. Harbor History Museum, Gig Harbor As a lead-up to the Pierce Conservation District's 2014 annual native plant sale, we will be holding an informative workshop about plants native to western Washington. Dana Kelley Bressette, MS., author and consultant at Habitat Horticulture PNW will give a presentation on outstanding native plants for the landscape. At the end of the class, we will take a short walk around the museum's grounds to look at and identify native plant specimens. Please contact Rene' Skaggs at (253) 845-9770 x 106 or renes@piercecountycd.org<mailto:renes@piercecountycd.org> to sign up for this free class. Pierce Conservation District's 23rd Annual Native Bare Root Plant Sale Taking Pre-Orders Until January 17 for Early Spring Pick-Up February 28 and March 1. The perfect time to plant bare root plants. The Pierce Conservation District is featuring 30+ species of plants native to western Washington as well as plastic tree tubes and spray on repellent to protect the seedlings from deer, rodent, and grass trimmer damage. Species include 6-24 inch conifers such as western red cedar, douglas fir, and noble fir, 10-12" deciduous trees such as pacific dogwood and quaking aspen, and ground covers such as kinnikinnick, woods strawberry, and salal, and a number of favorite wildlife species such as; blue huckleberry, mock orange, red flowering currant, and many more. Prices range from $6 - $23 per bundle of five to ten plants. If you would like to request an order form for our native plants, please call the Pierce CD at (253) 845-9770 x 106 or download an order form from our web site www.piercecountycd.org<http://www.piercecountycd.org> [https://www.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTN1l4JKRM82XGFPQLf-fMMFC-fxP4MQTP6v5YWU7JvEhRmzZpLer6eV_Q]<http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.vacd.org/whiteriver/con_logo.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.vacd.org/whiteriver/&h=205&w=200&sz=2&tbnid=BehNeYc-AU7P4M:&tbnh=90&tbnw=88&zoom=1&usg=___vPMfbgV2gtYLVn6nhs1sEFtI4g=&docid=fQiNls5u3fDiAM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8HclUPZesfiKAo6IgfgI&ved=0CHcQ9QEwBg> Rene' E. Skaggs, Farm Planning and Agricultural Assistance Program Director Pierce Conservation District PO Box 1057 | 5430 66th Ave. East | Puyallup, WA 98371 Phone: 253.845.9770 x 106 | Fax: 253.845.4569 Website: www.piercecd.org<http://www.piercecd.org/> Promoting the conservation of renewable natural resources in Pierce County since 1949. Follow us on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/PierceConservationDistrict?ref=stream>