Please note: Pre-registration is required for this limited capacity, hands-on restoration event. Details below.

Help tend an interpretive native prairie recently planted by volunteers at Crosby Farm Regional Park!

The three-acre demonstration prairie includes 1,000 native prairie plants and species markers to educate and inform visitors. Volunteers will help weed and otherwise care for the planting and surrounding areas, all under the care and guidance of FMR and Saint Paul Parks staff. Additional events at this site include seed-sowing in the fall.

Additional prairie tending events will take place Tuesday, June 24th 6:00-8:00 p.m. and Tuesday, August 19th, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

This is an excellent opportunity to witness — and contribute to — a prairie reconstruction. For more information on this exciting project visit our news story from January 2008 about the project.

This event is also part of the Gorge Stewards program, bringing neighbors together to work toward a common goal of protecting and restoring the Mississippi River Gorge — a natural oasis of limestone bluffs, natural springs, oak savanna, and hardwood forests carved out by Saint Anthony Falls over 10,000 years.

Staff will provide all guidance, tools, and gloves needed for a healthy planting and fun event. Children accompanied by a parent or guardian are encouraged to attend.

To register, or for more information, contact sue through our contact form or at 651-222-2193 x14. Please include your name, the number in your party, contact information and the name of the event in your message.