John Lerdal, left, Elsa Nadler, and Jenella Hodel, all of Toledo, collect seeds of the Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) for the Toledo Metroparks.
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Botanist Timothy Walters, of Swanton, left, speaking to conference attendees about the native plants on a walk in a prairie restoration site in the Oak Openings Corridor in Spencer Township.
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Botanist Timothy Walters, of Swanton, left, speaking to conference attendees.
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Botanist Timothy Walters, of Swanton, left, speaking to conference attendees about the native plants.
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Heather Holm, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the keynote speaker at the conference, next to newly planted native plants, including Little Blue Stem, outside the National Center for Outdoor Photography.
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Ms. Holm will be giving a reprise of her talk, Native Bees of Prairie Ecosystems and Their Role as Pollinators of Native Plants, for free on Sunday at the Manor House at Wildwood Metropark.
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Jenella Hodel, of Toledo, collects seeds of the Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) for the Toledo Metroparks.
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