Plant Grass Seedlings for the Bay

As you plant seedlings for your backyard garden this year, plant another group of seedlings for your great big backyard, the Chesapeake Bay.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation will teach you how to grow wild celery, an underwater grass, in small tubs in your home

Then you can participate in planting your seedlings at grass restoration sites in the Bay later in the spring.

CBF is sponsoring a Grasses for the Masses workshop from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday (February 6) at the Virginia Aquarium.

Space is limited. Contact Terra Pascarosa at terra@terrascapes.org or call 291-4736 to reserve a grass kit. The cost is $40 for a simple aquaculture system, seeds and more.

Laurie Wagner, one of last year’s workshop participants, took this the photo of her finished product when the grasses were ready for their new home in the Bay.

Aquatic vegetation is important to the Bay’s health, because it provides food and habitat for critters and helps with water clarity.

To find out more about the CBF program, visit: http://www.cbf.org/page.aspx?pid=457

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