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• • Hastings High School, Oakdale receive grants by Karen Schik The Minnesota Native Plant Society has awarded two Think Native Grants. Hastings High School Biology Class A $200 grant was awarded to Joe Beattie's biology class for the purchase of native plants to install in a prairie planting at the entrance to the Hastings River Flats Park. Beattie's students have worked on a lakeshore planting at the same location in the past two years, as well as other restoration projects in Hastings. As part of a class project, they installed prairie plants at the site entrance and will return to help weed and water them over the next year. The City of Hastings will maintain Nature exhibits at Bell Museum Botanical art and Jim Brandenburg's prairie photos are featured in exhibits at the Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota. "Bloom," an exhibit of botanical art, will be on display at the museum through Aug. 27. It features, approximately 60 drawings, paintings, prints, books, botanical models, and fine crafts from public and private collections. "Bloom" includes magnificent hand - colored prints and books from the golden era ofbotanical art in the 18th century; stunning botanical wall charts, beautiful in themselves and an important means of teaching plant science; and contemporary drawings and paintings that exemplify the living traditions of botanical art as well as imaginative interpretations of plants and ecosystems. the planting in the long term. Friends of the Mississippi River, which has conducted the restoration work at the park since 2003, will manage the grant and oversee the project. City of Oakdale The City of Oakdale received the leftover plants from the plant sale and will receive the leftover seed from the seed exchange to be used at their restoration sites. They will utilize them to enhance the public wetland buffer areas adjacent to the community streetscape projects and/ or as ground cover materials in their buckthorn removal areas. The contact person is Ron Rogstad, administrative services director, City of Oakdale. "Touch the Sky," an exhibit of Jim Brandenburg's photos of the American prairie, will be displayed from Oct. 1 — Dec. 31. This exhibit is a tribute to the vistas and creatures that live in the tallgrass prairies of Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa and North and South Dakota. Name Minnesota Native Plant Society Member Registration Address City State Zip Phone (work) (home) E -mail newsletter? Yes No E -Mail Membership category (New Renewal $15 Individual $15 Family (2 or more people at same address) $8 Student (full time) $8 Senior (over 62 or retired) $20 Institution The membership year starts Oct. 1. Please fill in this form and check the appropriate membership category. Make your check payable to the Minnesota Native Plant Society. Bring the completed form and your check to the October meeting, or mail them to the Minnesota Native Plant Society, P.O. Box 20401, Bloomington, MN 55420. 7