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Add a little spring color to your yard

• 4/4/2017 12:34:00 PM
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Welcome spring to your yard with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources State Forest Nursery’s April seedling packet. The Spring Flowers packet, a combination of five flowering tree and shrub species, will provide a pallet of color ranging from lavender-pink to creamy white.

State Forest Nursery packet promotes butterfly and bird habitat

• 3/7/2017 12:13:00 PM
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DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) State Forest Nursery is promoting butterfly and songbird habitat with its March Butterfly and Bird seedling packet. 

Plant edible habitat and conservation cover with the State Forest Nursery’s February specialty packet

• 2/7/2017 11:54:00 AM
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DES MOINES – Create some habitat and conservation foodscapes, with the Wild Edibles Specialty Packet from Iowa’s State Forest Nursery.

Put some Wonder in the winter by giving the December specialty packet from the state forest nursery

• 12/7/2016 10:27:00 AM
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Add some special interest to your winter landscape, or maybe the yard of someone on your gift-giving list, with the Winter Wonderland specialty packet from Iowa’s State Forest Nursery.

Iowa schools and communities encouraged to order free seedlings now for spring

• 11/29/2016 11:37:00 AM
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Iowa schools and communities are reminded that free seedlings will be available to them again this spring through the DNR’s Trees for Kids program.

Plant some school pride with this month's nursery packet

• 11/1/2016 3:40:00 PM
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Everyone loves a friendly rivalry, especially when it comes to our three major universities – Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa. This November, the DNR State Forest Nursery is challenging Iowans to plant some school spirit and promote conservation at the same time. 

Receive 50 bonus seedlings with a fall color packet

• 10/11/2016 3:27:00 PM
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DES MOINES – Love fall color? Plant some for yourself with a specialty packet from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ State Forest Nursery.

April Showers Bring May Flowers in the Latest State Forest Nursery Packet

• 4/5/2016 6:36:00 AM
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DES MOINES – The Iowa DNR State Forest Nursery’s latest seedling packet, aptly called April Showers Bring May Flowers, is a mix of three water-loving tree species and two flowering species.

Plant Edible Habitat and Conservation Cover with the State Forest Nursery's February Specialty Packet

• 2/2/2016 7:03:00 AM
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DES MOINES – Create some habitat and conservation foodscapes, with the Wild Edibles Specialty Packet from Iowa’s State Forest Nursery.

Winter Wonderland: Trees to Put Wonder in Your Winter

• 12/1/2015 6:52:00 AM
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Spruce up your yard or acreage and put some wonder in your winter with these trees and shrubs that will look good all year long.

Need a Forest Fast? Order This Month's Seedling Packet and Watch it Grow Before Your Eyes

• 11/3/2015 7:55:00 AM
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DES MOINES – As the saying goes, people plant trees to benefit the next generation; however the State Forest Nursery’s November specialty packet may be the exception to that rule.