Columbia Basin Conservation District Conservation Biologist Kaley Wisher puts out flags to indicate where plants will go in the riparian section of the native plant garden at Lower Peninsula Park Wednesday morning. The plants in that section use a little more water than those in the desert area, Wisher said, but being native to our shrub-steppe climate, they’re still tough.
October 23, 2024
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Lower Peninsula Park garden highlights low-water, pollutant-filtering plants
MOSES LAKE — Lower Peninsula Park is moving beyond the usual grassy fields, with some help from the Columbia Basin Conservation District and the city of Moses Lake. Staff from both the city and CBCD were out Wednesday morning preparing a demonstration garden that will show how native, low-water plants thrive in the region