Events

Kathy Contrino, owner of CW Native Plant Farm and Master Naturalist trainee will share tips on beginning or continuing your native plant journey.

Gardeners, whether in urban, suburban or rural communities are well situated to provide pockets of biodiversity and greater environmental sustainability.  Native plants, bushes and trees, particularly locally-sourced plants, provide the best opportunity for success. 

Native gardeners incorporate the following key elements:  design focused on keystone species, careful landscape management to do no harm (or less harm), and understanding of gardening as one part of a holistic sustainable lifestyle.

One common sentiment is,  “I want to do more but I don’t know where to begin.”  In this presentation Kathy will address the question of where to begin whether you live in a rural, suburban, or urban community, She will share simple, scalable options to improve the ecology around you. 

Join Joey Santore, creator of Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t, for a candid Wild Ones National Webinar examining how inherited garden aesthetics shape native plant landscapes. Drawing on field experience and real ecology, Joey challenges tidy design norms and explores why dense, irregular plant communities are often the most resilient and ecologically sound.

Please join us on Thursday, March 19th  for a discussion of what “lovely” plants may be quietly invading your landscape and neighborhood. Lesser Celandine, Japanese Knotweed, Common Buckthorn, Eurasian Honeysuckle, Multifloral Rose, and more. Homeowners and native plant aficionados Devon Southall and Gwen Alegre will share their experience with what has worked and what they have learned over years of managing invaders in the landscape. 

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon!