Connect to Protect for Biodiversity

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When:
August 14, 2019 @ 5:30 pm
2019-08-14T17:30:00-04:00
2019-08-14T17:45:00-04:00
Cost:
$10 / $5 for PHA members.
Lecture Series

ANNUAL DAVID H. SMITH MEMORIAL LECTURE

Funded by a grant from The Nature Conservancy and sponsored by the Dukes Soil Conservation District.

Jennifer Ceska

Jennifer Ceska, Conservation Coordinator at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, will share the Connect to Protect philosophy and gardening methodology. All gardeners have an opportunity to help support wildlife by layering native plants into their displays, even with potted plants on a patio or cheerful mailbox gardens. Displays can also be larger like grand formal borders, looser cottage style compositions, and even pocket prairies along roadsides, driveways, and rights-of-way. Grasslands, prairies, and meadows are essential on the land or we face losing bird and insect species within our lifetimes. We garden for ourselves and for the bees, butterflies, beetles, birds, bats, and box turtles that rely uponthose plants. Native species have looks and personality; they have ecological relevance; and they warrant a spot in your garden.

$10 / $5 for PHA members.