Making Life Easier with Native Plants

Sponsored by the Dukes Soil Conservation District

Free and open to the public

Learn to use native plants to make your life easier! The featured presentation at our fall plant sale by Dan Jaffe of the New England Wild Flower Society, will cover techniques for growing edible, beautiful, and ecologically beneficial plants that evolved to thrive in the New England landscape. Gardening provides endless challenges, whether you’re trying to landscape that area under a grove of pine trees or grow the perfect tomato during a dry summer. What if it could be easy? Discover the New England natives that will thrive under those pine trees without the need for constant attention, and the plants that will flourish in all the difficult areas of your garden. Copies of Dan’s new book, Native Plants for New England Gardens (Globe Pequot Press, 2018), co-authored by Mark Richardson, will be available for purchase and signing at his talk.

Dan Jaffe is staff photographer, Propagator, and Stock Bed Grower at the New England Wild Flower Society’s Garden in the Woods, a public botanic garden displaying native New England plants in a naturalistic setting. He holds a degree in botany from the University of Maine and an advanced certificate in Native Plant Horticulture and Design from New England Wild Flower Society. He has a wealth of nursery management and plant sales experience, and his photography has been featured in numerous publications, including his recent book, Native Plants for New England Landscapes (Globe Pequot Press, 2018).