CT Hort and Avon Library are thrilled to be co-sponsoring “We Are Nature’s Best Hope,” a free, three-part virtual series featuring Doug Tallamy and Nancy DuBrule-Clemente. Registration is required. Click here to register.
Creating a Happy Habitat: Virtual Lecture with Nancy DuBrule-Clemente
Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 7pm
Nancy DuBrule-Clemente, author and founder of Natureworks Horticulture Services, will explain the difference between a homegrown national park and a pollinator pathway, illustrate why organic gardening is important, and share a keystone plant list.
Register for this event here.
Homegrown National Park: Virtual Lecture with Doug Tallamy
Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 7pm
Our parks, preserves, and remaining wildlands – no matter how grand in scale – are too small and separated from one another to sustain the native trees, plants, insects and animals on which our ecosystems depend. We can fix this problem by practicing conservation outside of wildlands. Thus, the concept for Homegrown National Park: a national challenge to create diverse ecosystems in our yards, communities, and surrounding lands by reducing lawn, planting native, and removing invasives. We are at a critical point where we are losing so many native plant and animal species that our natural life support is in jeopardy. If many people make small changes, we can restore healthy ecological networks.
Doug Tallamy is a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, where he has authored 111 research publications and has taught insect-related courses for 42 years.
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Nature’s Best Hope: book discussion
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Join us for a discussion of Nature’s Best Hope, with special guest appearances by industry experts, as well as time to share your personal Homegrown National Park success stories. Register for this event here.
This event series is free but registration is required. Click here to register.