Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 19, 2019
6:30 pm-7:00 pm | Social7:00 pm-8:45 pm | Program
Wood Lake Nature Center
6710 Lake Shore Dr S, Richfield, MN 55423
All meetings are free and open to the public.
PROBLEM-SOLVING
WITH NATIVE PLANTS,
a Site-Specific Solution
21st century problems include diminished pollinator habitat, degraded water supplies, climate change, increasing invasive species and more.
Some nonnative plants are used to solve these issues. However, in the big picture, native plants have fewer unintended consequences while protecting the natural environment at the same time. I now call for the sciences of horticulture and applied ecology, that have been at odds for decades, to combine strengths. The well-being of the human environment and protection of land health hang in the balance. Let’s examine environmental problems, examples of site-specific plantings and lessons learned to assure successful use.
My journey began with a native wildflower garden at age 14. I intuitively knew how to match plant needs with planting site constraints.
I thought everyone knew that. However, working with residential landscape projects for ten years, landscape architect students for nine years and highway corridor restorations for 17 years, I quickly learned I assumed too much. Now, I explain what works and what does not in the use of native plants - some of them wildflowers.
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Wild Ones Minnesota Presents the
2019 DESIGN WITH NATURE CONFERENCE
Saturday, February 16, 2019
9:00 AM – 4:30 PM CST
University of St. Thomas
James B. Woulfe Alumni Hall, Anderson Student Center
2115 Summit Ave (at Cretin), St. Paul, Minnesota 55105
featuring
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Ph.D
Michael Lynch
Larry Weaner, ASLA
and a
SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION by
Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION CLOSES on JANUARY 19th!
Conference Registration closes February 2nd.
