Photos: Monarda didyma and native grasses in Brooklyn Bridge Park (photo: Grace Suh). Brown-Headed Nuthatch (photo: Adobe Stock)
Plan It Native, the Deep Roots annual native landscapes conference, is just around the corner, February 11-12th. There’s a lot of goodness packed into these two full days, with something for everyone.
In addition to practical solutions for home gardens (and those who work in them), there are many topics of interest to professionals and the science-minded, including:
Public and Large Landscape topics from:
- Rashid Poulson, Director of Horticulture at Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Caleb Sanders and Nick Nelson from the Springfield Art Museum
- Annabel Renwick, Curator of the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants at Duke University
- Chris Helzer, Director of Science and Stewardship at The Nature Conservancy, Nebraska and author of The Ecology and Management of Prairies in the Central United States
Flora/Fauna Interactions:
Learn how native plants support local native fauna with eminent local biologists:
- Landscaping for Missouri’s Native Bees
- Areas for Conservation of Kansas Butterflies: What can we do?
- The Reintroduction of the Brown-Headed Nuthatch to Missouri
Learn how woody plants support pollinators in two deep dives (Woody Plants and Pollinators and Forest Ecology for Naturalists) with Guy Sternberg, author of the authoritative Native Trees of North America, From the Rockies to the Atlantic. (And yes, he will be selling and signing books!)
Closing the conference, Doug Ladd’s keynote address asks the question: Can citizen-based restoration initiatives obviate ecological collapse? Promise and limits in an increasingly threatened world. A topic more urgent than ever, in this January of record wildfires and snows.
Explore these and many more topics in a community of like-minded folks. Together, we can do this. See you there!
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