Native Plant Events

Learn all about winter sowing with Vinaya Frank including the how-to, different techniques, and strategies.

Your garden can be a refuge of biodiversity. It houses an astounding number of insects and their kin. Michael Raupp will explain how insects and their relatives help make the world go around by providing important ecosystem services, linking members of food webs, pollinating plants, recycling organic matter, and providing biological control. You will leave with a new appreciation for the important roles insects play in the ecology of your garden and learn how you can build biodiversity in your own backyard.  

All are welcome to join this free virtual panel discussion exploring the vital roles of native, solitary, and honeybees in pollination and biodiversity. Featuring experts Sam Droege (USGS), Dave Hunter (Crown Bees), and Dr. Lora Morandin (Pollinator Partnership), this event will discuss into the challenges pollinators face, the balance between managed and wild bees, and actionable ways to support all pollinators.

Gain insights from over 90 years of combined experience and learn how to advocate for pollinator habitats through planting native species, participating in community science, and adopting responsible management practices.

Learn the basics of designing a home garden using native plants with Ana Lee of Perfectly Imperfect Gardens.

Heather Evans of Design Your Wild will talk about how to use trees and shrubs to add structure to a native yard – creating privacy, dividing rooms, adding winter interest, blurring edges, and creating cooling shade. Trees and shrubs also generally support many times the number of native insects as wildflowers.

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon!