Lawns & Meadows workshop
Lawns & Meadows: Gardening for a Better Environment
With Francis Groeters, of Catskill Native Nursery
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17
3:00PM
OMEGA INSTITUTE CAFÉ
150 LAKE DRIVE
RHINEBECK, NY
AN ECOLOGICAL GARDENER’S PERSPECTIVE
THE TRADITIONAL AMERICAN LAWN requires considerable amounts of chemical intervention, water, money, time and energy and has little ecological value for birds,
butterflies and bees. This talk will introduce you to various alternatives to the traditional
lawn that have increasing degrees of ecological sustainability and value to wildlife,
from alternative grasses to ecologically diverse groundcovers. The presentation
will be followed by a question-and-answer period.
Before starting Catskill Native Nursery, Francis Groeters’ career was as an insect
ecologist in academia. He has degrees from Williams College, the University of Iowa
and the University of California at Davis. Catskill Native Nursery is the only nursery in
the Hudson Valley and Catskills that specializes in native plants. It sells only nursery propagated plants — either growing its plants from seed or cuttings, or obtaining
them from other growers who do likewise. No plants are dug from the wild.
Limited Seating. Please Call: 845-266-4444, ext. 225
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