In this provocative, information-packed panel discussion, Homegrown National Park@ cofounder Doug Tallamy and ecological landscape designers Rebecca McMackin and Benjamin Vogt offer answers to some of the questions that you, too, may be wondering about.

• Practical ones: like how to get a diverse, dynamic design started if you’re not a professional designer, or whether cultivars of native plants—nativars—really provide ecosystem services the way straight species do, or just look pretty.
• Thorny ones: from the hesitation to un-mow your un-diverse lawn because you heard it will create tick habitat (not true!), to dealing with unhappy feedback about your wildish landscape from neighbors or a homeowners’ association.
• And there are philosophical questions, too: like how even our individual efforts on a small scale can support not just plant and wildlife communities but human communities—and why it’s urgent that we shift our horticultural mindset to an ecological one.

The presentation, covering topics like these and more, will be moderated by longtime garden writer Margaret Roach. An opportunity for audience questions will follow, so bring yours!

Date: Tuesday, February 11 at 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm. 

Location: Virtual, program link will be included in email receipt.

Registration: Click here to register.