Gardening for Biodiversity with Native Plants – Copy

 with Amy Meltzer

Hampden-Hampshire and Franklin Conservation Districts are partnering with landowners in the region to convert lawns and other managed landscapes into native plant gardens and meadows. We are hosting a series of workshops on the topic, and landowners can request a professional consultation and receive a starter set of native plants or seed to turn your lawn into a more resilient, carbon-sequestering, pollinator supporting, beautiful space!

This talk will focus on the current biodiversity crisis; the evolutionary history among native plants, insects, birds and fungi, and how these interdependent relationships among diverse species are necessary for their survival. Amy will show how growing native plants and using ecological landscape practices can simultaneously reverse biodiversity loss, increase resilience in our landscapes, and slow climate change — all while creating a beautiful garden!

See the complete list of workshops, their descriptions, and register here.

This Native Plants Winter Workshop Series is brought to you by a partnership of Hampden-Hampshire and Franklin Conservation Districts through a grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs .