NSRWA Hosts Gardening Green Expo March 10-15
Gardening Green Expo 2025 will be a hybrid event this year, and it is scheduled for March 10-15. We will be doing live Zoom presentations during the week at 7:00pm, and will have a live event at Kennedy’s Country Gardens on Saturday, March 15 from 10am-2pm. Doug Tallamy will be doing a Zoom presentation on Wednesday, March 12.
Our theme this year is: Making a Difference in Your Own Backyard
You can make your backyard a haven for wildlife and a comforting oasis for you. A yard with native plants provides a natural habitat for local wildlife, including birds, butterflies, and bees, by offering food sources like nectar and seeds, while also requiring less water and maintenance due to their adaptation to local climate and soil conditions. At Gardening Green Expo you will learn about:
Planting more heat- and drought-tolerant native plants
How to convert lawn into gardens
Managing invasive species
Pollinator friendly plants
And more!
Our featured presenter is renowned author Doug Tallamy. With Bringing Nature Home, Tallamy changed the conversation about gardening in America. His second book, the New York Times bestseller Nature’s Best Hope, urged homeowners to take conservation into their own hands. This year he will be presenting a talk from his upcoming book, How Can I Help? Saving Nature with Your Yard.
Tallamy says, “Nearly every day I get emails from people who have read my books and heard my talks and yet still have questions about ecological landscaping. These are good, thoughtful questions about ecology and evolution, biodiversity, invasive species, insect declines, native and non-native plants, conservation and restoration, residential and city landscapes, urban issues, oak biology, keystone plants, Homegrown National Park, monarchs, supporting wildlife at home, and more. In this talk I address as many of these queries as I can with hope that my answers will further motivate people to help restore ecosystem function where they live, work, play, worship, and farm.”
Zoom Presentations at 7:00pm
Monday, March 10 – Planting for the Future: The MA Native Plant Palette – Jason Duff & Anne Carroll, DCR Office of Water Resources
Tuesday, March 11 – Less Lawn, More Plants! – Rebecca Warner, Author of The Sustainable-Enough Garden – SEE VIDEO BELOW
Wednesday, March 12 – How Can I Help? Saving Nature with Your Yard – Doug Tallamy, Professor of Agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, Author, and Founder of Homegrown National Park
Thursday, March 13 – Ways to Honor Nature in your Home Landscape – Susan Leigh Anthony, Doveflower Cottage Garden Designs
Friday, March 14 – Permaculture: How to Design Resilient Systems for People and Planet – Jessica Fox, South Shore Permaculture
Live Presentations at Kennedy’s in Scituate on Saturday, March 15
10:00am – Myco-Gardening: Companion Planting with Culinary Mushrooms for Soil, Compost and Human Health – Sally Rossi-Ormon, Scituate Community Garden
11:00am – Ecological Justice: Identifying, Removing and Managing Invasive Species and Restoring Ecological Balance – Samuel Mohnkern, Restoration Landcare
12:00pm – Help for Hummingbirds – Seven Common Mistakes Gardeners and Bird Lovers Make That Harm These Amazing Birds – Lisey Good, Founder Wild Cohasset
1:00pm – Bokashi: 30 Day Composting – Peter Swanson, Sustainability Project – Honduras
Pre-Recorded Videos
The Magic of Butterflies – Blake Dinius, Plymouth County Entomologist Educator
North and South Rivers Watershed Association
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