Mid-Atlantic Gardening: "Bringing Nature Home" by Doug Tallamy, 1 by greenthumb99

greenthumb99 wrote:
On Tuesday, March 22, 7:00 to 9:00 PM Doug Tallamy is giving a talk on “Bringing Nature Home” in Leesburg, Virginia. Prof. Tallamy is the author of the Timber Press book by the same title. For those of you unfamiliar with this book, it is probably the most lucid explanation of the importance of native flora available today. What we decide to plant in our personal landscapes affects the very viability of the food supply system we depend upon, an issue of far more than aesthetics. Hopefully, some of the DG members in the area will avail themselves of the opportunity to hear this speaker in person. This free program is sponsored by Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy, and will be held in the downstairs meeting room of the Ida Lee Center in Ida Lee Park. A large attendance is expected, so try to arrive ahead of time. Refreshments are served and reading materials are usually available, compensating for early arrival. Click on link to the Google Map for Ida Lee Park in Leesburg. One caution, the red marker on the map is really at the location of the municipal water park. The Ida Lee Center is the large building in the middle of the “U” shaped drive/parking lot. See photo and compare with map.

Readers who are familiar with this book may want to use this thread to comment, others to ask questions.

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