Building a Resilient Landscape with Native Plants

Noted landscape consultant Dan Jaffe Wilder will present a virtual four-hour workshop, Saturday, Oct. 16 from 9 am – 1 pm on building resilient home landscapes. The program, open to all interested gardeners and homeowners, will be offered via Zoom from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Although free to attend, donations will be accepted to support garden education programming offered by UVM Extension Master Gardener chapters around Vermont. Wilder is the author and photographer of Native Plants for New England Gardens. He is an expert in native plant ecology, propagation, wildlife habitat construction and native edible landscapes and has consulted with botanical gardens, nurseries and wildlife refuges. The program is sponsored by the Windham and Windsor chapters of the University of Vermont Extension Master Gardener program in collaboration with the Rockingham Library with additional funding support from the Bennington, Central/Northeast Kingdom, Northwest and Rutland Master Gardener chapters.

Directions on how to register will be available soon. Please check back on this listing. To request a disability-related accommodation, contact Cindy Heath at (603) 543-1307 or cindy.heath@uvm.edu by Sept. 24.