Winter Speaker Series: Working with Landscapers Panel (+ Informal Seed Share)
Public Welcome Registration Required Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation Seed/Plant Share Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains
"Working with Landscapers panel" ---How to make the best use of my garden? What should I ask? What should I share about my property and about what I want?
AGENDA
12:00 -12:30pm - Registration/Socializing/Informal Seed Share*
12:30 - 2:00pm - Panel Discussion
2:00 - 2:30pm - Socializing/Clean-up/Informal Seed Share*
*Before/after the event there will be a table set up to share native plant seeds. Please bring seeds or winter sowing containers (especially translucent plastic 1 gallon milk/water jugs) to share if you have them. You are welcome to take seeds regardless of if you have any to share.
The long awaited "Maryland Native Plant Guide: Piedmont Guide” will be available for purchase at this event. The books are being sold by the Maryland Native Plant Society with all funds going back to the the UMd Extension Office which produced this excellent resource. Guildes cost $10. Cash only, please.
The Winter Speaker Series is free and open to the public, but please register below on Eventbrite.
Note: An optional donation of $5 - $10 at the event is appreciated to help offset the cost of the program.
PANELISTS INCLUDE:
Backyard Bounty (Kris Colby) Puts together low-cost packages
Kris has been a very active member of our Wild Ones chapter. He has given us many ideas and support for our initiatives through our listserv. He runs a company which gives many levels of service from consulting, landscape design, installation and even maintenance to his broad range of clients throughout Maryland.
Native PlantScapes (Robert Severynse) 30-minute free consultation Owned by a Virginia Tech graduate with specialists in the DMV.
Native Plant Specialist Rob has always admired nature and found his love of native plants while studying at college. With degrees in Environmental Science and Geography, as well as a minor in Meteorology, his goal is to create positive and lasting changes in our natural world.
Lauren Hubbard Planning Specialist III with the Stormwater BMP Inspection and Maintenance Program Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection
Marianne Borelli (not a landscaper, by appointment only) grows plants in her backyard and offers ideas to those who buy from her, including landscapers. She is not in town on the day of the panel but she wants all to know that it is not just the condition of the plants but also the behavior of them that is important for your garden.
Bee Knees (Lolly Jewet) designs and manages the contractors who do the work. Lolly transitioned to landscape design from a career in international development. She appreciates the way landscape design uses both the creative and the analytical sides of her brain, and the way working with native plants allows us to benefit the environment while surrounding ourselves with beauty.
DC Natives---non-profit encouraging pollinator gardening and vegetable gardening in DC. Our Wild Ones may like this model of how they bring communities together.