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Educational Presentation – Learn 10 ways to attract nature to your yard!
August 5 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Free
Join us for a fun and informative presentation on ways that you can bring nature into your yard! This presentation will outline ways that you can make your garden a more suitable habitat for wildlife and other pollinators! Our yards can play a significant role in providing much needed habitat, food/water, and nesting places for pollinators. Join Vicki Mann and Leslie Inman for an action-oriented presentation on how to help nature flourish in your corner of the earth. Using the books Your Yard is Nature by Leslie Inman and Bringing Nature Home by Dr Doug Tallamy, you will learn ways to transition to a more pollinator friendly garden or greenspace and enhance your connection with nature. No yard is too small to make a difference!
Date: August 5th, 2023
Time: 11am to 12:30pm
Location: Northwoods Pavilion at the Dunwoody Nature Center
Cost: This event is a FREE EVENT for the whole community! Please register ahead of time.
About the speakers:
Vicki Mann: Vicki is Co-Founder of QuietGA, an organization that is working to reduce the use of gas-powered leaf blowers in favor of quieter, healthier and greener alternatives. After reading the book “Your Yard is Nature” by Leslie Inman and the teachings of Dr. Doug Tallamy, she realized there were changes she could be making in her own yard that would create a habitat where birds and pollinators would thrive. She incorporated their recommendations and is now passionate about spreading the word and encouraging others to take action.
Leslie Inman: Leslie Inman has been an avid native plant gardener for about 8 years. She first started gardening after hearing Dr. Doug Tallamy speak on the importance of native plants for birds and pollinator survival. She subsequently wrote and illustrated two children’s books about pollinators and their native host plants. She has a Facebook group called Pollinator Friendly Yards with 184,000 members and she also makes colorful graphics to explain the importance of native plant gardens as habitat.