Doug Tallamy
On May 16, author and award-winning expert Doug Tallamy will present A Chickadee’s Guide to Gardening with a focus on the importance of native plants and selecting the right plants for your garden that will also help the environment.
Wingard’s Market and Riverbanks Zoo are cohosting Tallamy’s presentation, which has something to offer all gardeners, from beginner to expert. Gates open at 6 p.m., with the presentation beginning at 7 p.m. at Riverbanks Botanical Garden, 300 Botanical Parkway, West Columbia. Light refreshments will be served.
“People hear the word ‘conservation’ and they think lions and tigers elsewhere in the world, but you can start to make a difference in your own backyard if you really give it a shot. Planting native plants is a perfect example of that,” stated Wingard’s naturalist, Zach Steinhauser.
Tallamy was featured in Smithsonian Magazine in 2020 in an article titled, “Meet the Ecologist Who Wants You to Unleash the Wild on Your Backyard.”
For more information, visit riverbanks.org.
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