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Your Natural Garden: Caring for an Ecologically Vibrant Garden

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Educational

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Adults
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***Seating is limited and available on a first come basis***

In this engaging lecture, renowned plantsman and designer Kelly Norris offers essential guidance on stewarding the beauty and ecological richness of naturalistic landscapes. As gardens designed to mimic nature grow in popularity, many are left wondering how to properly care for these vibrant, biodiverse spaces. How does a gardener’s relationship with place change when plants take the lead? Norris reveals how tending to a natural garden differs from traditional methods by emphasizing a connection to the broader environment and embracing dynamic processes. With stunning examples and practical advice, this lecture will inspire and equip gardeners to embrace natural rhythms and processes while celebrating natural abundance and complexity in the places we live and work.

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