With Douglas Tallamy
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
6 pm – 7:30 pm
Registration Link: https://education.mtcubacenter.org/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?&course=161GAR815

Two questions are common among native plant enthusiasts: “Do cultivars of native plants provide the same ecological services as do straight species?” And “Are roadside restorations helpful or are they ecological traps?” Doug Tallamy has recently researched both questions and will share the results as well as other insights on the movement to restore the ecological integrity of human dominated landscapes.

Douglas Tallamy, PhD, is an Entomology and Wildlife Ecology professor at the University of Delaware where he has authored 80 research articles. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities. His book Bringing Nature Home received the 2008 silver medal by the Garden Writer's Association. The Living Landscape, coauthored with Rick Darke, was published in 2014. Doug received the Garden Club of America's Margaret Douglas Medal for Conservation and the Tom Dodd Jr. Award of Excellence in 2013.