Why do native trees matter? How can we create a homegrown national park in our own backyards or local municipalities? What are other organizations doing to increase biodiversity on their campuses? Join us on Sunday, April 14 from 10:30am – 3:00pm to find out. Start the day with networking and tours of the award-winning Jay Estate Gardens followed by a keynote talk by best-selling author and entomologist Doug Tallamy. Please bring your own lunch. We will provide beverages.
- 10:30am Tours of the award-winning Jay Estate Gardens and networking. Bring your own lunch and enjoy seating on the veranda and in the gardens.
- 12:30pm Keynote by best-selling author and entomologist Doug Tallamy.
- BREAK
- 1:45pm Panel presentation from area organizations who will share their native tree planting projects.
The program is free but registration is required. Register here
Co-sponsored by the City of Rye Sustainability Committee and Larchmont-Mamaroneck Pollinator Pathway. We are grateful to Con Edison for funding of this program.
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Keynote Speaker:
Doug Tallamy is the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, where he has authored 112 research publications and has taught insect related courses for 43 years. 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 books include Bringing Nature Home, The Living Landscape, co-authored with Rick Darke, Nature’s Best Hope, a New York Times Best Seller, The Nature of Oaks, winner of the American Horticultural Society’s 2022 book award. In 2021 he cofounded Homegrown National Park with Michelle Alfandari (HomegrownNationalPark.org). His awards include recognition from The Garden Writer’s Association, Audubon, The National Wildlife Federation, Allegheny College, Ecoforesters, The Garden Club of America and The American Horticultural Association.
Afternoon Panelists:
Jeff Cordulack is a Connecticut native whose career has focused on wildlife conservation, watershed protection, organic growing, and other sustainability topics. Currently, Jeff owns and manages Organic Ways & Means LLC (www.organicways.org), one of the first all-electric and 100% organic landscaping companies in the Northeast US. Started in 2019, OWM has converted hundreds of acres to zero-emission mowing and pollinator-friendly yard care.
Kim Eierman is the Founder of EcoBeneficial LLC. She is an ecological landscape designer and environmental horticulturist specializing in native plants. Based in New York, Kim teaches at the New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Native Plant Center and Massachusetts Horticultural Society.Kim is an active speaker nationwide on many ecological landscape topics, presenting for industry conferences, sustainability events, corporate events, environmental organizations, and other groups interested in environmental improvements. Kim also provides horticultural consulting and ecological landscape design to residential, municipal and commercial clients, including landscape architects and engineers. In addition to being a Certified Horticulturist through the American Society for Horticultural Science, Kim is an Accredited Organic Landcare Professional, a Steering Committee member of The Native Plant Center, and a member of The Ecological Landscape Alliance and Garden Communicators International. Kim Eierman (pronounced like “Fireman”) is the author of the book, The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening.
Filippine Hoogland – Healthy Yards Westchester “I was born in the Netherlands to a family of bulb farmers and avid gardeners. In the seventies, concerns were raised about the harmful chemicals used in the bulb industry, and I remember vividly the transition from our delight in flowers to concern and fear. In response to these problems, my uncle Rob spearheaded ‘The Wave,’ a movement that challenged conventional gardening norms. Renowned figures like Piet Oudolf were also part of this movement. Arriving in the US, I recognized the same issues: the celebration of a particular conventional lawn-scape, while neglecting the harm it causes. It has been my mission ever since to raise awareness about the harmful practices of conventional landscaping and promote more sustainable alternatives. I have collaborated with many others to establish new initiatives and organizations, and to change policy at both local and state levels.”
Peter Linderoth is the Director of Water Quality working out of Save the Sound’s Larchmont office. He has a B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of California Santa Barbara and a M.S. in Environmental Science and Management from Sacred Heart University. Peter worked in the Education and Science Departments at the Bruce Museum prior to joining the team at Save the Sound. He is a member of the Town of Greenwich Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency in addition to serving on the Long Island Sound Study Water Quality Monitoring Workgroup, Interstate Environmental Commission Technical Advisory Committee, and as Membership Director of the Old Greenwich Yacht Club. Peter spends as much of his free time as possible with friends and family on, in, and around Long Island Sound.
Mark Magel is an experienced gardener. He designed the Butterfly Garden at The Rockefeller University, the Bird and Butterfly garden for the Bedford Audubon Society and oversees the native gardens at the Pruyn Sanctuary for the Saw Mill River Audubon where he is a board member. He has also designed and installed garden landscapes for several notable museums, universities, hospitals, city parks, and institutions, as well as prestigious residential addresses and major landmark buildings throughout Manhattan and also major estates and residences in the mid-Atlantic region.
Table Presenters:
Green Blossom Painting (Daisy Hebb, Artist)
inSight Work (Estaban Hernandez)
Group
Larchmont/Mamaroneck Pollinator Pathway (Elizabeth Poyet)
Rye Sustainability Committee (James Ward)
Save the Sound (Peter Linderoth)
Saw Mill River Audubon (Mark Magel and Nina Romanoff)
Wild Gardens Nursery (Eva Thaddeus)