"Wildlife Matters: Creating Landscapes That Sustain Nature" on March 17

"Wildlife Matters: Creating Landscapes That Sustain Nature" is the topic for the March 17 Spring Landscape Conference at The Native Plant Center in Valhalla, New York, on the campus of Westchester Community College. 

Landscaping professionals and gardening enthusiasts will have the opportunity to hear experts speak on a number of topics which can be applied to their landscapes.

Dr. Douglas Tallamy, Professor & Chair of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, is the keynote speaker at the conference.  His book:  Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife With Native Plants, has been regarded as groundbreaking, changing the way we see, and value, our landscapes. 

Dr. Stephen Kress, Vice President for Bird Conservation at the National Audubon Society and an associate at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, will also be featured with a talk on attracting birds to your property.  Dr. Kress has authored a number of books on birds including: The Audubon Guide to Attracting Birds and The North American Birdfeeder Guide.

Next up will be Kim Eierman, an environmental horticulturist and Founder of EcoBeneficial!, a horticulture communications and consulting company dedicated to ecological landscapes.  Her talk will be: “Planting for Pollinators” which includes honey bees, our many species of native bees, and some surprise pollinators.

The conference wraps up with: “Designing a Native Butterfly Garden” presented by Chrissy Word, an environmental science educator and co-founder of Butterfly Project NYC, and Ursula Chanse, Director of Bronx Green-Up and Community Horticulture at The New York Botanical Garden.