Nature itself has a way of sustaining life on Earth. Yet nature’s balance has been disturbed by human endeavors. Our 2022 Fall Conference speakers will share the science of nature and ecological function while offering ways each of us can restore natural processes through selection and use of native plants in our gardens and landscapes.

Schedule & Speakers

9:00 AM Welcome – Randi Eckel

9:15 AM Essential Partners:
The Remarkable Coevolution of Flowers and their Pollinators, William Cullina, F. Otto Haas Executive Director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Morris Arboretum

10:30 AM Strategies for Sustainable Landscaping, Sue Barton, Professor and Extension Specialist Ornamental Horticulture, University of Delaware

Noon Wild in the Garden State with Q&A, Film by Sarah Galloway

1:00 PM Dependable Beauty for the Urban Garden, Teri Speight is a garden writer, Great Garden Speaker, Garden Visionary and a garden coach at Cottage In the Court

2:15 PM The Humane Gardener: Nurturing Habitat for Wildlife, Nancy Lawson is the author of The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife, a habitat consultant, a columnist for All Animals magazine, and a frequent speaker on garden ecology

3:00 PM Closing Remarks – Randi Eckel