LECTURE: Low-Maintenance, High Impact Natural Gardens

A gorgeous garden doesn’t have to demand all of your weekends.  In this uplifting, practical talk, we’ll explore how to create natural gardens that are easier to manage, beneficial to the ecosystem, and full of life and beauty – without nonstop weeding, watering, and wrangling with runaway plants. 

You’ll learn how to:

• Choose plants that lead to a healthier, easier-to-manage garden

• Avoid (and embrace) key plant traits for lower maintenance, and fewer deer and rabbit issues

• Use groundcovers and clump-forming plants to suppress weeds naturally

• Time mulch applications for maximum benefit to the soil and the plants

Whether you’re starting fresh or refining an existing garden, you’ll leave with a toolkit of strategies and plant combinations that reduce inputs, support biodiversity, and bring more joy to your gardening life.