SARAH F. JAYNE
NATURE'S ACTION GUIDE
How to Support Biodiversity and Your Local Ecosystem
FOREWORD BY DOUGLAS W. TALLAMY
SPEAKING topics
Supporting Biodiversity:
15 critical actions to support your local ecosystem
Supporting biodiversity and our local ecosystems is something that everyone can do! In this fast-paced, practical workshop, we’ll explore 15 urgently needed actions to create healthy, functioning ecosystems in residential and community spaces. Learn how to reduce night light, protect your local wildlife, remove the invasive plants that reduce biodiversity, identify the ecologically beneficial plants in your ecoregion, attract pollinators, and encourage butterflies and birds to make your property home. Learn strategies for designing and caring for wildlife friendly spaces that fit within your neighborhood's standards. Join us to learn how to make short work of these urgently needed actions wherever you live!
Ideal audience: General audience, including non-gardeners who have an interest in doing what they can to help address the biodiversity crisis where they live and work.
Ecology and Beauty!
Creating a landscape that welcomes wildlife and people
Now more than ever our yards and community spaces need to support biodiversity. How can we ensure that our spaces are both ecologically rich and beautiful? We’ll look at which plants matter most when it comes to your local biodiversity; how to procure them for generous plantings; and how to place them to increase their appeal to wildlife and people, along with strategies to protect the wildlife our natural plantings attract. We’ll consider strategies to ensure that our landscapes gain community acceptance such that they become invitations for others to transform their landscapes. A cost-conscious, DIY approach makes taking action doable.
Ideal audience: People who are just starting to transition their spaces to more wildlife-friendly habitats and who are interested in supporting biodiversity and their local ecosystems where they live and work.
Designing Your Wildlife Habitat: A hands-on workshop
Develop your vision for a wildlife habitat! In this interactive workshop, we’ll start with your site plan and work through the steps of designing a landscape that supports wildlife and pleases people. Along with a handout and DIY projects, you’ll come away with a plan and the know-how and resources to implement it!
Ideal audience: People who are just starting to transition their spaces to more wildlife-friendly habitats and who are interested in supporting biodiversity and their local ecosystems where they live and work.