Considerations for Starting a Native Plant Garden

September 14, 2023 -
12:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual via Zoom

With a little planning and careful plant selection, you can have a beautiful native plant landscape. A landscape that works in harmony with the environment and supports pollinators, birds, and other wildlife.

Join Wild Ones Central NC for this free online class, which will provide an overview of the planning, plant selection, and design principles to apply in creating your garden.

Topics they'll cover include:

  • site assessment
  • soil testing
  • ecoregions vs hardiness zones
  • resources for plant selection
  • strategies for selecting keystone species to support pollinators, birds, bees, etc.
  • garden design

Whether you’re considering starting a native plant garden, expanding an existing native plant garden, or nurturing and maintaining a native plant garden, the hope is that you discover something new in this class to help you in your journey towards environmentally sound landscaping practices and to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities.

Click here to register for this free class.