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Gardening with Native Plants

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Learn how to use native plants and native gardening practices to enhance garden ecosystems and increase biodiversity. Study native herbaceous and woody plants: their identification, habitat, and culture. Discover how to promote a healthy environment using native spring ephemerals, herbaceous perennials, trees, shrubs, and vines.

Required Texts:
Tallamy, Douglas W., Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants. Timber Press, 2009

ISBN-13: 978-0881929928
ISBN-10: 0881929921

Recommended Text:
Eierman, Kim, The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening, Quarry Books, 2020.
ISBN-13: 978-1631597503
ISBN-10: 1631597507

Schedule:

Every weekday, starting on 07/22/25 and ending on 07/25/25 (excluding 07/23/25)

Times:

09:00am-12:00pm EDT

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Instructor:

Kim Eierman, EcoBeneficial Kim Eierman, EcoBeneficial

Kim Eierman, EcoBeneficial

Kim Eierman is an ecological landscape designer and environmental horticulturist specializing in native plants. She is the founder of EcoBeneficial LLC based in Westchester County, NY. Kim teaches at New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Native Plant Center, and Massachusetts Horticultural Society. An active speaker nationwide on many ecological landscape topics, Kim also provides horticultural consulting and landscape design to residential, municipal, and commercial clients. Kim is the author of The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening.

Location:

NYBG, Watson Room 102
2900 Southern Blvd
Bronx, NY 10458

Session Number:

261GAR315

Price:

Price Member : $212.00
Non-Member : $236.00

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