Doug Tallamy, world renowned ecologist and champion of restoring nature to our backyard is headlining the master gardener symposium.
Sat. March 29, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tallamy’s books, Nature’s Best Hope, Bringing Nature Home with Rick Darke and The Nature of Oaks are
New York Times best sellers. He is the T.A. Baker Professor of Agriculture in the Dept. of
Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the U. of Delaware and the author of research publications,
seminars, lectures and books that are influencing how home gardeners shape their landscapes
across the U. S.
Why do our choices matter? Learn:
the unbreakable link between native plants and wildlife and the impact a home gardener has
on both
how invasive plants leap out faster than native plants and take over
how choosing the wrong plants can help destroy a natural habitat.
AND learn what you can do to support the Cape’s ecology, where to source native plants, what
to plant and what to watch out for in plants invasive to Cape Cod that have taken root.

Hear from Cape Cod Cooperative Extension’s Russ Norton on why Invasive plants blight the
landscape and learn what native plants thrive on Cape Cod. Russ is Horticulture Extension
Educator for the  Extension and UMass Extension’s Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry
Program. Discover where to buy native plants and seeds and incorporate them into your
existing garden with Trevor Smith. Trevor Smith is Weston Nurseries’ Design and Education
Manager. He brings 20 years of field experience as an entrepreneur and regenerative landscape
designer . He will show  us how to use eco-friendly practices in his garden designs. Learn how garden design can partner with nature to create beautiful sustainable landscapes using native plants. The emphasis is a composition that maximizes the landscape’s existing features and attracts wildlife.
Celebrate this exciting program with us in a new place -- The Cape Cod Regional Technical High
School in Harwich. Online registration opens Saturday, Feb.22. The cost is $40 and includes
refreshments and door prizes such as plants, tools, gift cards and design books.
No ticket sales at the door. Sorry, no refunds.

The symposium fee is $40 and includes refreshments plus door prizes including plants, tools, gift cards, design books.

Pre-registration is required. Check-in opens at 8:30 a.m.

Speakers

Doug Tallamy the T.A. Baker Professor of Agriculture in the Dept. of
Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the U. of Delaware and the author of research publications,

seminars, lectures and books that are influencing how home gardeners shape their landscapes
across the U. S.

Trevor Smith is Weston Nurseries’ Design and Education Manager. He brings 20 years of field experience as an entrepreneur and regenerative landscape designer to a team of professional horticulturalists, plant professionals and landscape artists. He specializes in landscapes designed to maximize the Earth’s systems while balancing them with the needs and desires of her human inhabitants.

Russ Norton is Extension Educator and Horticulturist for the Cape Cod Extension service as well as the UMass Extension’s Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry Program.

For more information call Laura Notarangelo at the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, 508-375-6638.