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Doug Tallamy, Professor and Chair, University of Delaware, Oxford, PA

Native plants are critical to the ecological restoration of the modern landscape. With as many as 33,000 species imperiled in the U.S., it is clear that we must change our approach to landscaping if we hope to share our spaces with other living things. Learn the critical role native plants play in keeping the ecosystem in balance and our gardens aesthetically pleasing.

• Evaluate why we need to change landscaping paradigms to save biodiversity
• Learn how only natives provide co-evolved relationships
• Gain insight into what a sustainable suburban ecosystem might look like