2021 Landscaping with Virginia Natives Webinar Series - Fall Recordings
Have you heard that using native plants in your yard helps improve the environment for you, your community and Virginia's wildlife, but you are not sure where to start?
Plant Virginia Natives partners collaborated to offer a series of 12 Landscaping with Virginia Natives webinars in 2021. Recordings of the webinars are available and will guide you through the why and how to turn your home garden into a beautiful retreat for your family and a native habitat for birds and other wildlife.
Link to the recordings of the webinars below.
The Humane Gardener: Nurturing Habitat for Wildlife
Nancy Lawson, author The Humane Gardener
In this myth-busting talk, we learned how common growing methods divide the natural world into false dichotomies and perpetuate misperceptions about wild species living among us. Nancy shared ways to put humane, eco-friendly gardening philosophies into action by protecting nesting sites; eliminating hazards; nurturing natives; and resolving conflicts with commonly misunderstood creatures. Sorry. A recording of this webinar is not available. We encourage you to read Nancy’s book - The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife and visit her blog at https://www.humanegardener.com/
The Shrub Layer
Peggy Singlemann, Maymont Foundation, Host of Virginia Home Grown
Between the tall tree canopy and the herbaceous floor grows a myriad of shrubs that thrive in the varying light conditions of a forest. This middle layer is composed of plants that provide shelter and food for pollinators and mammals alike. Sorry. A recording of this webinar is not available.
How to build a forest on your front yard
Jim McGLone, Virginia Department of Forestry
Learn about forest layers and how to select species for your front yard forest. Also learn about what to look for when buying a tree or shrub and how to plant them when you get them home.
Selecting Native Plants for Fall and Winter Interest & Ecology
Kim Eierman, Ecobeneficial, LLC
Author, The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening
With a little bit of planning your native garden can look beautiful in all seasons, even as flowers fade. Discover how to extend the color show and textural interest in your landscape through fall and winter with beautiful foliage, striking structure, and colorful branches, berries and seed pods. And, support the wildlife around you while you enjoy the show!
Recorded October 12, 2021.
presentation was funded by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program
COMMON INVASIVE PLANTS IN VIRGINIA: IDENTIFICATION, CONTROL, AND NATIVE ALTERNATIVES
Beth Mizell, Blue Ridge PRISM
Invasive plants are a real problem for Virginia. This presentation will give an overview of why invasive plants are a problem in Virginia (and elsewhere); review the most common invasive plants you might see in your forest, field, or backyard easily identified in the fall; offer control options; and, some native alternatives to those invasive plants that are often used in landscaping.
Conservation Landscaping with Natives
Carol Heiser, CBLP-1 (Retired DWR Habitat Education Coordinator and Education Section Manager)
Every yard makes a difference and native plants are the backbone of a healthy conservation landscape. Learn the key principles for using natives to protect soils, improve habitat, and keep our waterways clear. These principles are informed by “The Eight Essential Elements” of the Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council. All of the principles are practices we can use statewide.
Webinar Planning and Sponsorships:
The Plant Virginia Natives Landscaping with Natives webinar series is being coordinated and funded, in part, by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program through grants from the NOAA Office for Coastal Management to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
The webinar was sponsored and hosted by Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden and Blue Ridge PRISM.
The planning team for the webinars included the following Plant Virginia Natives partners:
Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program, Virginia Native Plant Society, Virginia Master Naturalists, Virginia Tech, Blue Ridge PRISM, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond Audubon Society, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, The Natural Garden, PlanRVA, Piedmont Environmental Council, Maymont Foundation, James River Association, James River Garden Club, Virginia Dept of Transportation/Pollinator Habitat Program, New River Valley Regional Commission, Virginia Dept of Forestry, Enrichmond Foundation, Henricopolis Soil and Water Conservation District, Colonial Soil and Water Conservation District, Hanover Master Gardeners, Northern Virginia Regional Commission, George Washington Regional Commission, Crater Planning District Commission, James River Soil and Water Conservation District, Chesterfield Cooperative Extension, Albemarle County, Henrico Master Gardeners, James River Park System, Arlington Regional Master Naturalists, Reedy Creek Environmental, The Berkley Group
