Discover the variety of life that may exist in your own backyard and how you can utilize native trees, shrubs and perennials as well as landscape concepts that will provide essential elements to create functional landscaping that will enhance wildlife habitat and manage storm water.
• Introduce participants to a variety of native plant species, their attributes and growing conditions
• Identify habitat requirements for beneficial insects, songbirds and other beneficial backyard wildlife.
• Brief introduction to rain gardens and other low-tech rain water harvesting techniques
• Introduction to sustainable landscape concepts
Presented in partnership with the Mt. Lebanon Nature Conservancy and the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania.