OK, not really a movie, but it is a DVD that features Doug Tallamy speaking on “The Vital New Role of the Suburban/Urban Garden.” The DVD was filmed with a live audience during the January Wild Ones Fox Valley Area “Toward Harmony with Nature Conference.” The presentations are in two parts, Part 1: “The Value of Having Native Plants in our Yards” (approx. 1 hr) and Part 2: “Creating Healthy, Biodiverse Neighborhood Corridors” (1-1/4 hr plus Q&A) along with the added bonus of the Wild Ones song written and sung by folksinger Steve Hazell (Intro & song approx. 1/4 hr).
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Get it here: http://www.wildones.org/product/miscellaneous/doug-tallamy-presentations-dvd/.
Please consider joining Wild Ones. Here is what they have to say about the organization: http://www.wildones.org/join-the-movement/. While there is no Chapter on Long Island, you can be a Partner-At-Large, as I am. Perhaps one day we will be Chapter.
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And if you are looking to expand your knowledge of Native Plants, the Ecoscaper Certification program is the best value I know of. (Disclosure: I am currently working towards my Level 2 Certification.)
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Updates Around The Garden
So what is going on in your Native Yard this week ? I am not enjoying the Summer/Winter minus Spring weather we have been having. Though my native plants seem to be doing okay. Most of my perennials survived the Winter, and any native plants I have added are happy. The fruiting shrub/sticks I planted are taking hold, mostly. Oddly, the blueberries in the ground are doing better than those in the Root Pouch with that rich soil.
Today is the day I will try again with my Nannyberries. There is still some green left in the sticks, so into an EarthBox they will go.
Also, most of the azaleas that were looking so forlorn and dead are about to flower. I am still not sure about the one near the new fence. Time will tell.
Happy Native Gardening. Leave a comment and let me know what’s up. I enjoy hearing from my readers. Where ever you are!
