Lunchbox Talk: How Piedmont Prairies Can Enhance Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

With Greg Paige, Director of Horticulture, JC Raulston Arboretum
Imagine walking through a landscape of colorful wildflowers and waving grasses, where birds, butterflies, and bees abound. This is not a scene from the Midwest, but from the southeastern Piedmont, where Piedmont Prairies once covered a large part of the region. Greg Paige, Director of Horticulture at JC Raulston Arboretum, will take you on a journey through these fascinating grasslands, which he studied while working at Bartlett Tree Research Laboratory in Charlotte, NC. Discover how Piedmont Prairies are important for biodiversity and ecosystem services and how they might be used to better manage open or typically mowed space.