The Less Lawn, More Life Webinar Series: Designing for LIFE, with Edwina von Gal
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- Опубліковано 29 жов 2024
- Dive into the wisdom of Edwina von Gal, a pioneering force in native landscape design and founder of the Perfect Earth Project. With years of experience and knowledge, Edwina shares:
• Eye-opening insights on the environmental impact of traditional lawns
• Practical, inspiring advice for transforming your outdoor space
• Delightful anecdotes from her client work and the Perfect Earth project
Edwina's passion is contagious - you'll be itching to rewild your yard! Whether you're a Challenge participant or simply curious, prepare to be inspired by Edwina's vision of a greener, more vibrant future for our landscapes.
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Co-Hosted by Plan it Wild and Bedford2030 and supported by our many partner organizations.
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I am learning so much! Thank you. Please try to ask Thomas Rainer and Claudia West to present.
P.S.
Has everyone watched Dr. Tallamy on UA-cam? He explains the connection between our native plants and birds and caterpillars along with keystone species.
Thanks for the suggestions on speakers. We will take them into consideration for next year's challenge! Good advice on watching Doug Tallamy on UA-cam. We love Doug! He is a member of Plan it Wild's Science Advisory Board which is overseeing the development of the The Wildr EcoSystem™. He's also the founder of one of our Challenge partners, Homegrown National Park - you can watch their videos here: www.youtube.com/@HOMEGROWNNATIONALPARK. Doug is featured in many of them.
I am trying to find answers to unanswered questions of this webinar on the web-site, but not sure where to look for it. Thank you!
We're still compiling and trying to answer the incoming questions from our webinars, social media sites, and emails. We'll be developing an FAQs section to be added to our website resources page (www.lesslawnmorelife.com/resources) that will hopefully be able to answer most of these questions.
What do you do about creeping Charlie? It's in my gardens, lawn
The only thing you can do is selective herbicide treatment. A 30% vinegar with a dash of salt and dollop of dish soap makes a decent herbicide that's "organic", but it scalds anything it touches and there's no guarantee that it'll get to the root of the creeping charlie.
Unfortunately, not using herbicides isn't always an option.... and it's by our own doing. Right now, I'm dealing with a handful of invasive plants that were put in the ground by someone somewhere sometime. It wasn't me, but I get to deal with the mess, and that means herbicides must be used. Simply put, there isn't enough time in the day for someone to go around constantly battling with bamboo, privet, wisteria, creeping charley, english ivy, and the rest. What this does, though, is illustrate just how much of a problem the horticulture industry has created in their rush to make money. The 'experts' don't care about anything more than what they can sell, and every plant on the invasive list was first introduced by people should have known better. When I think about how many gallons of herbicide and gasoline I've had to burn up just to keep my natural landscape from being overrun by the invasive plants other people have bought at the local store..... it's infuriating. Instead of enjoying my day, I'm stuck in a never-ending war, always out in the yard killing yet more stuff that's grown in while I was away. That's the real lesson here.
It is indeed frustrating and sometimes daunting to battle invasives. One of the 6 Challenge Target Actions is to REDUCE the use of harmful chemicals, since we recognize that some invasives simply can't be eradicated by pulling, digging up, or smothering. However, we encourage everyone to be judicious and safe in the application of herbicides to minimize the harm they cause to all life.
@@planitwild9217 And campaign to stop nurseries and stores from continuing to propagate these plants! As the wise man once said, we've gotta nip it in the bud!
Don't mow your garden. It never happens in nature for a million years. I leave my garden full of wildflowers alone, and guess what, it looks great. Why make work for yourself ?