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Neonicotinoid insecticides, commonly known as “neonics,” have become the most widely used insecticides in the U.S., leading to drastic declines in bees, pollinators, birds, and aquatic ecosystems. In this webinar, Lucas Rhoads, Senior Attorney with NRDC’s Pesticides & Pollinators Team, will share expert insights on how neonics impact our environment and pose serious risks to human health. He’ll delve into the harms associated with neonic-treated seeds, which are a major source of contamination, and explore effective policy advocacy strategies to rein in their widespread use without disrupting farmers or landscapers.

This program will occur virtually on Zoom.  Registration is required.  A recording of the program will be shared with program registrants.  To register for this program please click on the “Register” button at the bottom of this page.

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In this program, we will explore the how and why to converting from lawn to natural garden, then touch on the practical preparation, research, design, management, and working with city inspectors and HOAs aspects involved in this conversion. In under one hour you’ll have the basic tools and strategies to begin your own further research and planning to reduce intensively managed lawn as well as invigorating older garden beds that often need more plants. 

Presenter Bio:

Benjamin Vogt is the author of the best-selling Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design, as well as A New Garden Ethic: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future. His work has appeared in Dwell, Fine Gardening, Horticulture, Midwest Living, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. He manages the educational and design firm Prairie Up based in Lincoln, Nebraska. 

A signed copy of Prairie Up can be ordered at Nature and Garden Books by Benjamin Vogt.  Unsigned books can be ordered from your favorite bookseller.  If you shop from the Wild Ones Reading List Bookshop a portion of your purchase goes to support both Wild Ones and independently owned local bookstores. This contribution, at no additional cost to you, helps to support the Wild Ones mission but does not influence our reviews or recommendations. 

Learn about the Wild Ones San Diego Chapter's newest demonstration garden funded in part by Monarch Joint Venture and U.S. Forest Service International Programs. You'll also hear from landscape designer Jeanine Sharkey about this newest San Diego native garden design. 

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Learn about the Wild Ones Capital Region NY Chapter's newest demonstration garden, funded partly by Monarch Joint Venture and U.S. Forest Service International Programs. You'll also hear from landscape designer Kate Brittenham about this newest Albany NY native garden design. 

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