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Press Release from Landscaping With Colorado Native Plants Conference

Colorado Native Plants Conference

DENVER – What’s the buzz about native plants? Find out at the 7th Annual Landscaping with Colorado Native Plants Conference! Experts in horticulture, ecology and landscape design share how to plan, plant and maintain beautiful and biodiverse native landscapes from the ground up. To enable participation statewide, this year’s conference is online. Recordings of the speakers’ presentations will be available for registrants to view. The conference runs from 9 am - 4 pm on Saturday, February 26th, 2022. Attendees are invited to preview the conference platform prior to the event.


Register now for this virtual event at landscapingwithcoloradonativeplants.wordpress.com


“As a gardener, it is a delight to see my fellow horticulturalists working alongside birders, ecologists, entomologists and botanists to encourage the use of native plants in landscapes,” says Jennifer Bousselot, Assistant Professor in Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at Colorado State University. Not only do native plants attract and support imperiled insect and bird populations, they connect people to the land and to the community.


The Landscaping with Colorado Native Plants Conference is a collaborative, educational initiative that promotes the inclusion of native plants in our landscaping to benefit pollinators and songbirds, save water, and restore the beauty and health of nature in the places we live, work and play.


Colorado Native Plants Conference 2022

The Landscaping with Colorado Native Plants Conference is brought to you by a coalition of partners: the Butterfly Pavilion, Colorado State University Extension and the Colorado Native Plant Master Program®, the Colorado Native Plant Society, the Denver Botanic Gardens, the Wild Ones Front Range Chapter, the High Plains Environmental Center and Susan J. Tweit, author and plant ecologist.


“Our collaboration of partners, all with a shared mission of conserving native plants and pollinators, have been extremely pleased with the enthusiastic public response,” says Jim Tolstrup, Executive Director of the High Plains Environmental Center. We are seeing a shift in public awareness of the critical role that native plants play in our local food webs and in people’s desire to make an impact. Jim writes, “We need our landscaping to be more than just pretty, we can utilize landscaping as a life raft to save our dwindling wildlife and share the world that we design and build with them.”


Featuring speakers from diverse fields, this year’s Landscaping with Colorado Native Plants Conference offers inspiration and insight to both novice and tenured gardeners. Professionals in the horticulture and design industries may apply for continuing education credits for the Landscape Industry Certified Technician program and through the Association of Professional Landscape Designers.


Colorado Native Plants Conference - Keynote Speaker Douglas Tallamy

This year’s keynote speaker, renowned entomologist Dr. Doug Tallamy and author of Nature’s Best Hope outlines a homegrown approach to conservation. Other program topics include merging ecosystem function with landscape aesthetics, growing Castilleja spp. in Colorado gardens, well-behaved prairie plants, gardens that cater to Colorado birds, and native plant production. The Conference will also showcase the River’s Edge Natural Area Native Plant Demonstration garden in Loveland and the 2021 Conference Grant awardee residential and public gardens.


Register now for this virtual event at landscapingwithcoloradonativeplants.wordpress.com





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