Please preregister to reserve your seat and receive updates for this program for adults.
Program participants meet in the Auditorium at Rowe Woods Visitor Center
Hosted by Cory Christopher, Director of the Center for Conservation at Cincinnati Nature Center, this new series promotes science with solutions by sharing information about conservation research and initiatives and by connecting like-minded people who want to help make a difference.
Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Us
If you have a yard—whether it’s the size of a postage stamp or three acres—please add some native plants. Natural areas in the United States have been disappearing at an alarming rate, creating a negative impact on insects, birds and mammals which depend on native ecosystems. Doug Tallamy will describe how this loss affects humans and our critical need for biodiversity. Humans cannot live as the only species on this planet because it is other species that create the ecosystem services necessary for our survival. Doug will explain how to share our living, working and agricultural spaces with biodiversity, and he will encourage us to “garden as if life depends on it!”
Professor & Chair of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, Doug Tallamy has authored more than 80 research articles in addition to teaching Insect Taxonomy, Behavioral Ecology, Humans & Nature, Insect Ecology and other courses for 35 years. His book, Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens, has sparked a national conversation about the link between healthy local ecosystems and human well-being.
Following the lecture, Dr. Cory Christopher, Director of the Center for Conservation will moderate an open discussion between the presenter and the audience. Moving beyond the traditional Q&A, audience members will have the opportunity to network with each other about local initiatives relevant to the topic, and share ways that everyone can contribute.
Free for Cincinnati Nature Center members. Daily admission fee for nonmembers is included in ticket price. Please preregister to reserve a seat.