Reducing Invasive Plants and Recovering a Healthy Plant Community

When

Sunday, 03/20/2022    
10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Where

Reuben Hoar Library
35 Shattuck Street, Littleton, MA, 01460

Event Type

Note: this is a Sunday meeting due to availability of meeting rooms.

Trevor Smith holds several landscape certifications and is also a past President of the Ecological Landscape Alliance and a current Trustee. Trevor is an award winning, regenerative landscape designer, specializing in Green Infrastructure, native plant design, habitat creation and nutrient dense urban crop production. He is passionate about the natural world which inspires his commitment to ecological principles and practices.

Mr. Smith’s talk will ask the questions: What is an invasive plant? What is their impact on our native plant community? Who or what is to blame for the invasion? Trevor Smith will answer these questions and more in this in-depth look at our struggle with invasive plants. Organic and eco-friendly methods of control and eradication for planting beds and lawns and wood lines as well as what we can do to alter our gardens to make them less desirable for invasive plants. This talk should leave you well informed and inspired to do your part to reset the balance.

Registration Required

This event is open to the public and is free. Registration is required so we can plan the room setup and limit attendance to the capacity of the room.

Thank you to the Shirley Charitable Foundation

This event is sponsored by the Shirley Charitable Foundation.

Member Activities at this meeting

  • Seed Share
  • Houseplant Swap
  • Book / Magazine Swap
Note: Most of our events are rain or shine. If we do postpone due to weather, members will receive an email notification and we'll update the event details here on the website.