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“Personal Habitat: Lessons from 30 Years of Wildlife Gardening,” with Julie Zickefoose
“Getting rid of what should not be there and nurturing what should—that’s the plan,” says naturalist, author and artist Julie Zickefoose.
What You’ll Learn in This Class
In 33 years of living on a parcel of Appalachian woodland and meadow in Ohio, Julie has done it all, battling invasive exotics, managing meadows, and turning her gardens into a bird and butterfly paradise through simple but creative enhancements that we can each distill to benefit our own properties.
She has recorded an astonishing 198 species of birds and 77 butterfly species there.
Julie’s thoughtful stewardship has made all the difference, and she’ll share the changes she’s made to enhance her land and gardens for maximum diversity—and how to adapt them to your own space on whatever scale.
Julie feels that all life is an experiment, and gardening is one of the grandest experiments of all.
In your own yard, you can take it as far as you wish:
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Experiment with more natives, including collecting their seeds and propagating your favorites
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Explore tactics for effective invasive-plant removal
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Update other garden-management practices for the maximum benefit of birds and beneficial insects
Come with your questions to ask live in class or submit in advance (with a photo attached for design and plant ID help, for instance).
You’ll leave Julie’s talk and the Q&A opportunity that follows feeling inspired, and full of ideas for your own space, no matter how small.
About Julie Zickefoose:
Julie Zickefoose is a popular writer and artist for whom horticulture is an absorbing backdrop. She illustrates her own books, including “Saving Jemima,” “Baby Birds,” “The Bluebird Effect,” and “Natural Gardening for Birds.” She fights invasive plants, gardens, does a bit of songbird and bat rehab, and is advising editor for “BWD Magazine,” to which she’s contributed since 1986, when it was “Bird Watcher’s Digest.” She is currently writing about Carolina wrens, tiny geniuses.