We regret to share this event has been postponed. A new date will be added soon.

Let’s dig in to all the ways we can create habitat at home!

Regardless of the size and scope of your garden, making habitat for wildlife means making layers—layers composed of root-filled soil, insulating leaves, rotting logs, and native plants. From the living and dead tissue of plants springs diverse above- and belowground food webs of decomposers, herbivores, predators, and parasitoids. This web of interacting species is more fascinating to watch, more resilient to change, and less likely to experience pest outbreaks than spaces like lawns with their simplified food webs. This presentation describes the fundamentals of making habitat at home with native plants. As extreme weather becomes more common, our spaces can serve as a vital habitat and climate refuge for wildlife, providing much-needed relief from heat waves, desiccating winds, and heavy downpours.

Join Manager of Applied Ecology, Tyler Refsland, at First Congregational Church in South Portland for an engaging lecture exploring how you can bring these principles into your own growing spaces.

For the talk, no registration is required. Suggested donation $5 - $10 at the door - please bring cash.

This lecture follows the First Congregational Church’s monthly Fellowship Dinner. All are welcome! Attendance at the dinner does require pre-registration, and is $25 (inclusive of contribution towards the presentation). To join for dinner, please e-mail Carolyn at carolyn.clark353@gmail.com by May 3rd.