Gone are the days of the superficial landscape. Modern gardens must provide much more than aesthetic value. Gardens also improve the environment by filtering water, providing habitat for native fauna, and absorbing greenhouse gases.
Learn how your home garden can perform such feats, and how the green industry is becoming more “green” through programs like the Sustainable Sites Initiative.
At 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 4, at Bemis Hall, Mark Richardson, the newly appointed director of horticulture at the New England Wild Flower Society, will talk about the new standards in sustainable landscaping with examples from public gardens as well as our own Lincoln properties. Richardson has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Urban Horticulture and has lectured at Longwood Gardens and Brookside Gardens.
The public is invited to this event, which is co-sponsored by the Lincoln Garden Club and Greening Lincoln. Those who attend are asked to carpool and park on Old Lexington Road or Library Lane, as parking is limited. To learn more, visit www.LincolnGardenClub.org and www.GreeningLincoln.org.
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