Elise Howard, PLANT THIS, NOT THAT

Beatrix Farrand Garden Association Talk.

Presented in partnership with Beatrix Farrand Garden Association.

Free. Registration Requested.

Inspired by thought leaders like Piet Oudolf and Doug Tallamy, home gardeners are waking up to the vital importance of supporting local ecosystems with native plants.

Elise Howard will talk about her new book - Plant This, Not That - which considers some of the most common non-native (and often, invasive) plants in North American gardens and suggests substitutions for more beneficial and equally beautiful natives. The book also features an overview of how native plants contribute to our local ecosystems, where to shop for them, advice on maintaining a mostly native garden, and resources to learn more about native planting.

Elise Howard has grown a garden everywhere she has lived since childhood, up and down the Eastern seaboard between Virginia and Maine. She has gardened in window boxes, suburban backyards, apartment courtyards, and on the rural coastline. Her native plant journey began more than fifteen years ago, when she was a volunteer gardener in New York City’s Riverside Park. After a long career as an editor and publisher, mainly of children’s books, Elise now works as a literary agent. She currently gardens and lives with her family in New York City and Western Massachusetts.