The Weed Assassin’s Guide To Killing Stuff, And Other Beautification Tips

West Cook Wild Ones shares information with landowners about how important their landscaping choices are. We share our ideas, skills, and knowledge with others so that their yards can be hospitable to other animals. Working together, we all can ensure the continuation of ecosystem benefits we receive from healthy, beneficial animal and plant populations.Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities. Wild Ones is a not-for-profit environmental education and advocacy organization.

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Learn the secrets of native plant garden maintenance from expert horticulturist Ken Williams!

Please join us on Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 2:30 pm CT for &quot;The Weed Assassin&#x27;s Guide to Killing Stuff, And Other Beautification Tips&quot; with Ken Williams.The Presentation: For ecological landscapes to ever gain widespread acceptance, they must be beautiful. Although native plants are gorgeous, that alone is not enough. They must be arranged in aesthetic compositions, and then persistently maintained. Maintenance usually means managing weeds. Understanding weeds and their growth habits is the key to managing them. This presentation will describe the life-cycle and natural history of many of our common weeds. Included will be chemical free methods of killing weeds, strategies for using other plants to prevent weeds, and the art of editing.Your questions answered!: We know you will have tons of questions for Ken so his presentation will be 30-40 minutes long to allow for an extra-long Q &amp; A session. If you would like to submit a question in advance, use this form:<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSHEdA2s2O1QdVlKJRZEGOhRX_I97b0wz-sEB6O2ONrWu5pw/viewform?usp=sf_link" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Ask The Weed Assassin</a>

Speaker BioHorticulturist Ken Williams has participated in the Chicago area ecological landscape movement since 2008. Working in both ecological restoration and in landscaping, he managed crews that maintained ornamental plantings on scores of properties, including the Migratory Bird Garden at Shedd Aquarium. Before Chicagoland, Williams spent decades restoring prairies in southeast Kansas, and gardened a 100 acre park and zoo. He has also grown food since childhood. This journey of learning through the fertile ground between horticulture and conservation gives Williams a unique perspective on landscape maintenance. Y﻿ou can follow Ken on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kenzhort/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">kenzhort</a> and on YouTube at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@kenwilliamskenzhort5347/featured" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ken Williams kenzhort</a>. You can also find Ken's prior presentation for West Cook Wild Ones, the smash hit "Top 10 Things New Native Plant Gardeners Need to Know" on Ken's YouTube Channel or on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4caQ9o4Naw&amp;t=14s" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ours!</a>

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