Mission
To provide garden coaching and botanical education services
that increase awareness and action to sustain native plants and pollinators.
that increase awareness and action to sustain native plants and pollinators.
Pearl crescent butterfly (Phyciodes tharos)
Garden coaching and public talks
My garden coaching teaches homeowners how to maintain their yards in an ecologically productive way. By using habitat-oriented garden practices, we can make yards of any size enjoyable and beautiful for families, while also supporting birds, insects, and native plants. Specifically, I work with homeowners of all skill levels to envision what their yard could be and help them through the process of making it happen. I also provide pubic talks and workshops on creating gardens to support native plants and pollinators, and botany for gardeners. |
flower fly (Syrphidae) on Rudbeckia)
Teacher resourcesIn my botanical education practice, I provide standards-aligned botanical education materials for formal and non-formal educators in Massachusetts; develop customized lesson plans or units of study for elementary and middle school students; and conduct professional development workshops for teachers on basic botany and how best to teach it using an inquiry instructional approach. |
"The knowledge that refuge is available, when and if needed, makes the silent inferno of the desert more easily bearable. Mountains complement desert as desert complements city, as wilderness complements and completes civilization."--Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire (1968)
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22% of New England's native plants are rare. 31% of the 3,514 species documented here are not native. A high percentage of declining species requires insect pollination. (Native Plant Trust) |
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Showy lady's-slipper orchid (Cypripedium reginae)
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