Elise Howard, author of Plant This, Not That: Over 200 Native Plant Swaps for a More Sustainable, Pollinator-Friendly Garden, will speak at the Perrot Memorial Library on Thursday, June 25, at 7 pm in the Program Room, Radcliffe Building. The event will include a brief tour of the Library’s pollinator garden and is co-sponsored by Perrot Memorial Library and Greenwich Pollinator Pathway.
Plant This, Not That by Elise Howard establishes some basic principles for selecting and using native plants, along with specific examples of substitutions for plants you may be wanting to replace, including suggestions for gardens in various regions around the country.
Elise offers 200-ish examples of swaps for plants that have proven troublesome or just don’t do much in the name of supporting biodiversity, grouped helpfully by their landscape purpose: for hedging, for groundcovers, for foundation plantings near the house, etc.
Elise began learning about natives more than 15 years ago as a volunteer at Riverside Park in New York City. These days, she lives in gardens in the city and in Western Massachusetts.
Registration is required. To register, click here.
For more information about this program, call us at 203-637-1066 or email us at adultprogramming@perrotlibrary.org.