Project Green and the Iowa City Library will virtually present a Secondary Sunday Garden Forum Feb. 13, from 2-4 p.m. The free event is open to the public. To join via zoom, registration is required. Follow this link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LBGa63rRR_Or5ksbDKKG8w
The program will stream live on Iowa City Public Library’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thelibrarychannel
Benjamin Vogt of Lincoln, Neb., will address The Fundamentals of Garden Layers. His information is timely as we struggle to modify our gardens for increased summer heat, cycles of drought and excessive rain events.
He will discuss what he’s learned from natural plant communities to increase ecosystem function and climate resilience in our gardens at home. From the fundamentals of plant succession to using plant reproduction and growth habits to fill ecological niches, the right native plant communities make all the difference to create beautiful gardens that wildlife and people crave.
He owns the prairie-inspired design firm Monarch Gardens LLC (monarchgard.com) focusing on urban and suburban lawn to meadow conversions. He is an administrator of the Facebook page Milk the Weed with nearly 14,000 followers and contributors.
The final Second Sunday Garden Forum will be held Sunday, March 13, featuring University of Iowa Urban Forestry Supervisor and campus arborist Andy Dahl. The forum will be held at the Iowa City Public Library in-person with COVID-19 precautions in place.