(Homegrown National Park) Join HNP and Benjamin Vogt for a crash course in selecting native plants for your locale, the benefits of matrix design for climate resilience, and the basics of management (from site prep to weeds to several years after install). We’ll cover all the core concepts of natural garden design for habitat and sustainability, as well as the various strategies to use in removing lawn and advocating for rewilded urban and suburban lawnscapes. The presentation will last ~50 minutes with ample time for Q&A afterwards.

Benjamin Vogt is author of the best-selling Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design, as well as the impassioned A New Garden Ethic: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future. His design work has appeared in Dwell, Fine Gardening, Horticulture, Midwest Living, The New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.