January Meeting: Bringing Nature Home to Maine

12:00 PM – Flower Design Practice: A Grape Vine Wreath You will supply your choice of wreath, and we will have a workshop prior to the meeting to assemble them. A date for the workshop will be announced.

12:30 PM – Business Meeting

1:00 PM – Program: “Bringing Nature Home to Maine”

Presented by Andrew Tufts, Program Manager, Maine Audubon

As our population grows, wild landscapes are increasingly replaced with suburban backyards, grass lawns punctuated with non-native perennials, and shrubs that support very few species of wildlife. In fact, the United States has planted over 62,500 square miles — some 40 million acres — of lawn! Even a modest increase in the native plant cover on suburban properties greatly increases the diversity of insects, birds, and other animals that use the landscape.

At its heart, this project is about restoring and rebuilding Maine’s natural biodiversity by planting the native wildflowers, shrubs,…