Panel/Discussion

Planting Natives, Promoting Biodiversity

Friday
September 22, 2023
10:30am - 11:30am
Zoom

This panel will highlight the importance of native plants and pollinator gardens in restoring and maintaining a robust ecosystem and the ways that individual gardens can be part of a larger corridor through the city and other developed spaces. With resources and ideas for people who want to plant natives in their own large or small spaces.

Zoom link: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96562641008?pwd=YU1xcHRWZkd1QWFVMmZxYVVMdC95Zz09

Panelists:

Ryan Drake, Natural Areas section leader for Morris Arboretum
Doris Wagner, Professor of Biology
Kathryn Butler, Greenhouse and Garden Manager for the BioPond
Kathleen Morrison, Professor of Anthropology

Facilitated by: 

Jennifer Sheffield, Research Coordinator in CIS and amateur gardener

(Photo: Jennifer Sheffield)