Events

WALK ON THE WILD SIDE: MATTHAEI IN MAY

Guide: Calla Butler, Native Plant Horticulturalist, Matthaei Botanical Gardens

The Great Lakes Gardens at Matthaei re-create our region’s natural habitats with woodlands, open dunes, alvar, and prairies. Calla Butler, Native Plant Horticulturalist at Matthaei, will lead us through the early season of these native plant communities providing cues for the conditions they require to thrive. This is an opportunity to learn about both rare and familiar natives in emergent phases, to identify the cycles of their growth, and to know what plants might be suited to thriving in your own home environment. The tour ends with a visit to the beaver's handiwork on Fleming Creek. 

Free, but registration is required

SMALL FORESTS, BIG BENEFITS: ONLINE DISCUSSION FEATURING KEYNOTE DOUGLAS TALLAMY

This free online forum will explore the planting of dense pockets of native trees and shrubs to address biodiversity loss, tree inequity, and climate change.

Professor Douglas Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home, Nature’s Best Hope, and other books and writings; Professor of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Delaware Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology; and an honorary lifelong member of Wild Ones, will be accompanied by four panelists:

Giuliana Casimirri, Green Venture

Christine Dannhausen-Brun, Norsdon Green Earth Foundation

Maya Dutta, Biodiversity for a Livable Climate

Neelan Patil, Green Pocket Forests 

This event is co-sponsored by PocketForests.org, Wild Ones Ann Arbor, and Citizens’ Climate Lobby Ann Arbor