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Habitatscaping: Supporting Nature with Native Plants

  • A-B Tech Conference Center 16 Fernihurst Dr, Asheville, NC, 28801 United States (map)

NOTE: THIS EVENT QUICKLY SOLD ALL 700 TICKETS BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE WANTED TO HEAR DR; TALLAMY SPEAK. WE RECORDED HIS SPEECH AND ARE SHARING IT HEAR FOR THOSE WHO WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND.

The Rotary Club of Asheville, Bee City USA-Asheville, and Carolina Native Nursery are partnering to bring an important environmental conference to Asheville on May 17, 2025. Habitatscaping: Supporting Nature with Native Plants features the inspirational keynote speaker and prolific author, Dr. Douglas Tallamy. Throughout the day, there will be additional presentations, local native plant vendors will have plants for sale, and local environmental nonprofits will exhibit.

Get all the juicy particulars—coffee, food, vendors, exhibitors, raffle items, Tallamy books—by clicking the button below.

About Keynote Speaker Dr. Douglas Tallamy

Dr. Douglas Tallamy is an entomologist (insect researcher) at the University of Delaware and the inspiration for the nonprofit Homegrown National Park . He authored several influential bestsellers: Bringing Nature Home, Nature’s Best Hope, and The Nature of Oaks,

Read Janet Whitworth’s blog post about replanting oaks in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

Photo: Dr. Douglas Tallamy

Many thanks to Corrie Woods and Gardening for Life for loaning us use of the term “Habitatscaping.”

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