Cost: $25

The Rotary Club of Asheville and Bee City USA-Asheville 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.

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,

Photo: Dr. Douglas Tallamy

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