SOLD OUT! Scroll down to learn how you can enjoy much of the conference without a ticket.
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.
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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.”
MESSAGE TO NON-TICKET HOLDERS
Due to Dr. Tallamy's popularity and our community's commitment to creating more resilient ecosystems following Hurricane Helene, we have had an overwhelming response to the Habitatscaping conference. While the 700 event tickets have sold out, the limiting factor for the conference is the seating capacity of the AB Tech Conference Center auditorium, which is 700.
Our commitment is ensuring the conference runs smoothly for the ticket holders. However, like you, we are anxious to fill our landscapes with locally native plants, and dramatically reduce lawns and pesticide use. If you are not familiar with the Asheville chapter of Bee City USA's Recommended WNC Native Species LIst, we invite you to download it here. Many of the plant vendors on the list will be selling plants at the Conference.
Therefore, for non-ticket holders, we invite you to visit the native plant vendors located outside, on the Conference Center perimeter. You are also welcome to attend morning presentations in Ferguson Auditorium and the Sycamore Building Lecture Hall since concurrent morning presentations have excess capacity. You will find a schedule of morning presentations here. Dr. Tallamy's lecture will be recorded and posted on the event webpage following the conference.
PARKING: Please park in the Ferguson Auditorium parking lot to leave parking space by the AB Tech Conference Center for ticket holders.
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