Incorporating Meadows into Designed Landscapes with Owen Wormser

Most yards in the U.S. are an ecological burden due to too much lawn coupled with an overuse of nonnative species. As more and more people realize this, interest in ecologically beneficial landscaping is catching on, including meadow-style plantings with native grasses and wildflowers. Meadows offer myriad ecological benefits – including ongoing sequestering of carbon and increased biological diversity. Well-designed meadows are also beautiful, long-lasting, and low maintenance.

Landscape designer and author Owen Wormser will talk about a range of different approaches for designing and building meadows and meadow gardens, including how to choose the right strategy based on your resources and landscape conditions. Owen will also discuss how to address site preparation and maintenance, as well as how to work with neighbors, HOAs, and municipalities so that your ecologically valuable landscape is welcomed into the community.

WEBINAR FORMAT

We will use Zoom and will send out a link to all registered attendees before the event. The webinar will be recorded and downloads will be available for two weeks for all registered attendees after the event.

MEET OWEN

After receiving a degree in landscape architecture in 1998, Owen Wormser founded his first landscape design/build company with a focus on creating sustainable, beautiful, low- maintenance landscapes. Based in Western Massachusetts, he has designed and built hundreds of landscapes influenced by his ongoing study of horticulture, permaculture, organic agriculture, and ecology. His first book, Lawns Into Meadows, Growing a Regenerative Landscape, was released in 2020. A revised second edition of Lawns Into Meadows was released in the fall of 2022.

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