Naturalists at the Ney: K*ll Your Lawn presented by Joey Santore

Explore the benefits and process of turning your front yard into a classroom and native plant habitat with botanist, educator and YouTuber Joey Santore. This presentation will include tips on getting native habitat established, what to plant first, how to deal with weeds, the benefits of mulch, why planting smaller is better, how to maintain and prune plants to avoid being handled by city code enforcement that may not understand it and who may still be under the spell of the lawn cult, and more. This event is scheduled for Saturday, June 28 (10am-12pm). Joey will also have merchandise for sale after the event. This program is part of the Elisabet Ney Museum's Naturalists at the Ney Series!

Naturalists at the Ney Series

We are naturalists! The Elisabet Ney Museum grounds are home to a variety of animals and insects along with native grasses and forbs. Ney cared deeply about the environment she inhabited so much that she purposefully selected a wild and native space for her Austin studio, Formosa. Learn more about this unique historic landscape and entrench yourself in this environment with a new series of monthly events at the museum, Naturalists at the Ney. In this theme-based series of workshops, guided explorations, and art making activities held the first Saturday of each month, we will learn about the colorful uses of plants, the hidden relationships under our feet, and the treasures used to create botanical art in the grounds around Formosa. Be prepared to be outdoors in Ney’s wild landscape!

This event is organized in partnership with the Refugee Collective and generously funded in part by a grant from the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC). Learn more about their work at www.therefugeecollective.org and www.sitesofconscience.org.

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