Native Plants: Advancing Our Dialogue with Nature, March 30th

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U.S. National Arboretum Visitor Center, Washington, D.C.

Main gate by the visitor center is 2400 R Street NE, which will bring you to the R Street gate- use this address for GPS directions

8:30 am – 3:30 pm

Fee $95 ($76 for Friends of the National Arboretum members).  More information and register here.

Learn to look at cues from nature, whether it is pinpointing the best grasses and sedges to control storm water or combining natives to reduce maintenance.
Hear about newly discovered native species, visit an Arboretum restoration project, discover how pesky invasives can help produce alluring art, or learn about plants toughing it out in some unexpected places.

Talk Topics/Speakers 

LOOKING to NATURE for BEAUTY with LESS MAINTENANCE
C. Colston Burrell, principal,  Native Landscape Design and Restoration,

THE NEW WORKHORSES of the GARDEN: Native Grasses & Sedges
Shannon Currey, marketing director, Hoffman Nursery

TWO SIGNATURE NATIVES: Leather Flower & Wake-robins
Dr.Aaron Floden, botanist, Missouri Botanical Garden.

Concurrent sessions:

ALIEN WEEDS: Art from an Insistent Abundance
Patterson Clark, senior graphics editor, Politico Pro

SPRINGHOUSE RUN RESTORATION
Max Fedeli & Angela Magnan, staff, U.S. National Arboretum

FINDING NATURE in ALL the WRONG PLACES
Dr. Brett McMillan, science teacher, The Bryn Mawr School of Baltimore

Native plant sale: 8:30 to 1 pm.