One of the best ways we can support wildlife around our homes, schools, or community spaces is through gardening. While local environments are beautiful and fostering them without the use of harmful chemicals is beneficial, doing this effectively requires an understanding of how plants, animals, and people interact to create balanced ecosystems. We are offering these private sessions in ecological gardening to help you develop a deeper understanding of this ecological balance, and to equip you with strategies to accomplish this.
These private sessions will be led by James Carr, who has taught at the New York Botanical Gardens for over 20 years. Please find the descriptions for each possible theme below, each of which may last up to 2 hours. If there will be multiple people in your party, please let us know the expected guest attendance. Please make sure each member of your party brings and wears a mask. After making your purchase, we will be in touch with you to schedule the date and time for your program. The date and time of year for your program is flexible, and we will email you after you book your program to schedule a date. All sessions will take place at the Greenwich Audubon Center.
Photo: Monarch Butterfly / Creative Commons.
Session Theme Options:
Ecological Garden Design
This program will help you learn techniques for designing your garden, as well as foundational principles for ecological gardening. It will contain a portion of lecture and hands-on training outside.
Ecological Pond Design
Ponds are tremendously beneficial, providing critical hydration to your plants and vital habitat for wildlife that support the health of your garden. This program will help you learn techniques for designing your very own ecological pond to support wildlife. Please note that this does not include koi ponds.
Raised Garden Bed Design
Raised garden beds are a wonderful way of protecting your plants and creating a lower-maintenance system for your garden. This program will help you learn techniques for designing, building, and maintaining raised beds, and will contain a portion of lecture and hands-on training outside.
Composting
This program will teach you how to build a composting system in your backyard. Composting is a wonderful way to help plants and wildlife, and allows for the creation of beautiful, lower maintenance landscapes and flower gardens. This workshop will provide hands-on training and guidance.
This IN-PERSON session will take place at the Greenwich Audubon Center. Participants are required to wear a face mask covering for the duration of the program.
