AT:Nine Natives Program – Creating Simple Gardens With Native Prairie Plants

Nine Natives Program – Creating Simple Gardens With Native Prairie Plants

April 19 2022 05:00pm – 07:30pm
Reminder
Education

NINE NATIVES PROGRAM – CREATING SIMPLE GARDENS WITH NATIVE PRAIRIE PLANTS
TUES.4/19/2022 @ 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
5:00-6:00 PM – SIP AND STROLL GARDEN TOUR
6:00 PM-7:00 PM – PRESENTATION
@ HOUSTON BOTANIC GARDEN
PRESENTER: BETH CLARK
$50

Creating a new garden using native plants or adding natives to a local garden can be simple and rewarding. The Nine Natives (and a few alternates) were selected to work together to give a beautiful show in the garden throughout the year. Some species were selected for their extended or repeat blooms and others for their interesting foliage and contrasting colors and textures. All were chosen for the benefit to butterflies, hummingbirds, birds, beneficial insects and other wildlife in the garden.

Clark Condon worked with the Native Prairies Association of Texas, Coastal Prairie Partnership and the Katy Prairie Conservancy to develop the Nine Natives program for our region. The booklet introduces a simple palette of native plants in the Houston area that are available to everyone. Utilizing native plants supports and benefits pollinators and local wildlife in our area;

Nine Natives Initiative

PRESENTER:
Beth Clark is a professional Landscape Architect with over 30 years of design experience, recently retired from the award-winning firm of Clark Condon, Landscape Architecture. Beth’s work with Clark Condon included the firm’s role as the local landscape architecture consultants for the Houston Botanic Garden. She designed the Demonstration Garden at Urban Harvest offices on Canal Street and the Nine Natives Demonstration Garden at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences. Beth is on the board of Urban Harvest and the Houston Native Prairie Association of Texas and Urban Harvest. She was selected as a 2021 Outstanding Alumni for the Texas A&M College of Architecture. She continues using her talents in support of projects for non-profits such as Katy Prairie Conservancy, Armand Bayou, Cullinan Park, and several community gardens. Beth has a passion for prairies, plants, and natives species; In her own garden she combines edibles along with other species in the landscape as well as having traditional vegetable beds.

PARTNER LOCATION
Houston Botanic Garden main entrance is located at 8210 Park Place Blvd. Houston, TX, 77017. Starting at 5pm, participants will gather for docent lead tours in the HBG Culinary Garden which features edible and medicinal plants—many of which visitors could grow in their own yards—that have served as a basis for economic and cultural exchange across the history of the world. www.hbg.org

If you cannot attend a live class, there are no substitutions or refunds.

(At registration you will receive two emails, one is a receipt and the other will be sent a few days prior to the class with event details that includes the physical location, parking and contact information. Contact education@urbanharvest.org for questions)