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DSF Butterflyway program webinar: Decolonizing Native Plant Gardening and Ecological Restoration

From the DSF:
We are honoured to welcome Tiffany Traverse, a Secwépemc + European land and seed steward, language learner, and food sovereignty advocate, as a webinar presenter.

Tiffany’s firm belief in the right to healthy, culturally-appropriate food for all drives her work. She is passionate about dismantling structural racism within institutions as well as conducting research on nutrient-dense cultivars able to thrive in a changing climate in Treaty 8 Territory.

Tiffany will share some of her vast experience, wisdom and love of wild species and spaces with us, and offer guidance for our garden projects.

This webinar will be recorded. A recording link will be sent to registrants shortly after the event. Click here for more information and to register.

“A New Garden Ethic” from the David Suzuki Foundation

As part of the “Butterflyway” pollinator project, this free webinar will feature Benjamin Vogt.

In a time of mass extinction and climate change, how and for whom we garden matters more than ever.

What role do native plants have in opening us to the perspectives of others? What happens to our society when we advocate for the equality and freedom of a silent majority? Through ecology, psychology, landscape design, horticulture, philosophy, and social science, we’ll explore the rich complexity of rethinking pretty and what a garden means in the anthropocene.

Benjamin Vogt is the author of A New Garden Ethic: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future and the forthcoming Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design. He has a PhD from the University of Nebraska and owns Monarch Gardens, a prairie-inspired design firm. His work has been featured in The American Gardener, Fine Gardening, Garden Design, Horticulture, and Midwest Living. Benjamin lives in Lincoln, Nebraska with his wife and son.

Registration is here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J3P24ob7T_S_A5LI1C-avw?link_id=2&can_id=98f5ac64129a21ac847e3fdcdfb99529&source=email-butterflyway-webinar-this-sunday-ways-to-connect-3&email_referrer=email_1503846&email_subject=butterflyway-webinar-a-new-garden-ethic-april-24