Conservation@Home Professional Training:
Small-Scale Native Landscapes
Webinar 3: Native Woody Plants for Urban Spaces
Thursday, February 5th
12:00 — 1:00pm
Part of the Conservation@Home Professional training series and held in partnership with Possibility Place Nursery, join Possibility Place Nursery owner and botanist as he highlights native trees and shrubs perfect for small-scale urban spaces. Native plants are often treated as an all-or-nothing option or confined to a narrow list of “acceptable” species. But the world of natives — especially woody plants — is far more versatile and exciting than traditional plant lists suggest.
In this webinar, Kelsey Shaw will break open old assumptions and show how native plants can thrive in a wide range of landscapes and design contexts. You’ll learn how to move beyond rigid species lists and single-use ideals, and instead plan intentionally for the places where natives naturally excel. Discover how thoughtful selection and strategic placement can elevate your projects, better serve your clients, and strengthen local ecosystems.
Speaker:
Kelsay Shaw, Owner and Botanist at Possibility Place Nursery
Kelsay Shaw has a B.S. in botany from Eastern Illinois University and has been doing work in the green industry for over 30 years. He has traveled the mid-west exploring native habitat to further his understanding of native flora and its relationship to local fauna; as well as the impact of fragmentation of these habitats. A partner at Possibility Place Nursery, he and his family have tried to help make their clients (and people in general) aware of the positive contributions planting native plants in their yard can have on the local environment through consulting on projects and giving lectures on a range of related topics. Only by showing people the connections of native plants to native critters to us can we hope to make our world a slightly brighter place.
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