Certificate in Native Plants - Integrated Pest Management for Native Landscapes
Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute (TNACI), 175 Baylor School Rd, Chattanooga, TN, 37405 Map
Paid Event Public Welcome Registration Required Program/Speaker Presentation Hands-On/How-To Workshop Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains
What do wasps, cardboard and hot sauce have in common? They can all be part of Integrated Pest Management!
Reduce your reliance on expensive products and start a smart strategy that can improve resilience in your landscape.
An introduction to a broad concept, this class will focus on easy methods that a homeowner or commercial landscaper can use to reduce common nuisance species and encourage helpful ones. A lesson in using Seek to help identify what is around will provide outdoor time and also practice one of the most crucial pieces to IPM, correct identification!
A hand lens is helpful, Seek uploaded to your smartphone will greatly enhance your experience
Join Lucy Ellis, Natural Resources Project Manager for the city of Chattanooga for this Certificate in Native Plants Class. Learn about the small, yet mighty organisms who call the understory home, and what YOU can do and plant to support them.