CNP Using Native Grasses and Sedges (E)
Public Welcome Paid Event Program/Speaker Presentation Hands-On/How-To Workshop Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains
Description:
For those looking to boost their landscape’s ecological impact, native grasses and sedges offer smart solutions to common landscape challenges. Unlike oceans of mulch and vast expanses of turf grass, native graminoids add biodiversity and increased resilience. These extraordinary plants help preserve and build the soil, manage stormwater, serve animals and insects with
shelter and food, and reduce weed competition. From low-key groundcover to seasonal superstar, their varied habits and unique aesthetic qualities make them essential for looks as well.
Join Shannon Currey for a classroom overview of true grasses, which are in the family Poaceae, along with sedges in the genus Carex and a few other graminoids. We’ll touch on their physiology—including some tips for distinguishing between them—and talk about why they’re helpful for solving landscape challenges. We’ll cover cultural conditions, planting, and management. Then we’ll stroll outside to explore the landscape, apply our tips for identifying
them, and see how the native grasses and sedges are working (or not) on this site.