Certificate in Native Plants - People, Plants, and Culture: How Native Plants Spread and Feed our World
REFLECTION RIDING Arboretum and Nature Center, 400 Garden Rd, Chattanooga, TN, 37419 Map
Paid Event Public Welcome Registration Required Certification Course Program/Speaker Presentation Hands-On/How-To Workshop Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains
In this class, we are going to study the social-cultural side of native plants, and how these forces affect their distribution and use. We will discuss the indigenous and colonial history of the area, urban ecological systems, and examples of cultivating communities around edible native plantings. A central question will be, how do we create a culture that perpetuates native plants for the common good of our local ecology and local communities? We will look at several specific native plants to consider how they spread botanically and ecologically, as well as socially and culturally.