Past Lectures

Raising the Carrying Capacity of Suburban Landscapes (Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, from Apr 22, 2009 07:30 PM to Apr 22, 2009 08:15 PM)

 

Bringing Nature Home (Vienna Presbyterian Church, 124 Park St. NE, Vienna, VA 22180, from Apr 21, 2009 10:00 AM to Apr 21, 2009 12:00 PM)

 

Bringing Nature Home (McNichol Room, Life Center Building, Neumann College, One Neumann Drive, Aston, PA 19014-1298 , from Apr 20, 2009 12:30 AM to Apr 20, 2009 02:00 PM)

 

Bringing Nature Home: A Case for Native Gardening (Mechanicsburg Middle School, 1750 S. Market St., Mechanicsburg, PA, from Apr 16, 2009 07:30 PM to Apr 16, 2009 09:00 PM)

Please join the Appalachian Audubon Society, the Mechanicsburg Parks and Recreation Department, and other community organizations, for a free presentation by Dr. Douglas Tallamy, Professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology from the University of Delaware, on Thursday, April 16th at the Mechanicsburg Middle School. Dr. Tallamy will help us to understand the consequences of the plant choices we make in our home landscapes, public spaces and parks. He will help us reconnect the dots in the circle of life, enabling us to create a healthier environment while increasing food and habitat for precious Pennsylvania species in decline, while still adding beauty to our gardens and landscapes.

Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens (Ward Museum, Salisbury, MD, from Apr 09, 2009 07:00 PM to Apr 09, 2009 09:00 PM)

For the Lower Shore Land Trust, 909 South Schumaker Drive, Salisbury, MD

Bringing Nature Home (Burlington County, NJ, from Apr 09, 2009 10:00 AM to Apr 09, 2009 11:30 AM)

 

Bringing Nature Home (Riddle Village Life Care Retirement Community, Lima, PA, from Apr 08, 2009 11:00 AM to Apr 08, 2009 12:00 PM)

 

Conservation of Biodiversity (George School, Newtown, PA 18940, from Apr 03, 2009 09:50 AM to Apr 03, 2009 10:50 AM)

Lecture for high school assembly.

Bringing Nature Home (University of Wisconsin-Marinette Campus, Marinette, WI , from Mar 28, 2009 09:15 AM to Mar 28, 2009 10:15 AM)

Keynote address for 2009 Spring Garden Conference, Northern Lights Master Gardeners. Class on "Maintaining Curb Appeal" to follow, at 10:15-11:30.

Bring Nature Home (Radnor Memorial Library, 114 W. Wayne Avenue, Wayne, PA 19087, from Mar 22, 2009 03:00 PM to Mar 22, 2009 04:30 PM)

"The Tenth Annual Chanticleer Lecture, presented by the Radnor Memorial Library. Using his recent publication, Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens as a starting point, Dr. Tallamy will address our need for a new approach to gardening and landscaping. With as many as 33,000 native species imperiled in the US, gardening in our crowded world carries both moral and ecological responsibilities that we can no longer ignore."

Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens (Stuart Country Day School, 1200 Stuart Road, Princeton, from Mar 21, 2009 11:00 AM to Mar 21, 2009 12:00 PM)

"Master Gardeners of Mercer County are encouraging the community to engage in responsible gardening by hosting ...author Doug Tallamy at a gardening symposium March 21 at Stuart Country Day School.Tallamy will...share his vision of a bio-diverse garden and insights from his recent book, 'Bringing Nature Home.' "

Bringing Nature Home (Bethel University, Arden Hills, MN, from Mar 17, 2009 08:40 AM to Mar 17, 2009 09:30 AM)

This [conference] is a two-day course for everyone involved in urban forestry and arboriculture. Doug will also present "Let It Be an Oak" from 1:15 - 2:00 p.m. on March 17th.

Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens ( John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College, from Mar 16, 2009 07:00 PM to Mar 16, 2009 09:00 PM)

"Douglas Tallamy, author of a new book that calls for planting gardens that appeal to wildlife—especially insects--brings his important message to St. Paul on Monday, March 16. The author of Bringing Nature Home, How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens, will speak at 7:00 p.m... For everyone interested in the conservation of birds and other wildlife and everyone who gardens, this is a “don’t miss” event. The Tallamy presentation [is] sponsored by St. Paul Audubon and Audubon Minnesota..."

Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens (Kettle Pond Visitor Center, 50 Bend Road, Charlestown, RI, from Mar 15, 2009 02:30 PM to Mar 15, 2009 04:00 PM)

"Dr. Tallamy will discuss the unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife. When native plant species disappear, or are replaced by alien exotics, the insects disappear, thus impoverishing the food source for birds and other animals."

Raising the Carrying Capacity of Suburbia (Williams Hall, Lehigh University, from Mar 13, 2009 12:00 PM to Mar 13, 2009 01:00 PM)

Scientific seminar for Earth and Environmental Department of Lehigh University

Bringing Nature Home: The Case for Native Plants (Mt. Pleasant Farm, Woodstock, MD, from Mar 12, 2009 07:00 PM to Mar 12, 2009 09:00 PM)

"With spring just around the corner, the Howard County Conservancy will host a lecture by Doug Tallamy on the benefits of planting native species in our gardens on Thursday, March 12, 7:00 p.m. The nationally acclaimed author of BRINGING NATURE HOME, Dr. Tallamy chairs the Department of Entomology & Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. Dr. Tallamy will present an illustrated talk about the critical role that native plants play in supporting a variety of beneficial insects which in turn feed a diversity of birds. Tallamy makes the case that 'With as many as 33,000 species imperiled in the U.S., it is clear that we must change our approach to landscaping if we hope to create homes and food to improve our local biodiversity.' His lecture will offer gardeners practical advice on how they can make a significant contribution toward sustainable biodiversity and at the same time beautify the suburban landscape with native plants. A book signing will follow the talk."

Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens (Reserve Room of the Morris Library, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, from Mar 10, 2009 04:30 PM to Mar 10, 2009 05:15 PM)

Featured speaker at the University of Delaware Library Associates' 2009 Annual Faculty Lecture.

Gardening for Life: keynote address (Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center on the MSU campus, East Lansing, MI, from Mar 09, 2009 01:15 PM to Mar 09, 2009 02:15 PM)

With as many as 33,000 species imperiled in the U.S., it is clear that we must change our approach to gardening and landscaping if we hope to share the spaces we live and work with other living things. Native plants will play a key role in the restoration of our landscapes because only natives provide the coevolved relationships required by animals. By supporting a diversity of insect herbivores, native plants provide food for a large and healthy community of natural enemies that keep herbivores in balance and our gardens aesthetically pleasing. Gardening in our crowded world carries both moral and ecological responsibilities that we can no longer ignore

Building a Butterfly Garden (Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center on the MSU campus, from Mar 08, 2009 08:45 AM to Mar 08, 2009 09:45 AM)

Successful butterfly gardens provide both nectar sources for adult butterflies and host plants for the larval stages of butterflies. It often comes as a surprise that many butterfly host plants are native woody plant species not typically used in butterfly gardens. But to have butterflies we must make butterflies. Properly designed butterfly gardens also support a variety of beautiful moth species. Professor Tallamy will discuss these principles as well as Lepidoptera behavior and the differences between moths, butterflies and skippers.

Impacts of Invasive Species on Wildlife: What Happens If We Do Nothing? (Virginia Beach, VA, from Mar 05, 2009 02:00 PM to Mar 05, 2009 02:50 PM)

50-minute talk at Project Leaders Workshop Conference for 180 USFWS biologists and project leaders