Plant for Pollinators Webinar #1: Soft Landings Add Life Under Trees
January 27 at 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Get ready for the first of three “Plant for Pollinators 2026” webinars! In preparation of our April online plant sale, Shannon Currey, horticultural expert with Izel Native Plants, will share the benefits of native plants and offer suggestions for which “soft landings” to use under our backyard trees.
Native trees provide a host of benefits in cultivated spaces from reducing backyard temperatures to creating critical habitat for native wildlife. However, sun exposure and soil moisture vary greatly under tree canopies, so figuring out exactly what to plant underneath trees can be challenging! Sadly, the default is often lawn or mulch. When we leave these areas as lawn, we miss a valuable opportunity to realize the full potential of these underplanting areas and enhance our native landscapes.
The concept of creating soft landings under trees uses diverse native plantings which support wildlife and add ecological function. Many insect pollinators begin their lives up in our native trees. Soft landings provide critical shelter and habitat underneath those trees which many species need to complete their life cycle. This planting approach also helps support the trees, improve soil health, and manage stormwater… and it’s much more appealing than mulch or turfgrass!
Join Shannon to learn how to move beyond the default using herbaceous, native plants to add life, function, and beauty under your trees.
Be on the lookout for info about our February and March webinars coming soon. Our Plant for Pollinators webinars are free to attend, but please consider a donation to offset the cost of bringing these great, nationally recognized speakers to share their insight.
Mark your calendar: GSWA’s online native plant sale kick-off webinar takes place March 31 at 7pm, where you will learn about the 43 native species available at our sale! The sale runs online April 1-21 with pickup at a wide variety of regional locations May 2-3.
Registration closes at 5 PM the day of each webinar.
A Zoom link will be emailed to early registrants 24 hours prior to the start of the webinar and again by 5:30 PM day-of. If you don’t see it, check your spam folder. Please add ifilippini@greatswamp.org to your email contacts to avoid sending the link to your spam folder. The webinar is recorded and all registrants will receive the replay link within 2 business days of the end of the webinar. Thank you!