Aspetuck Land Trust and Wild Ones present...
Creating Beautifully Designed Food Forests for Migrating Birds
Join us as we welcome Eva Monheim on Friday, May 30th for a Lunch & Learn zoom webinar.
A food forest, also known as an edible forest garden, is a system of intentionally created, self-sustaining ecosystems that provide food and other resources for humans and wildlife. In essence, it's a garden that mimics a natural forest, with different layers of plants, including trees, shrubs, ground cover, and vines, all working together to create a balanced and productive environment.
By looking at USDA maps for plant selection we can help to enhance the migratory flyway for birds and other animals.
Eva will help us to take a deep dive in plant selection that you might never have thought about when planting your garden and selecting plants.
Wild Ones and Aspetuck Members can register for free.
Eva Monheim is a speaker, ISA Certified Arborist®, an award winning educator, and a faculty member at Longwood Gardens for the Professional Horticulture Program and Continuing Education Department. She was an assistant professor at Temple University where she taught thirteen different subjects to undergraduate and graduate students in horticulture and landscape architecture.
Monheim’s other endeavors are the award-winning The Plant a Trillion Trees Podcast which is heard in over 110 countries. She is the author of Shrubs & Hedges: Discover, Grow, and Care for the World’s Most Popular Plants, which was nominated by The Council on Botanical & Horticultural Libraries for outstanding contributions to the literature of horticulture. Monheim is co-principal of Verdant Earth Educators, LLC (VEE), a company that writes educational documents and standards, SOPs, landscape management plans, and trains professionals in the green industry.
Monheim is also an accomplished artist.