"Why Native Plant Landscapes Matter"

Claudia Thompson, founder of horticultural organization Grow Native Massachusetts, believes native plant landscapes are essential to our future, supporting human health, organic food production, and biodiversity as a whole. Thompson, who has served as Director of Education for the Appalachian Mountain Club and Director of Drumlin Farm for Mass. Audubon, is the featured speaker at the December meeting of the Somerville Garden Club. Come consider the co-evolution of plants and animals, the ecological importance of your garden, and discuss ways to better steward this planet.
The Somerville Garden Club meets monthly; meetings are free and the public is encouraged to attend. Each meeting includes club announcements, a horticultural question and answer segment, a featured lecture or demonstration, and a raffle of donated plants and garden-related items. Parking is available on site, and the building is a short walk from the Davis Square Redline T station. Meetings are on the second floor, wheelchair accessible. For additional information, please visit www.somervillegardenclub.org.