Well before we pick out a plant palette and draw beds on a plan, there is much research and consideration that go into designing an ecological landscape.

The history of your land, the ecology of the region, and the existing wildlife communities can all be incorporated into a final design that has more integrity than any store-bought butterfly garden.

Join ecological horticulturalist and designer Rebecca McMackin for "Approaching Design from an Ecological Perspective," to learn how to plan a yard transformation that considers ecoregions alongside soccer games, and neighbors alongside wildlife habitat.

Presenter Bio:
Rebecca McMackin is an ecologically obsessed horticulturist, garden designer, and writer. She is Lead Horticulturist for the American Horticultural Society and produces the monthly newsletter and podcast, “Grow Like Wild!” Prior to moving to the woods of New England, Rebecca was Arboretum Curator at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, a Loeb Fellow at Harvard, and managed Brooklyn Bridge Park for a decade. She has written for and been featured in Gardens Illustrated, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, NPR, PBS, and her TED talk on ecological gardening has been watched more than a million times. Her garden for the Brooklyn Museum recently won the Perennial Plant Association’s Award of Excellence.