Featuring the Documentary Film: Hometown Habitat - Stories of Bringing Nature Home
An event to answer and encourage:
- What is conservation landscaping?
- How can we create connected islands of sustainability to support native pollinators?
- How does native wildlife depend on native plants for food and shelter?
- How to cultivate beautiful flowers and plants, ditch the herbicides, pesticides, and save water?
- Save Pollinators. Save Water. Save the Earth. Build an army of “habitat heroes.”
Event details:
Time and date: 6:00-9:00 PM Friday, September 13th (weather date- Saturday, September 14th); Outdoor film starts at 7:30pm
What: Fun, Food, Wine, Information, including:
- Documentary Film: Hometown Habitat - Stories of Bringing Nature Home
- Food by Fork’d Food Truck
- Wine by Valerie Hill Winery,
- Native Plants by Hill House Farm and Nursery, Yellow House Natives,
- Information by Virginia Master Naturalists, Shenandoah Chapter, Virginia Native Plant Society- Piedmont Chapter, Blandy Experimental Farm, Virginia Cooperative Extension
- Prizes
Location: Blandy Experimental Farm Amphitheater (400 Blandy Farm Lane, Boyce, VA 22620) Amphitheater (near the Quarters building)
Free program, registration on Eventbrite encouraged. Program announcements and resources will be shared with those who register in advance.
More Details:
The film starts at 7:30 PM; plan to arrive between 6:00-7:00 PM for food and drinks, local native plant nurseries, conservation groups, and prizes! Then set up chairs or a blanket in Blandy’s amphitheater to enjoy Hometown Habitat - Stories of Bringing Nature Home under the stars. This documentary film profiles 7 “hometown habitat heroes” around the country who are taking practical steps to bring more native plants into their backyards and communities. The narrative thread of this 8-part documentary by Catherine Zimmerman is provided by renowned entomologist Douglas Tallamy, Ph.D. whose research, books and lectures about the use of non-native plants in landscaping sound the alarm about habitat and species loss.
Families welcome!
Bring your own chairs or picnic blanket, and a flashlight.
Dress for the weather.
No outside alcohol, please.
Event organizers:
Sponsored by:
- Virginia Master Naturalists, Shenandoah Chapter
- Virginia Native Plant Society, Piedmont Chapter
- Blandy Experimental Farm
In collaboration with: Virginia Cooperative Extension Agency