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The Kiawah Conservancy is proud to host Dr. Doug Tallamy, award-winning author, popular speaker, and T.A. Baker Professor of Agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. His books include Bringing Nature Home, The Living Landscape, co-authored with Rick Darke, Nature’s Best Hope, a New York Times Best Seller, and The Nature of Oaks, winner of American Horticultural Society’s 2022 book award.
A renowned entomologist with 40 years of field research, Dr. Tallamy has changed the conversation about conservation by making clear the connection between native plants and wildlife, stressing the impact of what we do in our own yards.
During his talk, Dr. Tallamy will discuss effective landscape designs that enhance local ecosystems and the importance of native plant communities that sustain food webs, sequester carbon, maintain diverse native bee communities, and manage our watershed.
Where: Turtle Point Clubhouse (1 Turtle Point Lane, Kiawah Island, SC 29455)
When: October 15 at 10 am
Seating is limited.
If you are coming from off-island, please tell security at the gate that you are coming for the Doug Tallamy event. Should you need additional assistance with signing up, please contact Katie Warner at katie@kiawahconservancy.org.
Doug Tallamy is the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, where he has authored 106 research publications and has taught insect related courses for 41 years. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities. His books include Bringing Nature Home, The Living Landscape, co-authored with Rick Darke, Nature's Best Hope, a New York Times Best Seller, The Nature of Oaks, winner of the American Horticultural Society’s 2022 book award. In 2021 he cofounded Homegrown National Park with Michelle Alfandari. His awards include recognition from The Garden Writer’s Association, Audubon, The National Wildlife Federation, Allegheny College, The Garden Club of America and The American Horticultural Association.
Recent headlines about global insect declines and three billion fewer birds in North America are a bleak reality check about how ineffective our current landscape designs have been at sustaining the plants and animals that sustain us. To create landscapes that enhance local ecosystems rather than degrade them, we must 1) remove the invasives on our property and 2) add the native plant communities that sustain food webs, sequester carbon, maintain diverse native bee communities, and manage our watersheds. If we do this in half of the area now in lawn, we can create Homegrown National Park, a 20 million acre network of viable habitats that will provide vital corridors connecting the few natural areas that remain. This approach to conservation empowers everyone to play a significant role in the future of the natural world.
T H A N K Y O U
We are excited to see you at the Nature's Best Hope with Doug Tallamy event at Turtle Point Clubhouse (1 Turtle Point Lane, Kiawah Island, SC 29455) on Saturday, October 15 at 10 am. A registration confirmation email with further event information is on its way to your inbox now.