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RTPI will host Lawn of the Dead! Landscape Design Workshop October 26th

Posted on Oct 10, 2018

RTPI will host Lawn of the Dead! Landscape Design Workshop  October 26th

(RTPI) invites you to Lawn of the Dead! on Friday, October 26th, from 10:00am – 2:00pm.  It has been said that if you compared the average American lawn to a desert, the desert would win easily with much greater life and species diversity.  Keeping up a lawn is both a chore for you and harmful to all flora and fauna in the area.   This special landscape design workshop will help you learn how to make your yard a haven for native and migrating wildlife.  You will discover how your landscape choices as a homeowner can improve the health of our communities and provide essential pollinator...

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ROGER TORY PETERSON’S WILD AMERICA NATURE FESTIVAL AT PANAMA ROCKS JULY 28 & 29

Posted on Apr 27, 2018

ROGER TORY PETERSON’S WILD AMERICA NATURE FESTIVAL AT PANAMA ROCKS JULY 28 & 29

Roger Tory Peterson’s Wild America Nature Festival is returning for its second year on July 28 & 29. Headlining the event are Roger Tory Peterson’s son, Lee Peterson, nationally best-selling author Jennifer Ackerman, and famous animal expert Jeff Musial (with his animals). Lee Peterson, the younger of two sons of Roger Tory Peterson, has worked in the world of natural history his entire life and is the author/illustrator of A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America. As a gastronomic botanist, he has lectured throughout the United States and Canada and, as a...

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