Dr. Tallamy’s on “Nature’s Best Hope”

On May 4, 2021, Grenville Park and the Rideau 1,000 Islands Master Gardeners hosted Dr. Doug Tallamy, world-renowned ecologist and New York Times best-selling author from the University of Delaware's Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology. Dr. Tallamy’s presentation entitled “Nature’s Best Hope” was engaging and entertaining and his message of supporting species diversity in our home gardens was truly inspiring. If you missed it, we have the link to the presentation (unfortunately, the first minute is clipped) as well as some of the comments from audience members:

· Oh. My. Goodness. What a fabulous presentation by Doug Tallamy! This is helping to reshape and revitalize my approach to landscaping and regeneration of land in my care.

· What an ambassador for nature! He set out a challenge but made it sound achievable. I am very glad I attended this webinar. Thank you to the Master Gardeners and Grenville Park for sponsoring the event.

· I really enjoyed this presentation and felt it was uplifting. No doom and gloom about never being able to fix the world, but simple strategies that we can all do relatively easily. It made me feel that I can do something.

· That was a great talk. I learned a lot, especially about caterpillars being the main food source for nestlings. My inclination has always been to smear them when I see them on the trees I’ve planted (I will still do that to tent caterpillars…), but now I will let them be.

· Thank you Dr. Tallamy: I’ve read “Nature’s best hope” recently and preached it to everyone I know! I’m happy to report that my 11 and 8 yr old just sat through your presentation tonight and we all enjoyed it! Time to dig up our lawn now!

· Thanks so much to Doug and the organizers for a splendid talk and a wonderfully inspiring occasion!

· Fantastic presentation. I look forward to getting a link to the recording to pass along

· Thanks so much for bringing us all a wonderful presentation from Dr. Tallamy. It’s a great gift to the community.

PRESENTATION: moved off-line but available from website administrators

Photo Credit: GPCHA Resident, David Graham