Plants are the foundation of ecosystem food webs, harnessing sunlight to produce sugars that they can exchange in beneficial relationships with pollinators above ground and microbes in the soil below. As pollinator populations decline, soil health diminishes, and our atmosphere overloads with carbon, plants can play an essential role in restoring ecosystem health.
Soil ecologist and educator Rachel Neurath will explore the incredible potential of native plants to support pollinators, store carbon, and restore soil health. Her focus is community – ecosystem community, and also our own community, which can come together and plant for the future.
Rachel will explore the above and below ground communities supported by some of the plants that LLCT will sell this year in their plant sale. She will also discuss planting techniques that nurture soil health while helping plants – and all the life they support – thrive.
This is a free zoom program. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.