Native Landscaping Presentation Highlights Holiday Gathering

The public is invited to join the Door County Invasive Species Team (DCIST) for a presentation on native landscaping, followed by a bit of holiday cheer and camaraderie after a busy year of stewardship, on Monday, Dec. 14 at Crossroads at Big Creek at 3 pm.

Native Landscape expert Cliff Orsted will discuss enhancing biodiversity on a property and will share practical, effective strategies and considerations to guide people in successfully re-vegetating sunny, shady and wetland areas of their landscape with natives following removal of invasive species. The slide show will include fantastic Door County native plant species that are unknown to many or often overlooked. Cliff will also share his gardening history from a farm boy through the establishment of his landscape and nursery business.

Cliff Orsted operates Door Landscape & Nursery, specializing in sustainable landscaping with native plants, many of local genotype. He is also Education Chair and Membership Coordinator for the Door County Chapter of Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes, a national nonprofit environmental education and advocacy organization (www.for-wild.org).

Attendees are encouraged to bring a snack, beverage or holiday treat to share if they feel so inclined. Crossroads at Big Creek is located at 2041 Michigan Street in Sturgeon Bay. For more information contact DCIST Outreach Coordinator Bob Bultman at 920.421.2283 or [email protected].