Grow Your Own Meadow – Talk & Walk

Join us for a talk and walk as we discuss the importance of an often overlooked habitat, native meadows and grasslands. These beautiful and somewhat rare local landscapes not only provide habitat and food for a variety of wildlife species, but aid in reducing stormwater runoff, protecting our watershed.  We will start off the talk in our barn classroom where we will premiere a new educational video we have created about creating meadows and lead a discussion on how you can create your own meadow, from a mini-meadow in your garden to converting an unused field or corridor into meadow.  We will help connect attendees to potential programs and resources to obtain seed and even grants.  We will then hike around the Wildlife Center property to look at mini-meadow strips and 6 acres of field converted to a native wildflower and grassland habitat.

** This event and video made possible by a grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust.