Release Date: 03.31.09 | Location: DeKalb County | Organization: Georgia Urban Forest Council
Georgia Urban Forest Council presents "Restoring Your Backyard Ecosystem" April 18
Learn how to change your high maintenance home landscape into a more natural and sustainable one.
The Georgia Urban Forest Council, Inc. a nonprofit organization with the mission of sustaining Georgia's green legacy by helping communities grow healthy trees, will present a workshop, "Restoring Your Backyard Ecosystem" on Saturday, April 18, 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the DeKalb Extension Service Office, 4380 Memorial Drive, Decatur, Georgia 30032. The registration fee for the workshop is $25, and those new to the Georgia Urban Forest Council will receive a one-year complimentary individual membership. Group rates are available. Speaker Eric King, RLA, ASLA, and 2009 President of the Georgia Urban Forest Council, will demonstrate how a natural home landscape offers advantages over a traditional high maintenance yard in several ways: 1) Natural plantings of trees can reduce energy consumption in summer by better shading the home; 2) natural plantings require less time and energy to maintain; and 3) natural landscapes provide a virtual outdoor classroom of biological processes to watch and enjoy. The challenge in moving from a high maintenance landscape to a more natural and sustainable one is to understand how your yard functions as its own ecosystem and then work with nature to restore the natural processes. Eric King has been designing gardens in Georgia for decades and has appeared on numerous TV/radio programs and in garden magazines throughout the country. He will demystify the process of natural succession and offer a better path to creating a more natural home landscape.
The Georgia Urban Forest Council was founded in 1988 by a group of individuals who recognized the need for an organization to address urban forestry issues in Georgia. Today, the Council is an active group offering educational programs and resources and supported by a growing and diverse membership. For more information about the Georgia Urban Forest Council or the "Restoring Your Backyard Ecosystem" workshop, please call Mary Lynne Beckley, Executive Director, at 404-377-0404 or visit www.gufc.org.
To register for GUFC's "Restoring Your Backyard Ecosystem" workshop on April 18, please visit www.gufc.org.
Contact Info
Contact Name: Mary Lynne Beckley
Company: Georgia Urban Forest Council
Phone: 404-377-0404
E-mail: gufc@gufc.org
