Ecologist to explore environmental landscaping
Acclaimed ecologist and author Doug Tallamy will discuss the interaction between life-sustaining native plants, insects, birds and other wildlife in our local environments during a special presentation on Hanover College’s campus.
Tallamy, T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture at the University of Delaware, will speak at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 16, in Fitzgibbon Recital Hall, Lynn Center for Fine Arts. The lecture is open to the public, free of charge.
Tallamy has taught insect-related courses for 42 years as a faculty member in Delaware’s Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology. His research strives to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities.
An award-winning author, Tallamy has written 112 research publications and earned recognition from The Garden Writer’s Association, Audubon, The National Wildlife Federation, Allegheny College, Ecoforesters and American Horticultural Association. In 2013, he received the Garden Club of America’s Margaret Douglas Medal for Conservation and the Cullowhee Conference on Native Plants in the Landscape’s Tom Dodd, Jr. Award of Excellence.
Tallamy’s books include the New York Times best-seller “Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard,” “Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants,” “The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden,” co-authored with Rick Darke, and “The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees,” which earned the American Horticultural Society’s 2022 book award.
In 2021, Tallamy co-founded Homegrown National Park with business developer Michelle Alfandari. This grassroots effort is the nation’s largest cooperative conservation project, with a goal to plant native species and create new ecological networks on more than 20 million acres of land in the U.S.
Tallamy’s presentation is sponsored by the Hanover College Environmental Stewardship Committee with additional support from the Hanover Enrichment Series.
