Presentation: Featuring author, landscape designer, activist and educator Benjamin Vogt

Learn how to enhance ecological functions, support biodiversity and design aesthetically pleasing, sustainable gardens with native plants. Explore the benefits of matrix planting techniques and gain practical insights from an expert in the field. Transform your landscape into a thriving habitat!

Matrix planting is a landscape design approach that mimics natural ecosystems by closely planting and layering compatible perennials and grasses to cover the soil, provide more ecosystem services and eliminate the need for wood mulch or aggressive weeding.  

You will also learn about Benjamin’s latest collaboration with Wild Ones on the new Native Garden Design for Lincoln, NE. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights from a leading voice in natural garden design and take your gardening skills to the next level. 

Register on the link below to secure your spot!

About the Presenter:

Benjamin Vogt is the author of Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design and A New Garden Ethic: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future. His design work has been featured in The American Gardener, Dwell, Fine Gardening, Horticulture, Midwest Living, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. He operates Prairie Up, a firm dedicated to offering garden design, online classes, workshops, webinars, and guidebooks, and speaks nationally on natural garden design and landscape ethics. 

Growing up in Minnesota, Benjamin was influenced by the urban and suburban wild spaces filled with diverse wildlife. His early years in Oklahoma, combined with research on his German Mennonite heritage and Native American Plains tribes, have deeply shaped his appreciation for prairie landscapes. Now based in Lincoln, Nebraska, Benjamin enjoys the state’s rich prairies and wildlife. 

Benjamin holds an M.F.A. from Ohio State and a Ph.D. from Nebraska in English. Benjamin lives in Lincoln with his wife, son and two rescue cats.

Event Location: 
Online TX
Date and Time: 
Thursday, October 24, 2024 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm