10 Feb CANCELLED – March 11, 2025: EAC Presents – The Art of Giving with Native Flowers

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The Art Of Gardening With Native Flowers – A talk by Laura Cruz & Free Native Flower Seed Giveaway

Presentation on March 11th at 7pm, Township Building

Come from 6:30pm to 7pm (BEFORE THE PRESENTATION) for FREE Native Flower Seeds for outside spring sowing in milk jugs! We will be giving away seeds to West Vincent residents before our presentation -The Art Of Gardening With Native Plants.

Garden Expert Laura Cruz will present a talk to inform and inspire us to create beautiful gardens with native flowers, which will make people, pollinators, and birds very happy! Laura’s talks are always beautiful, so even if you are not a gardener, you could come just to see the pictures!

Laura is a garden designer and horticulturist based in the Philadelphia region. Inspired by nature, ecologically-minded horticulture is her passion and expertise. She holds a Masters of Landscape Architecture from University of Sheffield and has worked alongside experts around the globe in public horticulture as well as the nursery and landscape industries, including Natural Lands’ Stoneleigh: a natural garden, North Creek Nurseries, Longwood Gardens, and Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library. She provides garden design, garden maintenance, and consultation services. https://www.lauracruzdesign.com/

For the 4th year in a row, the West Vincent EAC will be giving out free seeds for our Pollinator Pitstop Plant of the Year 2025 – Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa). This year’s flower is Wild Bergamot, an easy-to-grow purple flower & a BIG favorite of butterflies, bumblebees, and hummingbirds. A striking addition to the garden, this 3-4′ tall plant isn’t picky about soil type and prefers full sun but will tolerate partial shade. It blooms from late June to frost. It is a perennial, which means it comes back every year. You don’t need to replant. It prefers full sun. Deer don’t like to eat it. It hosts 11 species of caterpillars and is considered of special value to native pollinators, feeding butterflies, moths, and native bees with the pollen and nectar they need..

Monarda fistulosa

For instructions on spring sowing, email us at [email protected] . Spring sowing outside in milk jugs produces happy, hardy plants that will bloom for years to come. If you would like seeds but you cannot make it at this time, email us and we will make other arrangements for you to pick up your seeds. [email protected]

A West Vincent Environmental Advisory Council presentation – part of their Pollinator Pitstop Program – designed to blanket West Vincent in Native Flowers to benefit people, pollinators, & birds and help with stormwater management.