Virtual Book Talk on Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 6:00 pm
Learn how to fill your garden with native plants, not deer!
Join horticulturists Gregg Tepper and Ruth Rogers Clausen for an entertaining and informative lecture inspired by their recent book Deer-Resistant Native Plants for the Northeast. Gregg and Ruth will delve into the best deer-resistant native plants and their culture as well as share effective plant combinations and interesting facts. Signed books are available for sale through the Online Laurel Hill Gift Shop and can either be picked up or shipped.
This virtual talk will take place on Thursday, March 18, 2021, at 6:00 pm. A zoom link will be in your confirmation email upon registration.
Ticket pricing is pay-what-you-wish. Contributions will support the work of the Friends of Laurel Hill & West Laurel Hill Cemeteries. You can contribute through the RSVP link.
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Gregory D. Tepper is a professional horticulturist, lecturer, consultant, and life-long native plant enthusiast. He is currently horticulturist at the Arboretum at Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and previously held the positions of director of horticulture at Mt. Cuba Center in Hockessin, Delaware, and director of horticulture and board member at Delaware Botanic Gardens, where he was instrumental in developing the garden’s initial horticultural mission and implementing a two-acre meadow designed by world-renowned garden designer Piet Oudolf.
Ruth Rogers Clausen is the author of 50 Beautiful Deer-Resistant Plants, and co-author of Essential Perennials and The Proven Winners Garden Book. She received a Quill and Trowel award from the Garden Writers Association (now Garden Communicators International) and has written for the American Garden Guides series. She is the former horticulture editor for Country Living Garden magazine and a long-time contributor to Country Gardens magazine. Ruth lectures widely at horticultural conventions and symposia, flower shows, and to garden societies and clubs. In 2017, she was awarded the Garden Media Award by the Perennial Plant Association.
