Native Plants: Ephemerals - Late Winter and Early Spring in the Garden

Are you looking to add more wildlife and seasonal interest to your garden? Interested in feeding early emerging pollinators? Craving color in the dead of late winter? Join us for an evening celebrating the ephemeral.Ephemerals emerge in late winter and early spring and go dormant before the dog days of summer - a lot like traditional spring bulbs like tulips, narcissus, and hyacinth. Learn about the different types of native ephemerals, how to site them in your landscape, and how best to manage them once in the ground.The presenter for this program is Erin Goss: Erin is an Accounts Manager of Poynter Landscape Architecture and Construction. She has previously worked for Shaw Nature Reserve, Wallflower Design, and Greenscape Gardens. A landscape designer and horticulturist, she seeks to share the wonder of plants with people by encouraging multi-use approaches to gardening through water management, permaculture, community herbalism, and ecologically-minded practices. She lives in Crestwood with her husband and their two cats, Ella Bean and Gato. This program is in partnership with Wild Ones St Charles Area Chapter, a nonprofit organization designed to promote the understanding of native plants, their benefits, and what they can provide for the environment both in private as well as public areas of landscaping.