Building Backyard Biodiversity
Are you itching to take action on building a beautiful and biodiverse habitat garden to support treasured wildlife? You can start today in the vital work of being an ecological gardener! In this presentation, gain insight from the 5 E’s of Ecological Gardening to get your garden planned and buzzing. Whether your garden canvas is a 10 sq. ft. balcony or a monoculture of mowed lawn grass, be inspired to get to work rebuilding biodiversity in your piece of the planet.
Elyse Jurgen, M.Ed, CBLP, CERP, owner of Waxwing EcoWorks Co., is a community collaborator inspired by rebuilding ecological literacy and biodiversity with her team of ecological practitioners. Ample hikes and plant community observations in nature spark her imagination, bringing a rare blend of art and science into her practice. Her work deepens your connection to place, and empowers you to take meaningful action to maximize your land’s potential to support wildlife and enhance human well-being.
Elyse leads three adult certification programs- the Ecological Restoration Certificate and Ecological Gardener Training Program with the Horn Farm Center and Habitat Advocates with the Lancaster Conservancy, and also coordinates Lancaster Schoolyard Habitat to engage urban youth in building biodiversity in schoolyards. She also facilitates conservation landscaping training to guide existing landscaping crews to embrace more resilient practices.
She is certified as an Ecological Restoration Practitioner (CERP), Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP), Permaculture Designer, and earned an Ecological Gardening Certification from Mt. Cuba Center. She holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Education, 7-12 Biology Teaching Certification, and participated in Cornell University’s Civic Ecology program. She has also earned a MovNat certification and is currently enrolled in a Qigong teaching certification program as a means to tend to our best restoration tools- our human bodies!
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