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2023 Yard Smart Garden Walk
July 8, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS CLOSED. PLEASE JOIN US NEXT YEAR!
The Ecology Action Center is holding its 21st annual Yard Smart Garden Walk on Saturday, July 8, 2023 from 9:00am – 1:00pm. This free tour highlights beautiful and functional yards in our community that protect our environment, benefit wildlife, and use few or no synthetic chemicals.
The tour features multiple home gardens of different styles, and this year we are partnering with John Wesley Powell Audubon to highlight yards that encourage and support birds! The walk will conclude with lunch from Under The Ground BloNo and guest speaker Bill Davison. Participants should bring their own reusable water bottles, and dress for the weather. Participants are encouraged to carpool to conserve fossil fuels and reduce pollution, so check with your friends/family to see if they are going, and consider riding to the event with them.
The Yard Smart program promotes a more sustainable approach to lawn and garden maintenance. Working with nature to build a healthier ecosystem in both the soil below ground, the yard above ground, and reducing pollutants that runoff into our local water supplies will create a more beautiful, sustainable and safer environment for everyone— children and adults, pets and wildlife. The program encourages local homeowners to reduce the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, to conserve natural resources such as water and fossil fuels, and to make room for wildlife in their yards. Yard Smart Certification recognizes local homeowners who use ecologically sustainable practices in maintaining their yards and who realize that their lawn, garden and landscaping decisions affect the health of the whole community.
This event is free, but our staff works hard to make this event happen, so we do encourage donations to help offset the cost of the event and to help the Ecology Action Center continue its efforts to promote a healthy local environment! We will send event details to registered participants closer to the event date.
More information on the Yard Smart program as well as a set of free resource fact sheets is available at yardsmart.org.
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