Learn how to develop your own rain garden that can withstand heavy rain to long dry spells—and explore a myriad of versatile plants that can work well in your landscape—with native plant communications expert Carrie Wiles.
Gather tips and techniques to employ both above and below ground in your landscape to make it well-suited for ever-changing weather conditions.
Location
Visitor Center Auditorium, Throughout the Gardens
Instructor
Carrie Wiles
Carrie Wiles is the marketing manager at North Creek Nurseries, a wholesale propagation nursery with a strong emphasis on Eastern US native plants and their cultivars. Wiles serves on the Board of Directors for the Delaware Center for Horticulture, and also volunteers her time by serving on the Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association Board of Trustees. Wiles holds a BS in Ornamental Horticulture from The Pennsylvania State University, University Park. She has a strong interest in native habitat gardening and the role natives and non-natives play within the cultural landscape.
