Ground Covers: Planting in Layers to Create a Living Mulch

This class will challenge you to expand your idea of groundcover! We'll talk about planting in layers for abundant beauty, biodiversity, and ecosystem benefits. We'll get a deeper understand of the many benefits of using plants to cover the ground instead of bark or compost mulches, such as ground cooling, water and nutrient cycling, providing habitat, and more. Tobey will give tips on how to plant and maintain groundcover plantings to maximize success. We'll meet lots of new plants to expand your palette of options to make your garden more beautiful, climate-resilient, biodiverse, and lower maintenance!