Geneva program focuses use of native plants for urban yards

Free event set at library March 23

March 04, 2024 at 3:06 pm CST

Virginia bluebells are among the native plants in Illinois that attract pollinators. Geneva Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jay Womack will present a free program on native plants in residential yards March 23 at the Geneva Public Library.

GENEVA – Geneva’s Natural Resources Commitee is sponsoring a presentation about native plants, pollinators and their care in residential yards from 2 to 3 p.m. March 23 at the Geneva Public Library, 227 S. Seventh St., officials announced in a news release.

The event, which is free and open to the public, features Committee Chairman Jay Womack as guest speaker.

Twenty years of experience as a landscape architect and ecologist has helped Womack understand native plants, their growing habits and why they should be used in residential landscape plans.

To attend, register online at gpld.org.