Join us at the Wright Memorial Public Library in Oakwood on Thursday, May 16th at 6:00 pm for a tour of the native plant gardens on the library grounds. The tour will be followed by a presentation entitled “A Common Sense Solution to the Biodiversity Crisis” by Brandon Hough, executive director of Homegrown National Park, at 6:30 pm in the library community room. He will share the vision of this grassroots call-to-action organization and what you can do to help restore and regenerate biodiversity on your own property.

In 2021, the Wright Memorial Public Library in Oakwood launched a native plant initiative in the community, beginning with a book club reading of Doug Tallamy’s Nature’s Best Hope, then a Zoom presentation on the topic by Tallamy, and culminating in the creation of two native plant gardens on the grounds. The native plant shade and sun gardens were designed and installed by volunteers from Dayton Area Wild Ones, Green Oakwood, Marianist Environmental Education Center (MEEC), and the Montgomery County Master Gardeners in 2022 and 2023. The library gardens perfectly illustrate Tallamy's concept of a homegrown national park.