Hurley Park presents Katherine Schlosser in a slide lecture titled ěLandscaping with North Carolina Native Plantsî on Saturday, Feb. 5 at 10 a.m. at the Salisbury/Rowan Utilities office, 1 Water St., Salisbury.
She will discuss ěLandscaping with North Carolina Native Plants.î North Carolina is home to an enormous diversity of native plants, she says, many of which easily make the transition from the wild to the garden.
From skunk cabbage in late winter to climbing aster in fall, ěLandscaping with Nativesî looks at the ěwide variety of colors, shapes and textures available using our native plants. Trees, shrubs, vines and wildflowers are all considered, as well as where to place them in the garden. We will also discuss responsible and reliable sources for native plants.î
Schlosser, of Greensboro, was recently appointed by Commissioner Steve Troxler to serve on the N.C. Plant Conservation Board. She is a member of the North Carolina Native Plant Society board of directors and editor for both its newsletter and annual journal.
Schlosser is on the board of directors for the Friends of Plant Conservation, and is editor of their newsletter and manages the website.
She created and chaired the Native Herb Conservation Committee.
She is a member and past chair of the National Herb Garden committee at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. and received the Gertrude B. Foster Award for Excellence in Herbal Literature for the book, ěThe Herb Society of Americaís Essential Guide to Growing and Cooking With Herbs.î
Call Daphne Beck at 704-638-4459 or email dbeck@salisburync.gov for more information.