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Award-winning author Dr Doug Tallamy will deliver the keynote address at the Spring Symposium on April 26. The event is sponsored by the Native Plant Society and held at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin.
Registration will be announced soon, according to Linda Knowles, chair of the symposium planning committee.
Dr. Doug Tallamy is Professor and Chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology and director of the Center for Managed Ecosystems at the University of Delaware where he has authored 78 research articles and has taught Insect Taxonomy, Behavioral Ecology, and other courses for 31 years. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities. His book Bringing Nature Home; How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens was published by Timber Press in 2007 and was awarded the 2008 silver medal by the Garden Writer’s Association. Doug was awarded the Garden Club of America Margaret Douglas Medal for Conservation in 2013.
More information on the symposium will be announced later.
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