Buckthorn is a highly invasive shrub that forms dense thickets and crowds out native plants . Learn how to identify buckthorn, find out why it threatens wildlife habitat and native species, and learn how to control it in your own landscape. Alternative replacement shrubs will be discussed. Presented by Matt Evans, Managing Ecologist of Woodlands at the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Negaunee Institute for Plant Conservation Science and Action.
This program is presented by the Friends of The Green Bay Trail, Glencoe Public Library and the Glencoe Sustainability Task Force.
Registration is required.