Incorporating Native Plants into Your Garden – Severna Park
Jun 8th @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Free
Incorporating Native Plants into Your Garden
Date: Sunday, June 8, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Severna Park Store
Cost: Free (registration required)
Capacity: Limited to 20 participants
Learn How Native Plants Can Transform Your Garden
Join Master Gardener Maxine Da-Som Yoon for an insightful workshop on the value of incorporating native plants into your garden. Maxine will explore how native plants support essential pollinators and insects, contribute to biodiversity, and create ecologically resilient landscapes. Learn how even small changes in your plant choices can lead to meaningful environmental impact while creating beautiful, sustainable garden spaces.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why native plants are vital to local ecosystems and biodiversity
- How native insects and pollinators depend on specific plant species
- Practical strategies for implementing conservation landscaping in your home garden
- Design tips to create attractive native plant or pollinator gardens
About your instructor: Maxine Da-Som Yoon
Maxine Da-Som Yoon graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, and majored in Environmental Horticulture. While attending university, she was the cultivation manager at Freestone Farms, where she grew 8 acres of hemp (grown for artisanal CBD), interned for the UMD Arboretum & Botanical Garden, and was a farmhand for Deep Root Farms. After graduating, she worked as a head gardener and horticulturist for Professional Gardeners and the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. It has always been a career goal of Maxine’s to work for the University of Maryland Extension. She was the nutrient management advisor for farmers in Anne Arundel County before transferring to the home horticulture educator position.
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