Upper Dublin Public Library

The Basics of Maintaining a Native Plant Garden Hayden Remick Hayden Remick founded Remick Native Landscapes after earning a Bachelor’s Degree in History at Goucher College (2013) and a Master’s of Science in Sustainable Design at Philadelphia University (2020). After years of work managing sustainable garden programs for commercial and charitable institutions in the region, He established a small business to help homeowners and others create beauty and environmental resilience in residential landscapes. Hayden also wants to spread the joy he has found working with native plants and ecosystem restoration. Hayden is committed to building and helping others enjoy a

Some Remarkable Stories about Avian Diversity with Jason WecksteinThis is a hybrid meeting. We encourage “in-person” meeting but can also be enjoyed virtually. Jason Weckstein will take us on a virtual tour to introduce us to some of his favorite specimens from the collections of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (ANSP). When he arrived at the ANSP in Summer 2014 as curator of Ornithology he told himself that every day at work he would open up one case and peruse specimens. He has managed to do that a lot, but certainly not every day and it seems

Discover Barred Owls including how they live and their traits with Rob BierregaardBarred Owls are non-migratory, primarily nocturnal, forest-dwelling birds of prey with a strong predilection for old-growth forests, rarely nesting far from some source of water—streams, ponds, or swamps. In eastern North America, their range extends through moist forests from Florida north to the Gaspe Peninsula Beginning late in the 19th century and through the early 20th, the species extended its range west. They are now established in parts of Oregon, Washington, most of British Columbia, and southern Alaska and the Northwest Territories, where they pose in some areas