Free Webinar w/ Joey Santore - “Rethinking Horticulture with Real Ecology”
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Join Wild Ones for a free webinar, Rethinking Horticulture with Real Ecology, featuring Joey Santore. In this webinar, Joey examines how inherited garden aesthetics can shape — and sometimes limit — the ecological function of native landscapes.
Rethinking Horticulture with Real Ecology
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 | 6:00 p.m. CT / 7 ET / 5 MT / 4 PT
Location: YouTube Live. Link provided with registration
Register: https://wildones.org/joey-santore/
Joey Santore will invite participants to question where our gardening expectations come from and how tidy, symmetrical design standards rooted in traditional horticulture influence ecological outcomes, public perception, and long-term stewardship.
Drawing on years of immersive field experience in disturbed and urban landscapes, Joey explores what plant communities actually look like when they are functioning on their own terms. Participants will gain a clearer understanding of how density, disturbance, and natural succession shape resilient ecosystems — and what that means for native planting in real-world conditions.
Can’t make it live? Register anyway- we'll send the recording link after the premiere.