Cori Kondas - Protect our pollinators, Doug Tallamy - Home Grown National Park, William Sweet - Lawns to Meadows

This "Digging in the Dirt"  features locals doing the right thing by our pollinators by changing their lawns and gardens.  Plus words of wisdom from renowned entomologist Doug Tallamy.

First up is Cori Kondas., After retiring, she joined Protect Our Pollinators, POP, a unique Newtown group that started 11 years ago with a mission to save endangered pollinators through education and action.   She joins me to talk about having “More Garden Pollinators with a 3x3x3 Planting Method.”   

Then I speak with Doug Tallamy, who inspires both of my other guests. Doug is an American entomologist, ecologist and conservationist. He is the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture and Natural Resources in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware.  Tallamy has written and co-authored several popular books. He is also one of the founders of Homegrown National Park, a nonprofit organization promoting habitat restoration and biodiversity on public and private lands through the planting of native plants and removal of invasive species
William Sweet, a New Canaan Ct resident and a 20 year old student at UConn is a man who has a passion for certain environmental issues that he is working to address through his activism. He is most active in his opposition to lawns. William is convinced that homeowners should convert their lawns into native meadows. With that in mind, he began to advocate for the creation of legislation to offer homeowners in Connecticut multi-purpose credits for doing so.