If you’ve never heard Doug Tallamy speak you should take advantage of your next opportunity. You won’t be disappointed. We recently got the chance to meet him and hear him speak again at Christ & Holy Trinity Church in Westport. The event was sponsored by the Aspetuck Land Trust and we were invited by Don Hyman, one of its former presidents.
Tallamy is a professor in the Dept. of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. He has authored 95 research publications and taught insect-related courses for 39 years. His research focuses on the interaction of insects with plants and how they impact the diversity of animal communities.
Doug has been a hero for conservationists ever since the publication of his first book, Bringing Nature Home, in 2007.
His two main talks are The Chickadee’s Guide to Gardening and A Guide to Restoring the Little Things That Run the World. We highly recommend them both.
I’m in the process of reading an advance review copy of his new book, Nature’s Best Hope – A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard. It will be available from Timber Press – timberpress.com – in February 2020 and we’ll have a review in our March/April 2020 edition.
For more information about Doug Tallamy, go to bringingnaturehome.net
