Tough Plants for Tough Places: Growing Native Plants on Asphalt

Dawn Burau, of Wild Indigo Gardening, LLC., will share her experiences growing native plants in a Somerville yard. Between the her paved backyard and the neighbor’s yard and chain-link fence, was roughly a foot of poor soil. Believing that every available strip of land can support the ecosystem, Dawn planted various native plants to see which ones would thrive, which one succumbed to rabbit damage, and which ones just wouldn’t make it. Join the journey and learn the top three thriving plants thus far. Get other tips for growing native plants in unlikely places as well!

In-person meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at the Tufts Administration Building, (TAB), 167 Holland Street, second floor, wheelchair accessible. Parking is available for a small fee, and the building is a ten-minute walk from the Davis Square MBTA stop.

All Somerville Garden Club meetings are free and open to the public. 7-9pm. The SGC has been informed that the entry doors to the TAB will be locked at 8pm, including on our meeting days. Please arrange your arrival times accordingly.