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Free Healthy Yard Event Next Week: What's Under Your Lawn?
City of Rye Sustainability Committee & Rye Nature Center Sponsor Speaker Event on Secrets of Healthy Soil
To kick-off its new speaker series, the Rye Healthy Yard Program will present “What’s Under Your Lawn? The Secret of Healthy Soil” at Wainwright House in Rye, Wednesday, February 10th from 10 to 11 a.m. The program of practical tips and latest scientific information will feature Max Apton, founder of The Farmer’s Garden and former field manager at Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture. Taro Ietaka of Rye Nature Center will moderate the discussion, which will focus on natural and organic strategies for lawn and garden care.
The free event is co-sponsored by the City of Rye Sustainability Committee and the Rye Nature Center. The City of Rye Sustainability Program launched the Rye Healthy Yard Program in 2015 specifically to promote awareness about the health and environmental benefits of using natural landscaping practices in a coastal community.
Event is free of charge but reservations requested at Eventbrite:
