

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Style and Purpose in the Native Garden: Using Cues to Care
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 25 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 pm – Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 am
- **Event Description**: To those unfamiliar with ecological landscaping, native plant gardens can sometimes appear “messy". Seed heads, standing stems, and irregular plant groupings—while ecologically valuable—may not always communicate “intentional design” to those passing by. 

This lecture explores the concept of cues to care—the design strategies that signal purpose, stewardship, and thoughtfulness in naturalistic gardens. The idea was popularized in the 1990s by landscape architect Joan Nassauer, who studied how people perceive ecological landscapes. We will examine how small interventions, such as defined edges, plant layering, and well-placed focal points, can transform a native garden from appearing “wild” to being read as intentional and artful.

Classes will not be recorded per the instructor's request.

Your class confirmation email will hold your class access information - please ensure you receive it.  

Instructor:

Kim Eierman is the Founder of EcoBeneficial LLC. She is an environmental horticulturist and ecological landscape designer specializing in native plants. Based in New York, Kim teaches at the New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Native Plant Center, Rutgers Home Gardeners School and several other institutions.

Kim is an active speaker nationwide on many ecological landscape topics, presenting for industry conferences, sustainability events, corporate events, environmental organizations, and other groups interested in environmental improvements. Kim also provides horticultural consulting and native landscape design to homeowners and commercial clients, including landscape architects and engineers.

In addition to being a Certified Horticulturist through the American Society for Horticultural Science, Kim is an Accredited Organic Landcare Professional, a Steering Committee member of The Native Plant Center, and a member of The Ecological Landscape Alliance and Garden Communicators International.

Kim is the author of the book, The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening.

Your class confirmation email will hold your class access information - please ensure you receive it.  

Class/Program/Workshop: 260225 Style and Purpose in the Native Garden: Using Cues to Care
Dates: February 25, 2026
Time Frame: 6 pm - 8 pm
Location: Virtually, Zoom Platform
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellesley-massachusetts/style-and-purpose-in-the-native-garden-using-cues-to-care/200029302973538
- **Event Categories**: workshops, art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Wellesley, Massachusetts
- **location**: Online event
- **full address**: Online event, 900 Washington St, Wellesley, MA 02482-5740, United States, Wellesley, Massachusetts

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Massachusetts Horticultural Society (https://allevents.in/org/massachusetts-horticultural-society/7276406)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 25 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Online event, 900 Washington St, Wellesley, MA 02482-5740, United States, Wellesley, Massachusetts
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Massachusetts Horticultural Society
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Style and Purpose in the Native Garden: Using Cues to Care ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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