Sussex Gardeners to screen ‘Hometown Habitat’ March 16
Sussex Gardeners will present the film “Hometown Habitat - Stories of Bringing Nature Home” for its membership, guests and friends at 1 p.m., Thursday, March 16. Native plants, once established, do not require use of chemicals such as herbicides and pesticides to maintain their beauty, and they do not require extra watering from the potable water supply. Native pollinators and birds generally prefer native plants for nectaring and seed.
The film profiles seven hometown habitat heroes, and is narrated by renowned entomologist Douglas Tallamy, PhD. His research, books and lectures about the use of non-native plants in landscaping sound the alarm about habitat and species loss. Tallamy challenges the notion that humans are here and nature is someplace else. Tallamy says, “It doesn’t have to and shouldn’t be that way.”
For two years, producer/director Catherine Zimmerman and film crew traveled around the country to visit hometown habitat heroes and film their inspiring stories of community commitment to conservation landscaping.
Admission for a screening is $9 for friends and guests of Sussex Gardeners members. The Cinema Art Theater is at 17701 Dartmouth Drive in Dartmouth Plaza, behind the Lewes Wawa. For more information or to purchase tickets, go to www.rehobothfilm.com, or call 302-645-9095.
