Red Barn Event: Habitat Gardening
2026-01-15 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | HYBRID EVENT: WRI's Red Barn 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA 98826 or livestream via our YouTube Channel
Habitat Gardening: Keystone Native Plants for Central Washington Landscapes

We plan to livestream this event. Please RSVP or check back here to receive the link.

Because of damage to the Red Barn during the windstorm in Leavenworth mid December 2025, this event may be held in the WRI Conference Room, in which case livestreaming will be via Zoom instead of our normal YouTube channel. Location will be determined once we are closer to the event!

No registration required, but RSVP to receive email reminders and updates about this event!

Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation will start at 7:00pm.

Native plants are the foundation of terrestrial ecosystems. Invertebrates, especially insects, take the wonderful products of photosynthesis that plants create and make them available to most of the animals that are part of the ecological web. All birds and many mammals would go extinct without native plants and their associated insects. We will explore this critical yet often hidden service and discuss how individual people and their communities can link their landscape to the local ecosystem and help sustain the intricate web of life around them by the selection and planting of particular native plants.

About the presenter:
Ted Alway is a long-time Peshastin resident, orchardist and founder of Derby Canyon Natives nursery. He went to college to study Ornamental Horticulture and left with a degree in Entomology; this presentation includes two of his greatest loves, bugs and native plants!
