{"id":3730,"date":"2014-04-02T19:27:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T23:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=3730"},"modified":"2014-04-02T19:27:36","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T23:27:36","slug":"congregational-churchs-climate-cafe-encourages-selection-of-native-trees-and-shrubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/congregational-churchs-climate-cafe-encourages-selection-of-native-trees-and-shrubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Congregational Church\u2019s Climate Caf\u00e9 Encourages Selection of Native Trees and Shrubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At the Congregational Church\u2019s Climate Caf\u00e9 on Sunday, March 30<sup>th,\u00a0 <\/sup>Master Gardener Betty Sanders presented a great program, \u2018Going Native: Low-Growing Trees and Shrubs,\u201d to 27 attendees.\u00a0 Betty explained how many non-native trees and shrubs require extra maintenance and water because they are often not well-adapted to our New England climate.\u00a0 Also, they are not supportive of our native birds, butterflies, moths &amp; insects, which we need for a healthy ecosystem. Native species, on the other hand, support many birds, butterflies, moths and insects, are usually drought-resistant, and are not preferred by deer.\u00a0 For example, our Native oak tree supports 517 moths &amp; butterflies, while the Bradford Pear tree,\u00a0 an Asian import, is poisonous to birds, and supports zero insects.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can find native species at local nurseries, but make sure you ask questions and\/or do your research.\u00a0 Weston Nurseries in Hopkinton and The New England Wildflower Society in Framingham are great sources of information on native trees and shrubs.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So, \u201cgo native\u201d and don\u2019t look back &#8211; you\u2019ll be helping both your backyard and the environment!\u00a0 Remove an invasive shrub\/tree and plant a native variety in its place this Spring!\u00a0 Not sure whether it <em><strong>is<\/strong><\/em> an invasive?\u00a0 Find out by checking the list of plants prohibited in Massachusetts:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov\/unitedstates\/ma.shtml#thr\">http:\/\/www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov\/unitedstates\/ma.shtml#thr<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>And check out Betty&#8217;s website for other gardening tips\/information:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bettyongardening.com\/\">http:\/\/www.bettyongardening.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Congregational Church\u2019s Climate Caf\u00e9 on Sunday, March 30th,\u00a0 Master Gardener Betty Sanders presented a great program, \u2018Going Native: Low-Growing Trees and Shrubs,\u201d to 27 attendees.\u00a0 Betty explained how many non-native trees and shrubs require extra maintenance and water<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,46,139,76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-at-home","category-green-tips-old","category-lg","category-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}