Ecoscaping with Water: Native-planted Artificial Bogs, Ponds, and Streams for the Managed Landscape: Video

Join native plant and habitat specialist Joy Cirigliano as she explores ways to attract more wildlife to our properties, using water and native wetland plants. Learn about different ways that a pond, bog, or small stream can be easily incorporated into a garden design, and the ecological benefits it may bring. Find out how to create small water features, and the wildlife that may be attracted to a property with the addition of one. Discover which native plants thrive in watery environs, saturated soils, and frequently flooded areas and how they can be used to enhance specific water features.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Joyann Cirigliano is the senior coordinator of Bird-Friendly Communities for Audubon New York at the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center. She is an ecological landscaper, environmental educator, and natural historian. She has been “running through the woods” since the age of 6 and “playing in the dirt” since the age of 8. She is passionate about how ecosystems work, and the profound effect humanity has on nature – for good or ill.

This past year, she has created the HELP: Habitat and Ecosystems Land Pro endorsement program. This 15-hour, 3-day program teaches traditional landscapers, landscape architects, arborists, and other horticulture professionals how to shift their business model to a more sustainable and ecologically mindful model, and how to monetize the model.

Joy believes that both adult education and engaging the next generation are the keys to repairing the environmental issues that the world faces. To this end, she also occasionally mentors Farmingdale ornamental horticulture students and Master Gardeners in the field of ecological landscaping. She also works with Avalon Park and Preserve’s Nature Initiative and The Audubon Sanctuary’s Teen Conservation Ambassador youth groups.