Edibles and Natives: Incorporating Native Plants into Edible Gardens
From West Cook Wild Ones:
Every garden deserves native plants, and that includes vegetable gardens. In this presentation we'll talk about why it's important to incorporate native plants into your edible garden. From attracting more pollinators and other beneficial insects to increasing water retention and improving soil, native plants are an edible garden's best friend and there's no reason not to grow them together. Natives! Edibles! Native Edibles! We'll discuss all of it!
Speaker Bio
Jeremy Ohmes is a Chicago-based gardener who believes gardens can be meaningful spaces for healing and connection. For many years, he stretched out his green thumb with vegetables and herbs and then he discovered the need for more backyard biodiversity. He planted native plants around his edibles and replaced his front lawn with a pollinator garden. He got some strange looks from his neighbors. But he also received a lot of interest from friends and curious passersby. In 2019 Jeremy started Wild World Gardens to share his love of gardening with others and to help them transform their landscapes into beautiful and beneficial ecosystems filled with food, medicine, habitat, and connections to local wildlife.
Wild World Gardens is a landscape design company focused on native plants, pollinator gardens, rain gardens, organic vegetable gardens, and therapeutic horticulture. We believe the most beautiful gardens are the most beneficial gardens—those that create habitat for wildlife, support the health of your local ecosystem, and nurture your well-being as well. We offer garden design, consultation, installation, and stewardship. We love transforming landscapes into sustainable, biodiverse sanctuaries filled with food, medicine, habitat, and connections to the creatures in your yard.
