Native Seed Collection for Meadows and Gardens
Date/Time
Thursday, May 18, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Join us for this Zoom presentation by Bret Harris, Executive Director of the Clifton Institute in Warrenton, Virginia. To join, click on this link. If you are unable to attend, you can watch the recording of the presentation here.
At the Institute, Mr. Harris oversees a program of research on grassland restoration, declining native species,
and conservation on private lands. He is a passionate land manager, and he works with his team to restore native plant and animal communities on the Clifton Institute’s 900-acre property. After attaining his B.S. in Ecology and Biodiversity at Sewanee: The University of the South, Bert completed a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Adelaide, Australia. He then went on to do a postdoctoral fellowship on the effects of the pet trade on Indonesian birds at Princeton University. Bert is an adjunct professor in the Department of Environmental Science at American University and in the Environmental Science and Policy Department at George Mason University.