Sunday, August 3, 2025
1 pm–3 pm
$15 for Members/ $20 for Non-Members
This interactive workshop focuses on designing traditional outdoor spaces with native plants to create sustainable, low-maintenance gardens. Learn how to use your unique environmental conditions for plant selection and layout and create spaces with local ecosystem benefits and curb appeal.
Whether you're refining your gardening skills or exploring new ideas, bring the dimensions of your garden to receive customized advice on creating a beautiful space where native plants can thrive. This program is perfect for creating a beautiful garden that supports wildlife while fitting your aesthetics and needs.
Meet Your Instructor
Concetta Gibson is the founder and owner of Leaf & Bed, an Eastern Shore small business that provides garden coaching, consulting, design, and native plant sourcing. She brings her experience as a former earth and environmental science teacher and nonprofit professional to support gardeners in Maryland and beyond, with special focus areas in ecology, planting in containers, and accessible and adaptable gardening. Concetta is a certified Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP), teaches garden courses part-time at Chesapeake College, and is a co-founder of the Delmarva Chapter of Wild Ones, a national nonprofit focused on promoting native plants and sustainable gardening.
