Published June 23, 2011
by iris_author
Date: Wednesday July 6, 2011, 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Location: North York Civic Centre, Council Chambers, 5100 Yonge St, Toronto
Hosts: LEAF with East Don Parkland Partners and North American Native Plant Society
Cost: Free
Door Prize: LEAF Native Garden Kit (perennials, shrubs and suggested garden designs)
Paul Heydon, engaging biologist and native plant expert, will be our guide on a visual journey through the mysterious forest under story. Get a glimpse of the beautiful and unique life forms that make up this delicate layer of the forest, and walk away with practical ideas about native plants suited to the shadier areas of your own yard. This talk will make you see the forest in a whole new light!
From a young age, Paul Heydon was a natural biologist. Identifying plants in the fields across the road from his parents house turned into a lifelong passion. He graduated from the Forestry program at Sir Sandford Fleming College in 2001, and from the Honours Bachelor of Science program in biology at Trent University in 2006. In 2001, he opened Grow Wild, a native Plant nursery and has recently completed a large species at risk study for Parks Canada about Engelmann's Quillwort in the Muskoka's. He has worked with many organizations such as Friends of the Rouge Watershed, Toronto Region Conservation Authority, Kawartha Conservation and Parks Canada to provide consulting advice, plants, and restoration work.
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