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SUMMARY:2024 Annual Dinner Meeting - Seeds of Change
DESCRIPTION:This event is now closed for registration.\n\nWHAT:\nNewton Con
 servators’ Annual Dinner Meeting\n\nWHEN:\nThursday May 9\, 2024\n6 pm S
 ocial gathering with hors d’oeuvres and cash bar\n7 pm Dinner\, business
  meeting\, awards ceremony and keynote speaker\n\nWHERE:\nAmerican Legion 
 Post 440\, 295 California St\, Newton MA 02458\n\nAWARDS:\nEnvironmentalis
 t of the Year\nNewton Community Pollinator Project\n\nDirectors’ Award\n
 EcoPledge\, Boston College (student group)\nPRESENTATION\nSeeds of Change:
  Promoting Plant Biodiversity in Our Community\nMichael Piantedosi\, Direc
 tor of Conservation\, Native Plant Trust\n\n[caption id="attachment_17134"
  align="alignright" width="162"] Michael Piantedosi\, Director of Conserva
 tion\, Native Plant Trust[/caption]\n\nAt a time of great change globally\
 , local conservation lands and public green spaces are more important plac
 es to invest time and effort than ever. The common driver of many efforts 
 to retain plant biodiversity - from large tracts of wilderness area to pol
 linator gardens in cities and suburbs – is seeds. Michael will discuss t
 he use of native seeds and the role native plants play in maintaining over
 all biodiversity on our landscapes\, from the hyperlocal to the internatio
 nal. Michael will highlight work Native Plant Trust and collaborators have
  done to build a supply of locally-adapted\, native species seed in the no
 rtheast US. Gardeners and conservation land managers can help to sustain a
 nd protect native plant populations by using these carefully documented\, 
 wild-sourced seeds on both public and private sites of almost any size. We
  may not know what the future holds\, but what is certain is that we will 
 need multi-layered\, science-based approaches to saving plant diversity an
 d the life it sustains\, and that all begins with a seed.\nREGISTER\nThis 
 event is now closed for registration.\n\nDONATE (in lieu of attending)\nht
 tps://newtonconservators.org/ways-to-give/\nSPONSORS\nThank you to our gen
 erous sponsors! (* List as of March 15\, 2024)\n\nNahanton Paddler / Plati
 num Sponsor:\n Lucy Caldwell Stair\n\nDolan Pond Nester / Gold Sponsors:\n
 Lalor and Patricia Burdick\nPaddle Boston\nThe Village Bank\n\nCrystal Lak
 e Swimmer / Silver Sponsor:\nCrystal Lake Conservancy\n\nNCF Harvester / F
 riends:\n Fulfilled Goods LLC\n2Life Communities\, Opus-Newton\nCovid pro
 tocols:\nThis is our first indoor annual meeting since the pandemic began.
  Masks are not required\, but we encourage all attendees to take a home Co
 vid test before attending this event.\n\n
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LOCATION:American Legion Post 440\, 295 California Street\, Newton\, MA\, U
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