2025 Winter Lecture Series: Lower Makefield Township’s Native Plant Ordinance at 18 Years and Counting with Jim Bray (February 9, 2025)

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Lower Makefield Townships innovative Native Plant Ordinance was adopted on April 4, 2007. A discussion will take place regarding how the ordinance came into being, its salient features and how it actually works in real practice. At its inception 18 years ago, it was considered cutting edge. Discover how it was accepted by developers, copied by other municipalities, how it has stood up to the test of time and its amazing results. Will a native plant ordinance work in your community? Let’s walk through the steps.

Jim Bray, a NY native with a long-term passion for gardening and conservation, has lived in Bucks County, PA, for most of his adult life. He is a Preserve interpretive naturalist, a master gardener and is the past chairman of the Lower Makefield Township Environmental Council. During his time as chair of LMT, they received several national and state awards, among them the Environmental Achievement Award from the U.S. EPA—the only community so honored in the whole Mid-Atlantic region—as well as the PA Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence. Bray is an avid outdoors enthusiast and biker, and if you walk the canal, you will run into him sooner or later.

Program Fee: $15

Winter Lecture Series is brought to you, in part, thanks to the generous support of the Bucks County Foundation and BLBB Charitable.