Weatherwood Farm Visit: Revitalizing a Piece of Bucks County’s Ecological Heritage with David Hughes (Sept. 15, 2024)

Purchased in 2014, David Hughes’ woodland area, once overbrowsed by deer and overrun by invasive plants, is now a thriving forest-floor community of native plants. The monoculture of lawns has been replaced with warm-season grass meadows, native wildflowers and forest communities. Vernal pools and rain gardens have been created to add a thriving wetland community. Join the Preserve for a private tour of this inspirational property and listen to Hughes give inspired information on healing our degraded landscape reflecting on rich communities of native plants and the creatures that call it home.

David Hughes is a registered landscape architect and owner of Weatherwood Design LLC that specializes in native plant-based garden design, ecology and indigenous habitat conservation. He has worked in the green industry for 34 years designing landscapes that focus on bringing back ecological functions to the site and its surrounding community. Hughes’ designs improve the pathways in which ecological services are revived or restored to a site.

Find out more on his website.

Program Fee: $45 (Members, enter your code at checkout to receive your 20% discount.)