Barn Talk: Into the Woods: An Ungardener’s Approach to Woodland Restoration

Nature is often the best landscape designer; certainly, it is an inspiration for many of our best garden designers.
Presented by: Dee Salomon

Nature is often the best landscape designer; certainly, it is an inspiration for many of our best garden designers. Dee Salomon goes a step further in advocating for ungardening; that is, removing invasive plants that are damaging natural landscapes in our woodlands, marshes and meadows, and helping nature restore the habitat. Expanding beyond the garden that surrounds her home (which was featured in Architectural Digest in 2022) Dee has rehabilitated the adjacent 15 acres into a woodland paradise that nurtures native plants and animals. She will share her experience, in words and images, as well as explain how to undertake the process in a way that is manageable and even enjoyable.

Dee Salomon, the ‘Ungardener’ writes, advocates and consults on woodland restoration. A former publishing and marketing executive, Dee moved from New York City to Litchfield County a decade ago and began clearing invasive plant species from the woodland adjacent to the property. Dee writes on the topic for several publications and has a monthly column in the Lakeville Journal. Along with other ungardeners across the country, Dee advocates for the restoration of native habitats by removing invasive plant species and propagating native plants.

HHG Members $30
Non-Members $40