Cape Cod's native flora helps to define this unique place that we love so much. In a virtual field trip aimed at walkers and naturalists as well as gardeners, Fran will introduce you to some of the characteristic native plants found in the kettle ponds, bogs, salt marshes, dunes and beaches that are so numerous here, continuing up the dunes to the upland coastal pine barrens forest, as well as open meadows and heathlands. Some of these plants are suitable for gardens, others should be protected and admired where they grow.

Bio: Fran grew up watching nature in Northern Virginia. She met more wild plants during college in Ohio and continued botanizing during grad school in Syracuse. She didn’t try gardening until she was settled teaching college biology in New Jersey, where she soon began introducing native plants into her yard.On retirement she moved to Cape Cod and joined the Master Gardener class of 2019. She is eager to share her knowledge and enthusiasm for nature and gardening. Her primary focus in gardening is to celebrate native plants and create habitat.