Warm season grasses are important for many of our native insects and provide late summer and winter interest in the garden. Grasses are great as background plants and also as specimens in the garden. Explore the unique qualities that makes them useful in our gardens in this Tower Hill Botanic Garden class on September 19 from 6 – 8 at 11 French Drive in Boylston with instructor Leslie Duthie.

Leslie is the horticulturist/plant propagator at Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary in Wales, Massachusetts, where she gardens for wildlife and habitat types. She has 40 years of experience in native plant gardens. $26 for Tower Hill members, $31 for the general public. Register at www.towerhillbg.org.