Movie Night - Hometown Habitat
Free Community Movie Night - a Collaboration of Conserving Carolina, Gardening For Life Project and the Congregational Church (UCC) of Tryon.
8/23/23 Post Update: Our seating capacity was 150 at the Tryon Theatre and all tickets were reserved before our event. Based on the buzz of the crowd as we poured out onto sidewalk after the show, many minds were blown and many folks were headed home to make positive changes in their home landscape. We are so grateful to Catherine Zimmerman and Doug Tallamy for their collaboration on this inspiring and ground-breaking film!
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A bit of background: Over 700 folks from our region came to Polk County on March 4th, 2023 for the Gardening For Life Celebration. Renowned conservationist Doug Tallamy was the speaker for the event, which also featured a native plant sale, educational exhibits and much more. The day was such a success that many people have been asking, “What’s Next?”
The great news is that we do have the next Gardening For Life Celebration scheduled for March 30th, 2024. In the meantime, one way we can continue the conversation about healthy habitats and conservation in the Carolina Foothills is by gathering for Community Movie Nights. Past features included E.O. Wilson: Of Ants and Men and Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and Land Ethic For Our Time.
We are excited to share news about the next movie coming our way: Hometown Habitat: Stories of Bringing Nature Home
It is the perfect follow up film to Doug Tallamy’s presentation because it highlights communities who are putting best ecological practices into place and making meaningful and measurable differences. We hope you will join us for this inspiring film and help us to spread the word.
Here are the details:
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Tryon Theatre, Tryon, NC
Admission is free but you must reserve your seat via Conserving Carolina.
Hometown Habitat: Stories of Bringing Nature Home
“Hometown Habitat is a powerful film that explains not only why we need to change our landscaping attitudes and practices, but how change-makers are doing exactly that. Anyone who cares about the environment needs to watch this excellent documentary.”
—Kim Eierman, Founder of EcoBeneficial
From The Meadow Project: Award winning director, Catherine Zimmerman, and film crew traveled across the country to visit Hometown Habitat heroes, who are reversing detrimental impacts on the land and in the water of major U.S. watersheds, one garden at a time. They wound their way through the watersheds of Florida, the prairies of the Mississippi River Basin, the streams and rivers of the Rocky Mountains, the Chesapeake Bay, the Great Lakes and Columbia River to share success stories and works-in-progress that celebrate conservation landscaping that reawakens and redefines our relationship with Nature.
Along with the everyday habitat heroes, Catherine and crew introduce us to ecologists, entomologists and other experts who share the science behind how today’s ‘native-plants-know-best’ enthusiasts, landscape architects and conservation groups are helping 20th century-minded city planners, businesses and developers appreciate the myriad 21st century benefits of low-maintenance, seasonally-dynamic and eco-healthy landscapes.
The stories they traveled to tell touch on all aspects of the benefits of native plants and brings to light a sense of community that makes conservation landscaping possible.
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