Identifying and managing invasive plants is a challenge for any gardener.
With so many different species, and more appearing all the time, how do you know which plants are invasive? Join Longwood Gardens Research Specialist Tabitha Petri as she takes the mystery out of identifying invasive plants and how to manage them in your home garden. You’ll begin in The Grove, where Petri will explain key features used to differentiate between many common invasive plants. Then, join Petri in the Gardens to get hands-on experience identifying these different species in the landscape.
Location
The Grove Studio 108
Instructor
Tabitha Petri
Tabitha Petri is a plant ecologist with a specialty in invasion science and agronomy. Petri is broadly interested in plant community dynamics and how domestication influences invasion risk of horticultural, agricultural, and invasive species. She received her master’s in interdisciplinary ecology with a concentration in wildlife ecology and conservation from the University of Florida. She did her undergraduate work at Stetson University, double majoring in biology and environmental science. She worked as a plant ecology technician at Archbold Biological Station (Venus, FL) and The Jones Center at Ichauway (Newton, GA). Petri also worked as a biological scientist in an organic and sustainable agriculture lab in the Horticultural Sciences department at the University of Florida.
