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Hybrid: Civic Awareness Series with the League of Women Voters

Growing Resilience at Home: The Power of Native Landscaping

Learn more about the importance of local and native planting, strategies for attracting pollinators to your home gardens and yards, how residential composting can be incorporated into home gardening, and why these steps are important for our environment.

About the Speaker: Allison Frederick is a conservation professional, science communicator, and nonprofit leader with deep experience in native landscaping, habitat restoration, and community education. She currently works with Citizens for Conservation, where she supports land protection and stewardship efforts across northeastern Illinois. With a background in wildlife management, volunteer engagement, and communications, Allison helps communities understand how native plants support biodiversity, clean water, and climate resilience—starting right in their own yards.

The Civic Awareness Series is brought in partnership with the League of Women Voters of the Palatine, Barrington, and Schaumburg Areas. The League of Women Voters in a non-partisan organization dedicated to civic education, engagement, and encouraging voting. 

You can choose to attend this program in-person or watch online on Zoom. Please indicate your preference when registering. After registering, you receive a link to the Zoom webinar at least three hours before the program. If the event is full, or if you prefer, you can watch the live stream on YouTube.com/@SchaumLib. A recording of this program is available at YouTube.com/@SchaumLib approximately 24 hours after the program is completed. 

Want to switch your attendance preference from online to in-person (or vice versa)? No problem! Just give us a call at (847) 923-3347 and we'll take care of that for you.

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