Service Description

Local land stewardship designer Barbara Hughey will give a talk focusing on native plants and how to identify and responsibly remove invasive species. She will discuss pollinators and the array of benefits of planting native plants. Barbara Hughey is a land stewardship designer and project manager working with private and institutional clients to realize their goals for enhancing the beauty, productivity, health and biodiversity of their landscapes. She has forty years of experience working as a plant professional, much of that focused on sustainable restored landscapes. She is a native of the Hudson Valley where she has worked and lived for most of her life. She holds a degree from Cornell in Soil Science, Agronomy and Soil and Water Conservation; obtained an Advance Certificate in Herbology, completed the Bio Diversity Assessment Training through Hudsonia; attended Land Use Planning courses through Pace Law School; as well as continuing field botany and other related subjects. She has been a member of several local and regional environmental boards and committees, currently including the Education and Outreach Committee of the Capital Mohawk Partnership for Regional Invasives Species Management.