Morris Arboretum Lecture: Beautiful Landscapes: Key to Healthy Communities

For the past five years, Katy Moss Warner has been judging towns and cities for America in Bloom. She has witnessed firsthand what happens when a community focuses attention on their landscapes. Whether protecting the tree canopy, restoring native habitats, installing a new school garden, planting dramatic perennial beds, or adding colorful hanging baskets to downtown, the community pulls together and “plants pride”. The spirit of optimism and volunteerism reflects not only in the beauty of the community, but in its vitality. Communities with beautiful landscapes are the places where people want to live, work, and play.

Katy will describe her experiences with America in Bloom, a not for profit organization that encourages cities and town across America to focus on what is outside in their communities in order to ensure economic sustainability and enhance the quality of life.