Plant Program Panel / Q&A

3 friendly, local native plant enthusiasts with years of experience will be available in an interactive webinar to help answer your questions and share advice about choosing, planting, growing and sustaining native plants. You will be able to email questions in advance or ask them during the webinar.

Bridget Daley has been an avid gardener for 20+ years. In the last few years, she has immersed herself in learning about and planting native plants. In her yard, Bridget has been shrinking the lawn and removing non-natives — many of which she previously planted — including common invasives like English ivy. So far she has replaced them with 71 species of native plants, including trees, shrubs, and wildflowers. Bridget also co-led, with fellow Rutgers Environmental Steward Joan Maccari, the creation of Madison Public Schools Pollinator Habitat, a community project that replaced lawn and non-native shrubs with 600 native plants. She is a member of the Madison Environmental Commission.

Jess Miller is a designer by trade and a native plant geek in her off time.  She is a volunteer with the NPSNJ and maintain a Little Native Seed Library outside of her South Orange home.  She works with her local community to add native plants to local parks and schools.  Jess’s goal is for more people to know how easy and inexpensive it can be to add native plants to your yard!

Bianca Wright is a gardener and landscape designer with over 20 years of experience. She worked for design-build firms, private studios as well as a public garden before starting habitats&gardens LLC in 2021 to offer landscape design and plant installation. Bianca strives to create adaptive and resilient gardens by embracing nature’s dynamics, integrating ecological horticulture and principles of green infrastructure. She volunteers with several community groups to help raise awareness around native plants and bring them to local parks and schools.