Fire-wise gardening is a mix of plant selection and proper layout. Learn to protect your home at a free workshop at the Erie Community Library on Sept. 25. Image credit: Meadow Pro

Protect and beautify your home by using native plants in the landscape to increase your wildfire defensibility.

Native plant expert and landscape designer Curtis Manning of Lafayette-based Meadow Pro will go into detail on how to select and use native plants with low flammability in your garden landscape, including:

• How to design and position your garden areas to maximize your home’s fire defensibility

• Which native plants to use and where to put them

• Other landscaping strategies to protect your home from wildfire

This workshop is designed for DIY gardeners who want to make incremental, fire-hardening improvements to their home landscapes themselves.

This program is made possible by a Colorado State Forest Service Wildfire Mitigation Outreach grant.