Deer-Resistant Native Plants for the Northeast

Deer-Resistant Native Plants for the Northeast
UDBG’s Winter Lecture series: Garden Guests – the Invited and Uninvited

Gregg Tepper, Arboretum at Laurel Hill & West Laurel Hill Cemeteries

UDBG Friends Members:  $10;  Nonmembers: $15      (Held via Zoom)

Registration is required for this event. To register and pay via credit card, please use our online form. You will be sent zoom link close to the class time. Be sure to download the Zoom app.

Join Gregg for an informative lecture covering the specific native perennials, annuals, biennials, ferns, sedges, grasses and shrubs that deer simply do not prefer to eat, their culture as well as plant combinations. Learn tactics for repelling deer and getting the best out of your garden!

GREGG TEPPER started a horticultural maintenance business designing and managing private gardens in southeast PA and northern Delaware. He went on to work at Mt. Cuba Center, ultimately served as Director of Horticulture. From there he was Director of Horticulture and board member of Delaware Botanic Gardens in Dagsboro, DE. He was instrumental in implementing a two-acre meadow designed by world-renown garden designer Piet Oudolf. He is now the Horticulturist at the Arboretum at Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries in Philadelphia. Gregg has lectured extensively in the United States as well as the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Wisley in Great Britain. He is a life-long native plant enthusiast and co-author of the book “Deer-resistant Native Plants for the Northeast