Presentations
Get the inspiration you need to create an ecological oasis with this award-winning environmental landscape expert.
Kim Eierman
CH, AOLCP
Kim is an environmental horticulturist, specializing in ecological landscapes and native plants. She inspires audiences to make simple changes in their landscapes that make huge environmental improvements. Kim is an active speaker nationwide on many ecological topics – as she tells her audiences, "every landscape matters!"
Kim teaches regularly at:
New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Native Plant Center and Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Sample of where Kim has presented:
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden, North Carolina Nursery & Landscape Association, Greenscapes Symposium, Ecological Landscape Alliance, The Garden Conservancy, The Nature of Cities Festival, New York Botanical Garden, Midwest Native Plant Society, Virginia Native Landscapes, Philadelphia Flower Show, Beatrix Farrand Garden, Wave Hill, International Society of Arboriculture, Hardy Plant Society, The Native Plant Center, GardenComm, Illinois Landscape Contractors Association, Dutchess Land Conservancy, Half Moon Education, Native Plant Society of New Jersey, Jenkins Arboretum, Connecticut Botanical Society, Massachusetts Master Gardener Conference, Teatown Lake Reservation, New England Grows, Bartlett Arboretum, Cullowhee Native Plant Conference, ADK Action, New York State Turf and Landscape Association, Aspetuck Land Trust, MGIX, Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Vermont Nursery & Landscape Association, Central Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association, SXSW Eco, Connecticut Flower & Garden Show, et al.

Presentation Topics
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Suggested Keynote Presentations:
Beyond Sustainability: Using Our Landscapes as a Source for Environmental Change
EcoBeneficial Landscape Strategies for the Climate Crisis
The Pollinator Victory Garden: Winning the War on Pollinator Decline
Taking Landscapes to the Next Level: From Leveraging Ecosystem Services to Changing Cultural Norms
Presentations by Category:
Pollinators
The Pollinator Victory Garden: Winning the War on Pollinator Decline
Creating a Succession of Bloom in the Native Garden
Using Native Trees to Support Pollinators
Native Pollinators and the Native Plants That Feed Them
Best Native Gardening Practices for Beekeepers
Native Container Gardening for Pollinators
Climate Change
EcoBeneficial Landscape Strategies for Climate Change
Creating an EcoBeneficial Landscape for Today’s Environmental Realties
Hellstrip & Streetscape Gardening with Native Plants
EcoBeneficial Gardening & Landscaping
Beyond Sustainability: Using Our Landscapes as a Source for Environmental Change
Creating an EcoBeneficial Landscape for Today’s Environmental Realties
Designing a Healthy Ecosystem Garden
Ecological Workhorse Plants for the Native Garden
Taking Landscapes to the Next Level: From Leveraging Ecosystem Services to Changing Cultural Norms
Native Gardening & Landscaping
Unlocking the Mysteries of Native Plant Selection: What You Need to Know to Get it Right
Hellstrip & Streetscape Gardening with Native Plants
Intro to Native Plant Communities
Gardening Inspirations from the Smoky Mountains
Native Plants Galore
Creating a Succession of Bloom in the Native Garden
Selecting Native Plants for Fall and Winter Interest & Ecology
Great Native Plants for Containers
Nativelicious: Gardening with Edible and Ornamental Native Plants
Ecological Workhorse Plants for the Native Garden
Native Groundcovers for Beauty, Function, and Ecology
Replacing Invasives: Competitive Native Plants for Challenged Landscapes
Exploring EcoBeneficial Native Herbs
Native Trees for Small Spaces: Big Ecological Benefits in Small Sizes
Native Gardening in the Shade: From Wet to Dry
Meadowscaping & Turf Alternatives
Meadowscaping at Home: How to Make a Native Meadow
Replacing the Green Desert: Native Plant Alternatives to Turf
Native Groundcovers for Beauty, Function, and Ecology
Small Spaces & Containers
Great Native Plants for Containers
Native Trees for Small Spaces: Big Ecological Benefits in Small Sizes
Hellstrip & Streetscape Gardening with Native Plant
Native Container Gardening for Pollinators
Landscaping for Wildlife
Plant It and They Will Come: Creating a Bird Friendly Landscape
Attracting Nature’s Pest Control: Gardening for Beneficial Insects


Words from the Attendees

Upcoming Event

ONLINE “The Native Garden in Fall & Winter”
The Native Plant Center
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 10:00 am EST
ONLINE
Audience Reviews
“Kim was a FANTASTIC speaker at the 12th Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium on April 16 at The Woodstock Resort in Woodstock, VT. Her energy, passion and brilliant lecture were appreciated by all. She received extremely high ratings in audience evaluations.”
“Good motivator! Kim inspired us with her exceptional knowledge on how to bring more pollinators into your own "eco-system" by using more natives and less pesticides.”
“Inspiring ...and informative. Kim, with her vast knowledge and visible enthusiasm makes you really thing about gardens in a different way. To see a garden as not just a pretty face but as functional environment vibrant with life and life to come is a gift. And for that I thank Kim. She's the best!”





