Thursday, August 4 at 7 p.m. In the past we have designed our landscapes strictly for our own pleasure, with no thought to how they might impact the natural world around us. Using chickadees and other wildlife as guides, Entomologist Doug Tallamy will show how plants who evolved in concert with local animals provide better than plants that evolved elsewhere. In the process, he shows how sharing our landscapes with other living things will not reduce our pleasurable garden experiences, but enhance them. Tallamy and his wife have spent 16 years converting 10 acres of what had been farmland for back to its native state by adding layers to its once-flat botanical architecture. Today 54 species of birds nest on their property. His most recent book, Bringing Nature Home, won the Silver Medal from the Garden Writer’s Association. Doug Tallamy, professor and chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, teaches insect taxonomy, behavioral ecology, and other subjects. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities.