Mid-October is prime time for fall color and a perfect season to tour a 20-acre cohousing village where wildlife and native plantings are cherished by the residents. The rural site has 60% open space around 24 units, landscaped with wildflower meadows, organic lawns, and varied and beautiful shrubs. See how you can landscape with native viburnums, winterberries, blueberries, chokeberries, bayberries and more – you can enjoy the vibrant colors, while local and migrant birds appreciate the berries. Learn how to use native canopy and understory trees such as red maple, hawthorn, smoke tree, tulip tree, American mountain ash, and Virginia fringe tree, all of which have lovely fall color and wildlife value. View a number of successful rain gardens which use downspout water. Enjoy refreshments in the solar-powered common house, while discussing the practicalities of sustainable landscape design and the basics of cohousing. Of interest to homeowners, landscape designers, land managers, and conservationists.