Aug. 3 Gardening Seminar, "Plant It And They Will Come"
Pam Piombino
HABITAT HERO GARDENING SEMINAR
AUGUST 3, 1019
PLANT IT AND THEY WILL COME!
brought to you by Boulder County Audubon’s Habitat Hero Program
DATE: Saturday, August 3, before fall planting season
TIME: 1-5 p.m.
LOCATION: 5201 Saint Vrain Road, Longmont, CO 80503
Boulder County Open Space Operations Center
FEE: $20, Limited to 100 people, refreshments, snacks, door prizes too!
Payment details at the end of this invitation.
Boulder
County Audubon Society is delighted to offer this half-day seminar
focused on native plants and insects. Learn how front range
gardeners can help offset the profound losses we are experiencing as
ever more development consumes essential habitats. We would like to
thank Connie Holsinger, founder of the Habitat Hero program, for
underwriting this event.
PROGRAM:
BIRDS, WHAT THEY REALLY,
REALLY WANT
Presenter: Scott Severs
Why
are insects so important to all other animals? Scott will illustrate
how native plants help insure the critical insect diversity needed in
a healthy backyard ecosystem. His power point presentation will
amaze you with the beauty and variety of insects that birds and
mammals depend on to flourish. You
will learn why our native insects cannot thrive on imported greenery.
Scott
Severs
has been fascinated by insects since his grandmother first read him
We
Like Bugs,
a wonderful 1962 children’s book by Gladys Conklin. With a degree
in Wildlife Biology from Colorado State University, he enjoys field
biology and has taught classes on warblers, sparrows, dragonflies,
bird migration and led bug safaris too!
PLANT THIS, NOT THAT
Presenter: Deryn Davidson
Deryn
will gently guide both new and experienced gardeners towards
different native plants as substitutions for commonly available
nursery choices. Her suggestions usually mirror the space and
culture requirements of what you might otherwise use or consider
replacing. Go
native as you build or refurbish your gardens!
Deryn
Davidson
holds a B.S. in Horticulture from Colorado State University and a
Master’s of Landscape Architecture from the University of Arizona.
Her passion for native plants and pollinators grew during her time as
a horticulturist at the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin,
TX. Currently, Deryn is the CSU Horticulture Extension Agent for
Boulder County, a position in which she enjoys combining her training
in design and horticulture with ecological function and helping
people discover new ways to incorporate native plants into their home
landscapes through good design and responsible horticultural
practices.
PLANT IT AND THEY WILL COME: GARDENING TO PROVIDE POLLINATOR AND SONGBIRD HABITAT
Presenter: Susan Tweit
With
inspiring before and after photos, Susan will illustrate how degraded
habitats can be rehabilitated to provide astounding bird, butterfly
and pollinator havens. Her large restoration projects that have won
accolades for beauty and sensitivity. You will learn that with
thoughtfully chosen natives, soil, water and determination, nothing
is beyond redemption.
Award-winning
writer, Susan
J. Tweit,
is a plant biologist who began her career studying wildfires, grizzly
bear habitat and sagebrush communities in Yellowstone National Park
before realizing that she loved telling the stories in the data more
than collecting that data! She has written twelve books about nature
and life, including The
Rocky Mountain Garden Survival Guide,
hailed
as “the instruction book that should have come with your yard.”
Tweit’s work has appeared in magazines and newspapers ranging from
Audubon
and
Popular
Mechanics to
High
Country News and
the Los
Angeles Times. Her
landscape designs and habitat restoration projects have won
recognition from The Nature Conservancy, Audubon Rockies, and the
North American Rock Garden Society. Tweit helped Connie Holsinger
found the Habitat Hero project, and now lives in the high desert in
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Please register on the Boulder County Audubon website: boulderaududon.org with the paypal button OR
You can also send a check to:
BCAS
P. O. Box 2018
Boulder, CO 80306