Master Gardener Lectures - Gardening for Wildlife

2nd Floor Meeting Room

A one-hour talk with slides. This lecture covers topics for gardening for wildlife.

Birds are a savvy gardener’s best friend, as they eat hundreds of insects a day and feed them to their young. Toads eat 300 insects a night!  Butterflies and moths pollinate 8% of the world’s flowering plants, bees 16%.  Unfortunately, with habitat fragmentation and too many deer over-browsing the understory, our songbird populations are plummeting here in Maryland.  Our bees are suffering too and butterflies are not faring very well either.  What can you do?  Plenty!  With a bit of planning and a few simple tweaks, you can transform your patch of the world into a haven for wildlife. Whether you garden in a container or on several acres, you can make a difference – come and learn how!

Marie Rojas bio:
Marie has been providing Integrated Pest Management services for homeowners, nursery growers, and property managers through her company, Borders & Butterflies, for over 25 years.  She serves on several green industry boards, including the Professional Grounds Management Society  (D.C. branch), the Montgomery County Beekeepers Association, and the Environmental Program Advisory Committee for Montgomery County Public Schools.  Marie has been a Montgomery County Master Gardener since 1994.  She also keeps bees and heritage chickens with her husband on their historic 92 acre farm in the Agricultural Reserve of Montgomery County. 

Questions about this program? Contact the branch at 240-777-0140.

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