DCMGA Seminar: Gardening with Natives for Birds, Bees, and Butterflies

This Door County Master Gardeners Association event will feature two presentations AND includes lunch.

• Native Shrubs and Trees for the Birds and Bees. Learn about the rich diversity of woody plants native to the upper Midwest and the benefits of incorporating them into your home landscape to help attract and sustain a diversity of bird and pollinator species. Presented by David Garison Stevens, Ed Hasselkus Curator–Longenecker Horticultural Gardens at the UW-Madison Arboretum and an Honorary Associate Fellow, UW-Madison Department of Horticulture.
• Why Monarchs Need Volcanoes. Learn about the importance of the sanctuaries where monarch butterflies overwinter. The temperate fir forests that cradle the butterflies sit atop high peaks of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. In a delicate balance between staying cool enough to conserve fat stores and warm enough not to freeze, the monarchs seek out a variety of microhabitats even as the climate changes around them. The tangle of relationships will astound you. Presented by Emily Stone, Naturalist and Education Director at the Cable Natural History Museum.

Registration is only $10 and will be open to DCMGA members and the public. More information/ Register online.

Co-sponsored by Door County Master Gardeners Association, Crossroads at Big Creek, and Wild One’s – Door Peninsula Chapter.