Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 13:44:07 +0000
From: Debbie Roos
Subject: due to demand I added another Pollinator Garden Workshop!
If you want to attract more pollinators to your farm or garden, or if you just want to expand your perennial garden and provide resources for pollinators and other wildlife, then Chatham County Cooperative Extension has a workshop just for you, and just in time for the fall planting season! Learn how to create a pollinator paradise like the one found at Extension’s pollinator garden at Chatham Marketplace in Pittsboro: http://go.ncsu.edu/pollinator-garden
Thursday October 10: Pollinator Conservation Workshop and Garden Tour from 2:00-5:00 pm
The Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will offer a pollinator conservation workshop and garden tour as part of its Enhancing Sustainability Series on Thursday October 10, from 2:00-5:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Agriculture Building in Pittsboro.
Chatham County Agricultural Extension Agent Debbie Roos will give an overview of North Carolina pollinators and discuss the role of native bees and managed bees in crop pollination. Participants will learn about the principles of planting a pollinator garden and – just in time for fall planting – how to select trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, herbs, vines, and grasses to attract a diversity of pollinators. Debbie will emphasize native plants but also include a few other plants that provide good resources. The workshop will include a tour of Cooperative Extension’s demonstration pollinator garden at Chatham Marketplace, about half a mile from the Agriculture Building. The garden is comprised of ~140 different species and cultivars, 85% of which are native to the piedmont of North Carolina.
**** I have partnered with Chatham County’s Mellow Marsh Farm to be able to offer each workshop participant several perennial butterfly weed plants (Asclepias tuberosa) to take home to plant for pollinators! This species is great for both bees and monarch butterflies.
Take a virtual tour of the pollinator garden to see how it progresses through the seasons: http://go.ncsu.edu/pollinator-garden-virtual-tour
Advance registration is required by October 4. Visit the Growing Small Farms website at http://go.ncsu.edu/gsfworkshops to download a registration form. Space is limited so register early!
Debbie
Debbie Roos
Agricultural Extension Agent
Chatham County Center
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
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