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From Canopy to Ground Layer with Heather Holm:
Building Soft Landings with Keystone Plants for Pollinators

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From Canopy to Ground Layer with Heather Holm:
Building Soft Landings with Keystone Plants for Pollinators

Thursday, May 21

6:30 PM - 8 PM

Online

Adult

This event requires registration.

Registration is open.

Registration closes at 12 am CST the day of the program.

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Available seats: 498


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Heather Holm is a pollinator conservationist and award-winning author of four books: "Pollinators of Native Plants" (2014), "Bees" (2017)," Wasps" (2021), and "Common Native Bees of the Eastern United States" (2022). Heather's expertise includes the interactions between native pollinators and native plants, and the natural history and biology of native bees and predatory wasps.

This presentation explores the powerful connection between keystone plants and the insects that depend on them. You'll learn how to implement "Soft Landings" in landscapes of all scales, from home gardens to larger managed sites. This innovative habitat design and management strategy focuses on creating layered mini ecosystems beneath native trees to support pollinators throughout their life cycles. Participants will learn what defines a pollen specialist, discover examples of these fascinating bee-plant relationships, and understand how keystone plants function as foundational species in our ecosystems. 

You'll benefit from practical strategies on site preparation methods, herbicide considerations, and building a resilient plant matrix of sedges, cool-season grasses, and flowering keystone species. By the end of the presentation, participants will be equipped to design and install Soft Landing plantings that transform conventional landscapes into thriving sanctuaries for bees, caterpillars, and other beneficial insects. 

A Zoom link will be emailed to registered participants on the day of the program at least one hour prior to the start of the program. If you do not receive the link, please check your junk/SPAM folder. 

Please email [email protected] if you have not received the link by 5:30 PM. 

We will not be recording this presentation. 

Instructors:

Eileen Davis

Guest Speaker

 
 

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