*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 -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAF2zbdtckABetz1_HWX90Y8ibyA1DYSwThjF7EV1ug%2By2RWUKg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
