Session 4
RainScaping: Nature-inspired Solutions to Manage Home Runoff
Instructor: Peggy Campbell
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--Rainwater running off residential properties washes pollutants – such as garden chemicals, sediment and bacteria – from yards, roofs and hard surfaces and into local waterways.
What’s Buzzing? Supporting Pollinators in Your Backyard
Instructor: Lisa DeVetter
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--Pollination is essential for the development of many of our favorite fruits and vegetables. Insects provide most of our pollination services, but many species are in decline.
School Gardens: Growing Food, Growing Learning, Growing Support
Instructor: Laurie Williams
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--K-12 School Gardens are growing around the globe. These outdoor classrooms and living laboratories are important for connecting student learning in all subjects and helping students become nature's stewards.
Finding Our Way Home: Native Plants in the Garden
Instructor: Robin O'Quinn
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--This presentation explores how our goals and expectations as gardeners may be at odds with the biological truths of natural systems ...
Cultivating a Diverse Extension Master Gardener Program
Instructor: Kenitra Keeney, Ed.D
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--Biodiversity is essential to ecologic health. As gardeners we all know that mono-cultures are not sustainable.