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From: Debbie Roos <debbie.roos AT chathamnc.org>
Date: Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 12:02 PM
Subject: Register Now for May Pollinator Garden Workshop & Tour
To: "sustagchatham AT lists.ncsu.edu" <sustagchatham AT lists.ncsu.edu>

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! Learn how to create a pollinator paradise like the one found at Extension’s pollinator garden at Chatham Mills in Pittsboro: http://go.ncsu.edu/pollinator-garden

 

Tuesday May 12 AND Saturday May 16: Pollinator Conservation Workshop and Garden Tour from 2:00-5:00 pm

The Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will offer their very popular pollinator conservation workshop and garden tour as part of its Enhancing Sustainability Series on Tuesday May 12 AND Saturday May 16 from 2:00-5:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Agriculture Building in Pittsboro. This is the same workshop offered on two different dates to accommodate participants’ schedules and to keep class size small. 

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 protecting pollinators and 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 Mills, about half a mile from the Agriculture Building. The garden is comprised of ~160 different species, 85% of which are native to the piedmont of North Carolina.

**** Participants will receive several perennial butterfly weed plants (Asclepias tuberosa) grown by local nursery Mellow Marsh Farm 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 May 5. 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
919.542.8202
debbie_roos AT ncsu.edu

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