Symposium: Your Backyard/Our World
Sat, Mar 02
|Corron Community Center at Laurel Ridge
A full day of presentations by Dr. Doug Tallamy, Connor Goolsby, Kim Strader & Dr. Michael Raupp on biodiversity, native plants, forest care, & pollinators. $65 fee. You must register by 2/24 at: https://nsvmga.org/events/symposium - or click on RSVP. Doors open at 7:30.
Time & Location
Mar 02, 2024, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Corron Community Center at Laurel Ridge , 173 Skirmisher Ln, Middletown, VA 22645, USA
About the event
The 2024 Symposium: Your Backyard/Our World offers a full day of continuing education both for Extension Master Gardeners and members of the public.
Featured Speakers
Dr. Doug Tallamy, T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture, Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware - Simple steps that gardeners can- and must- take to reverse declining biodiversity, why we must change our adversarial relationship with nature to a collaborative one, and why we, ourselves, are nature’s best hope. He will have books available for purchase and will sign personal copies of his books that you already own.
Connor Goolsby, Virginia Department of Forestry - Caring for the forest, whether it is one tree or 100 trees.
Kim Strader, formerly the Assistant Curator of the Native Plant Trail at Blandy Experimental Farm - Native plants for problem areas in your landscape.
Dr. Michael Raupp, “The Bug Guy,” Professor Emeritus and Extension Specialist, University of…