FoBW Winter Talk 2/11

Winter Talk: How to Choose the Best Plants for Pollinators

The Friends of Baltimore Woods will host our annual Winter Talk on Saturday, February 11th, from 1pm – 2pm at the St Johns Community Center at 8427 N. Central St. An additional 30 min Q&A period will follow the talk. Look for our event signs on the day of the talk!

Our guest speaker is Matthew Shepherd of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Protection. Mr. Shepherd is the Director of Outreach & Education for Xerces, and a passionate advocate for educating the public about invertebrates (animals without internal skeletons, such as insects) as well as restoring & enhancing the natural areas on which they depend. The talk will focus on gardening with native plants for the benefit of pollinators, focusing not only on flowering plants for nectar, but also host plants for larvae, and other ways we can maintain, or not maintain our yards, in order to foster habitat for beneficial bugs and a healthier ecosystem.

The talk is open to the public, and while there is no admission charge, we encourage donations, which will help to support the mission of the Friends of Baltimore Woods to restore a nature corridor in north Portland. A $5 donation will entitle you to a raffle ticket to win a Tee-shirt!