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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260616T190000
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URL:https://lexcan.org/events/metrowest-climate-solutions-webinar-from-can
 opy-to-ground-layer-building-soft-landings-with-keystone-plants-for-pollin
 ators/
SUMMARY:MetroWest Climate Solutions Webinar: From Canopy to Ground Layer\, 
 Building Soft Landings with Keystone Plants for Pollinators
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\n\nThis presentation explores the powerful connec
 tion between keystone plants and the insects that depend on them. You’ll
  learn how to implement “Soft Landings” in landscapes of all scales fr
 om home gardens to larger managed sites. This innovative habitat design an
 d management strategy focuses on creating lush\, drought-tolerant mini ec
 osystems beneath native trees to support pollinators throughout their life
  cycles. Participants will learn what defines a pollen specialist\, discov
 er examples of these fascinating bee-plant relationships\, and understand 
 how keystone plants function as foundational species in our ecosystems.\nY
 ou’ll benefit from practical strategies on site preparation methods\, he
 rbicide considerations\, and building a resilient plant matrix of sedges\,
  cool-season grasses\, and flowering keystone species. By the end of the p
 resentation\, participants will be equipped to design and install a Soft L
 andings planting that transforms conventional landscapes into thriving san
 ctuaries for bees\, caterpillars\, and other beneficial insects.\n\n\n\n\n
 \nOur Speaker:  Heather Holm is a pollinator conservationist and award-wi
 nning author of four books: Pollinators of Native Plants (2014)\, Bees (20
 17)\, Wasps (2021)\, and Common Native Bees of the Eastern United States (
 2022). Both Bees and Wasps have won multiple book awards including the Ame
 rican Horticultural Society Book Award (2018 and 2022 respectively). Heath
 er’s expertise includes the interactions between native pollinators and 
 native plants\, and the natural history and biology of native bees and pre
 datory wasps. Her work has been featured in the New York Times\, Minneapol
 is Star Tribune\, and many local publications. Heather is also an accompli
 shed photographer and her pollinator photos are frequently featured in pri
 nt and electronic publications.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Educational,Nature & Ecology,Virtual
LOCATION:https://www.metrowestclimatesolutions.org/
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