Buzzing and Beautiful: Designing Pollinator Gardens with OSU Extension

Enhancing Urban and Suburban Landscapes to Protect Pollinators (EM 9289)

Trees and Shrubs for Fall and Winter Bloom (EM 9277)

Joining us will be:

Andony Melathopoulos, pollinator health Extension;
Neil Bell, Extension community horticulturalist, Marion County, and professor;
Signe Danler, Instructor, OSU Master Gardeners;
Amy Jo Detweiler, community/commercial horticulturalist, central Oregon, professor;
Nicole Sanchez, home and small-scale horticulturalist and assistant professor;
Heather Stoven, community and Small Farms horticulturalist, assistant professor.

Links mentioned during the webinar:

Want to learn more about this topic? Explore more resources from OSU Extension: Bees and pollinators, Flowers, shrubs and trees, Gardening techniques

Jun 2020

Signe Danler

Home Horticulture Online Program Instructor

Andony Melathopoulos

Pollinator Health Extension Specialist, Pollinator Ecology/Ecotoxicology

Neil Bell

Academic Wage Appointment

Amy Jo Detweiler

Horticulture

Nicole Sanchez

Horticulture

Heather Stoven

Small Farms, Community Horticulture

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