Bluegrass Land & Nature Symposium

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary

Join Floracliff and the Lexington Chapter of Wild Ones for the Bluegrass Land and Nature Symposium!

Floracliff and the Lexington Chapter of Wild Ones are partnering this fall to host the Bluegrass Land and Nature Symposium. Join us Saturday, October 1st, for a full day focused on the biodiversity, ecology, and stewardship of the Bluegrass region. Retired University of Louisville biology professor and urban ecologist, Dr. Margaret Carreiro, will kick off the day as our keynote speaker. Afterward, experts from Kentucky’s conservation community will lead outdoor sessions on migratory birds, beneficial insects, gardening with native plants, local flora, watersheds, and more.As a 346-acre nature sanctuary located on the edge of Kentucky’s second most populated city, Floracliff provides a unique setting to explore the intersection of wild nature with human-built urban, suburban, and rural landscapes. The Bluegrass Land and Nature Symposium will offer insights on practices that support wildlife, the challenges along the way, and the ecological and personal rewards that come from welcoming nature at home and in our communities.Tickets are $35 (lunch included)Schedule:<ul><li>8:30 – 9:00 AM:  Registration, coffee, opening of silent auction</li><li> 9:00 AM: Welcome </li><li>9:15 – 10:15 AM: Keynote Presentation with Dr. Margaret Carreiro – Planning a Resilient Future for Flora and Fauna in the Bluegrass </li><li>10:20 – 11:30 AM: Outdoor concurrent sessions </li><li>11:30 – 12:45:  Lunch </li><li>12:50 – 2:00 PM: Outdoor concurrent sessions </li><li>2:10 – 3:20 PM: Outdoor concurrent sessions </li><li>3:30 – 4:00 PM: silent auction wrap-up</li></ul>Session Leaders &amp; Topics:<ul><li>Joyce Bender (Retired from the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission): Birds on the Move – Fall Migration Bird Walk </li><li>Strider Deaver (Kentucky Division of Forestry): Reading the Forest: Stories of The Past Told By the Trees of Today </li><li>Amanda Gumbert (UK Cooperative Extension Service): The Lay of the Land: Water Movement Across Floracliff's Landscape </li><li>Beverly James (Floracliff): Hostplants for Butterflies and Moths </li><li>Jonathan Larson (UK Extension Entomology): Let's Meet Some Bug Friends </li><li>Kendall McDonald (Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves): Fall Wildflowers </li><li>John Michler (Michler's Florist, Greenhouse, and Garden Design): Garden Inspirations from Nature </li><li>Jess Slade (UK-LFUCG Arboretum): Land Management for Ecological Diversity</li></ul>

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