DIG IN-PERSON: Pollinators In My Backyard

THIS CLASS IS IN-PERSON AT THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OFFICE LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE SO EARLY REGISTRATION IS RECOMMENDED

Learn how you can have a beautiful, backyard while attracting all kinds of pollinators. This class is broken into 3 categories; bees, butterflies and hummingbirds and the plants they love.

Learning Objectives:

• How to attract pollinators to your yard.
• What plants pollinators like best.
• How do you support pollinators once they are in your yard?
• Habitat, water and how to setup watering stations.
• How do we know what we have? Friend or Foe?
• Where can you find more information on pollinator gardening.

Speaker: Master Gardener Amber Hughes

Amber has loved nature since she was a little kid and had always been fascinated by animals. She wanted to be a biologist but her love of plants started in high school when she took a botany class because to avoid dissecting a frog.

She completed her BS in biology and her MS in plant biology from ASU. She’s not only a Master Gardener but also SmartScape trained. Amber worked at a high-end plant nursery for several years and is currently working on a Watershed Management certificate for her current position as a Water Conservation Coordinator. Amber started gardening with her mother and grandmother when at about 3-4 years old and has been an avid gardener since.

The DIG Classes are returning to in-person classes on location at the Maricopa County Cooperative Extension Office at 4341 E Broadway Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85040, along with keeping many of our online classes. Walk-ins are welcome, but space at the Extension Office is limited so early registration is recommended.