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Ecology for Healthy Gardens

with Jennifer Berry, Ecologist and Garden Designer

This workshop combines best practices from permaculture and ecology to illustrate how gardens can function as ecosystems to naturally control pests and diseases. Jennifer Berry is a practicing ecologist and garden designer, and through experimentation has developed general principles that can be used in any garden setting. Jennifer illuminates relationships between common pests and their predators, plus relationships between plants, soils and beneficial microorganisms working to fight diseases. Come prepared to look into the microscopic world to discover Animal Planet drama in your own backyard.

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