Creating a Pollinator Habitat Anywhere!

Location: Saxe Room

Audience: Adult

Register here: mywpl.libnet.info/event/16971684

What exactly are pollinators and why are they so important? Join us to learn all about pollinator basics and how you can create your own habitat!

The first part of our presentation reviews some pollinator basics. Next, our presenter will discuss what pollinators need and are looking for when choosing where to rest, eat, or lay their eggs--in other words “Habitat”!  We will learn about the importance of a habitat, what it is, and how to create and maintain some inviting habitats for pollinators just about anywhere at all!  Specifically, the presentation illustrates successful pollinator habitats created in places as different as suburban gardens to apartment decks, and small urban yards and patios to parking lot “hell strips.”  

Our presenter, Denise Guérin, is a Certified Massachusetts Master Gardener, graduating in the class of 2022.  She fell in love with gardens (and their contents) at a young age while “helping” her father and grandmother in their large family gardens.  She volunteers regularly at the Wakefield Arboretum, the Medford Food Pantry Garden, and the MMGA’s new Ohrenberger School Pollinator Garden.  Her primary focus is on growing native plants and creating habitat for native bees, birds and insect pollinators.  She is a graduate of the MMGA Speakers Bureau Training Program.