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IN-PERSON FALL MEETINGS
Meeting Schedule: 7:00 pm Welcome 7:15 pm Announcements 7:20 pm Program/Presentation |
New Meeting Location!
Fall meetings will be held in-person at the Eden Prairie City Hall in the Heritage Room (on lower level) 8080 Mitchell Road Eden Prairie, MN 55344 All of our meetings and garden tours are free and open to the public. Please invite a friend! |
Wednesday, October 11th - 7 pm
Fireside Chat with Heather Holm
Moderated talk with Heather Holm. Ample time for Q&A from the audience.
Heather Holm is a pollinator conservationist and award-winning author of four books: Pollinators of Native Plants (2014), Bees (2017), Wasps (2021), and Common Native Bees of the Eastern United States (2022). Both Bees and Wasps have won multiple book awards including the American Horticultural Society Book Award (2018 and 2022 respectively). Heather’s expertise includes the interactions between native pollinators and native plants, and the natural history and biology of native bees and predatory wasps. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and many local publications. Heather is also an accomplished photographer and her pollinator photos are frequently featured in print and electronic publications.
Heather is a National Honorary Director of Wild Ones. She also serves on the boards of the following non-profits: Friends of Cullen Nature Preserve and Bird Sanctuary, Friends of Minnetonka Parks, and her local Wild Ones chapter, Prairie Edge. In her spare time, she is an active community supporter, writing grants, and coordinating and participating in volunteer ecological landscape restoration projects. The latest project is a 13-acre oak savanna restoration that will provide thriving habitat for pollinators, birds, mammals, and passive, nature-based opportunities for people.
Heather is a National Honorary Director of Wild Ones. She also serves on the boards of the following non-profits: Friends of Cullen Nature Preserve and Bird Sanctuary, Friends of Minnetonka Parks, and her local Wild Ones chapter, Prairie Edge. In her spare time, she is an active community supporter, writing grants, and coordinating and participating in volunteer ecological landscape restoration projects. The latest project is a 13-acre oak savanna restoration that will provide thriving habitat for pollinators, birds, mammals, and passive, nature-based opportunities for people.
Wednesday, November 8th - 7 pm
Julia Bohnen
Presentation Details Forthcoming
Julia Bohnen is a Researcher with the University of Minnesota –She has a B.S. Horticulture from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and a M.S. from the University of Minnesota. Julia is involved in both research and teaching related to ecological restoration and invasive species management. Julia’s current research involving non-native Phragmites australis
(common reed) has several facets: 1) document populations in Minnesota 2) work with various stakeholders to facilitate a coordinated statewide control effort 3) work with wastewater treatment facility operators to transition away from the use of invasive Phragmites for biosolids dewatering. Julia also facilitates a series of five online ecological restoration courses, offered through Extension, that are targeted to early career professionals. She was the project manager for the Spring Peeper Meadow restoration at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum from its inception in 1995 until 2009.
(common reed) has several facets: 1) document populations in Minnesota 2) work with various stakeholders to facilitate a coordinated statewide control effort 3) work with wastewater treatment facility operators to transition away from the use of invasive Phragmites for biosolids dewatering. Julia also facilitates a series of five online ecological restoration courses, offered through Extension, that are targeted to early career professionals. She was the project manager for the Spring Peeper Meadow restoration at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum from its inception in 1995 until 2009.