Gardening for the Birds

with Martha Rollefson

Thursday, October 2  |  1 - 4pm

BREG - Elective

It’s amazing how much has been learned in just the past few years about the best ways to support the songbirds we love.  The plants you choose and the way you garden has a huge impact on the number and variety of birds you will see in your yard. Using the National Wildlife Federation’s framework and more recent findings from entomologist Doug Tallamy, you will learn gardening tips & techniques along with landscape design concepts, plant lists, and resource recommendations for increasing the joys of nature in your own yard… especially the birds!

Martha has been a spare-time gardener for decades who got the "wildlife habitat" bug over 20 years ago.  After leaving the corporate world she started working at Wild Birds Unlimited "to support her gardening habit," and she joined the Western Carolina Botany Club to learn more about native plants.  While feeding the birds and observing how gardening and wildlife interact, she has developed numerous techniques for saving time and money while reducing her carbon footprint. She lives next to the Etowah Valley Golf Resort with her husband David and mini-doxie, Eva.

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