workshop description

Our gardens depend on more than sun and water to flourish. Plants rely on their mutually-beneficial relationships with insects to produce the foods we love to grow and eat. From pollination to pest predation, insects are hard at work in our environment, whether we know it or not!

This workshop will equip you with the knowledge to improve and increase habitat for native pollinators and beneficial insects. Whether you have a community garden plot, a bit of lawn, an expansive property or a patio, your outdoor space can provide critical habitat.

Native bee expert Rye Dickson will will share tips and tricks on how to manage a space that will create and support habitat for critical native insects. They will then help you put this knowledge into action with specific steps you can take in your particular space.

This workshop will include a lecture and slideshow, followed by a Q&A and group action planning session.

Leave this workshop with a tangible plan for your improving habitat in the outdoor spaces you enjoy.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Rye Dickson is Garden City Harvest’s Community Gardens Coordinator. With years of international pollinator research under their belt, Rye heads our Native Pollinator workshop series. They instruct some of our other garden and kitchen workshops as well, sharing their passion for plants and pollinators, community, and all things related to eating and growing food.

SLIDING SCALE

Accessibility is central to the mission of Garden City Harvest. For this reason, our workshops are available on a sliding scale. A limited number of scholarships may be available for each workshop. If interested, please email alex@gardencityharvest.org.