NATIVE PLANTS AND POLLINATORS (ZOOM PRESENTATION)

ELIZABETH SHEEHY WILL DISCUSS THE VITAL ROLE OF POLLINATORS IN OUR ECOSYSTEM AND THE PART PLAYED BY NATIVE PLANTS IN THIS RELATIONSHIIP.  SHE WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN BEGIN INTRODUCING MORE NATIVE PLANTS INTO OUR GARDENS AND WILL PROVIDE SOME LOCAL RESOURCES.  THE BUTTERFLYWAY PROJECT, A CITIZEN-BASED MOVEMENT GROWING HIGHWAYS OF HABITAT FOR BEES AND BUTTERFLIES ACROSS CANADA WILL ALSO BE INTRODUCED. 

ZOOM MEETING: GUEST FEE REMITTANCE FORM MUST BE FILLED OUT AND SUBMITTED 48 HOURS PRIOR TO MEETING.  PAYMENT BY E-TRANSFER OR PHONE.  DETAILS ON GUEST REMITTANCE FORM.

ELIZABETH SHEEHY IS A LONG-TIME GARDENER IN LINDENLEA WHO HAS TURNED TO NATIVE PLANT GARDENING IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.  AS A BUTTERFLYWAY RANGER FOR THE SUZUKI FOUNDATION IN HER NEIGHBOURHOOD SHE PROVIDES SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SOMETIMES SEEDLINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY.  IN HER FORMER LIFE SHE WAS A PROFESSOR OF LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA WHERE SHE FOCUSED HER RESEARCH AND TEACHING ON LEGAL RESPONSES TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.