BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20230418T230000Z DTEND:20230419T000000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Gardening with Native Plants - Germantown Library DESCRIPTION:"Gardening with Native Plants": In-Person Badger Talk from Germantown\, WI\n\nThis is a FREE\, in-person event hosted by the Germantown Community Library. No registration is necessary for this event.\n\nThis talk will discuss how native plants are the basis of sustainable\, diverse\, and beautiful gardens supporting pollinators\, beneficial insects\, and wildlife. These gardens thrive without fertilizers\, pesticides\, mowing\, or supplemental watering. We will share garden examples\, plant sources\, and practical tips for garden care.\n\nSusan Carpenter is the Native Plant Garden curator and gardener at the University of Wisconsin Madison Arboretum. Since 2003\, she has worked with students and community volunteers to maintain and monitor a 4-acre garden representing the plant communities of southern Wisconsin. She also leads a conservation project that involves students and the public in documenting and studying native bumble bees\, including the endangered rusty-patched bumble bee\, Bombus affinis. A graduate of Stanford University\, Susan earned her MS in Botany and MS in Science Education at UW Madison. Her professional interests include plant ecology\, ecological restoration\, pollinator conservation\, and science education. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
"\;Gardening with Native Plants"\;: In-Person Badger Talk from Germantown\, WI
\nThis is a FREE\, in-person event hosted by the Germantown Community Library. No registration is necessary for this event.
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This talk will discuss how native plants are the basis of sustainable\, diverse\, and beautiful gardens supporting pollinators\, beneficial insects\, and wildlife. These gardens thrive without fertilizers\, pesticides\, mowing\, or supplemental watering. We will share garden examples\, plant sources\, and practical tips for garden care.
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Susan Carpenter is the Native Plant Garden curator and gardener at the University of Wisconsin&ndash\;Madison Arboretum. Since 2003\, she has worked with students and community volunteers to maintain and monitor a 4-acre garden representing the plant communities of southern Wisconsin. She also leads a conservation project that involves students and the public in documenting and studying native bumble bees\, including the endangered rusty-patched bumble bee\, Bombus affinis. A graduate of Stanford University\, Susan earned her MS in Botany and MS in Science Education at UW&ndash\;Madison. Her professional interests include plant ecology\, ecological restoration\, pollinator conservation\, and science education.
\n LOCATION:Germantown Community Library N112W16957 Mequon Rd Germantown UID:e.2331.4979 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260430T124626Z URL:https://www.germantownchamber.org/events/details/gardening-with-native-plants-germantown-library-4979 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR