The Birchwood Garden Club hosts their monthly meeting on Wednesday, October 7th at 7:00pm at the Whatcom Museum Rotunda Room in Bellingham.
From the Birchwood Garden Club:
October’s topic will be Natural Pest Management Through Biodiversity in the PNW Garden: Everyone has a Role to Play.”
The speaker will be Alison Kurtz of Sound Horticulture in Bellingham. Sound Horticulture was established in 2000 to reduce the use of toxic pesticides in the environment by supplying biological controls for managing pests and diseases. As founder and owner, with extensive nursery experience, Alison can recommend a variety of options to, as she says, “fill in our integrated toolbox with solutions to our key pests here.”
The adage, build it and they will come, holds special truth when it comes to backyard gardens. Building habitat for our beneficial insects, birds, and bats is becoming a focal part of our gardens these days. Alison will explore these concepts and also discuss where other interventions for natural pest management may come into play. Please join us!
Birchwood Garden Club is open to anyone in Whatcom or Skagit Counties. You’re invited to their monthly meetings where membership brochures will be available.
