Creating Backyard Habitat to Benefit Nature
May 20 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Join the Lane County Master Gardener Association for a free public seminar!
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
This month, we’ll learn more about backyard habitats with Barb Bryson is Director of Habitat Haven. Habitat Haven is a backyard habitat certification program that began in May 2024. Supported by grants from Upper Willamette Soil and Water District, the program has attracted over 70 participants and is growing. She will discuss the rationale behind this program, its components and how it works. We will look at examples of yards in our area that have been certified at various levels.
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About the Presenter: Barb grew up in southeast Eugene, playing in the forest pools and climbing tall Douglas fir trees, which led years later to a degree in Biology. After many moons raising children and working as a Nurse Practitioner, she returned to bird watching in the pandemic, read Douglas Tallamy’s book “Nature’s Best Hope” and realized her traditional gardening choices needed to change. She joined the board of Lane Audubon a couple of years ago. Gardening for birds and nature, not just for beauty, has become a passion.
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