Connect to Protect Leadership Workshop Plants & Pollinators Specialization

Heather Alley, conservation horticulturist, State Botanical Garden

Join our conservation horticulturist, Heather Alley, for a training workshop on the specialized native plant garden design program known as Connect to Protect. As part of this class, you will learn the Connect to Protect philosophy and master both the educational and horticultural methodologies of this program. Educational outcomes of this course will include native gardening techniques, choosing appropriate native plant species, essential maintenance and dynamic curricula to create gorgeous, biodiversity-supporting gardens. Learn the steps it takes to become a CtoP leader and an ambassador gardening for birds, bees, butterflies, bats and bugs! Class time will be spent both indoors and outside hiking in the garden.