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UID:284@newtonconservators.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210602T190000
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URL:https://newtonconservators.org/events/pollinator-meadow-making-at-bran
 deis-university-lessons-learned/
SUMMARY:Pollinator Meadow-Making at Brandeis University: Lessons Learned
DESCRIPTION:This program will begin at 7 pm and last approximately an hour.
  Please register in advance for this webinar since registrations will clos
 e at 3 PM on the day of the event. You will receive an email confirmation 
 after you have registered. If after registering\,  you cannot attend\, pl
 ease cancel your registration (as indicated on your confirmation) so someo
 ne else may use the slot.\nPollinator Meadow-Making at Brandeis University
 : Lessons Learned\nStarting with a small plot in 2016\, a vibrantly colorf
 ul and diverse pollinator meadow has grown to cover a half-acre of former 
 lawn\, close to the center of the Brandeis campus. This successful habitat
 -making project was catalyzed  by undergraduate student Matt Smetana\, w
 ho back in 2015 requested permission to install a small patch of wildflowe
 rs to support local insects.  Matt obtained funding for several scores o
 f plants from the Brandeis University Sustainability Fund and sought facul
 ty support from Brandeis ecologist Dr. Eric Olson.  With work from 2017 
 on by Eric and other faculty\, the meadow continued to thrive\, and the Br
 andeis administration eventually gave the go-ahead to expand the meadow to
  ten times its original size. By 2019\, student and faculty surveys of pol
 linators and other meadow life demonstrated in striking fashion just how q
 uickly we can give biodiversity a boost\, even in a thickly settled commun
 ity like Waltham.  In this webinar Dr. Olson will describe the stages of
  this transformation\, and will reflect on lessons learned.  The talk is
  supplemented by an annotated bibliography of how-to books\, articles\, we
 bsites\, and videos\, that also lists local organizations ready to help ho
 meowners\, schools\, parks\, and others to do their part supporting native
  bees and butterflies.\n\n[caption id="attachment_12448" align="aligncente
 r" width="300"] Red Admiral butterfly on Goldenrod[/caption]\n\nOur presen
 ter is Eric Olson\, who recently retired from Brandeis University\, where 
 he taught Field Biology and other courses for many years.\nTo sign up for 
 this webinar\, please register on our Zoom page.
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