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Pollinators need our help, and we can easily support them by creating habitat in our own gardens. Join Claudia Cruse of the UC Berkeley Urban Bee Lab for a webinar exploring the wonderful world of California’s native bees, and learn how to create a bee-friendly garden that blooms year-round. Get to know some of our extraordinary local bees and their favorite plants, as well as ‘recipes’ for successful bee gardening!
Since 1987, the UC Berkeley Urban Bee Lab has studied bee diversity and bee–plant relationships across California, finding about 90 bee species in East Bay residential areas, most native to the state. Their research shows that bees have specific preferences for certain plants, leading to the creation of an experimental bee garden at UC Berkeley to demonstrate how gardens can support native bees and other pollinators. The research has since expanded to urban gardens and farms throughout California, studying pollinator diversity and promoting habitat-friendly gardening practices.
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Please note: that this will be an online webinar (offered via Zoom), not a lecture at the Garden. After registration (see below), you will receive instructions and a Zoom link one day prior to the lecture. How it works: Register one person with one email at a time.
If you would like to register multiple people, please register them each separately with separate emails. The webinar will be recorded and all registrants will receive a recording link via email within one business day. Once the recording is sent, you will have seven days to watch.
After that time, the recording will expire. Access to the webinar recordings after the expiration date will be a charge of $15 (members)/$25 (non-members).
Description from The Ruth Bancroft Garden & Nursery.
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