Winter Horticulture Series

Camden Garden Club presents ‘Gardening for Biodiversity’

Fri, 02/16/2018 - 10:45am

CAMDEN — "Gardening for Biodiversity" is the topic of the final presentation of Camden Garden Club's 2018 Winter Horticulture Series at Camden Public Library on Tuesday, February 27 at 10 a.m. The talk is free and open to the public.

Marjorie Peronto, a professor for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, has been teaching courses in fruit and vegetable gardening, ecological landscaping, and pruning for 26 years. Reeser Manley has gardened in South Carolina, Washington state (while earning a Ph.D. in Horticultural Science), Massachusetts, and, for the last 15 years, in Maine. Together they will discuss the importance of planting for biodiversity in our gardens and introduce their book, "The Life in Your Garden: Gardening for Biodiversity."

Camden Garden Club is a member of the Garden Club Federation of Maine and National Garden Clubs, Inc. Guests and prospective members are always welcome. For more information about the club and its activities visit www.camdengardenclub.org.