Meeting Activities: Speaker, Flower Show, Master Gardeners (available for questions). Click here for Flower Show Details.

Guest Speaker: Lorraine Johnson

Topic: A Pollinator Patch for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee

About: In this talk, Lorraine explores some of the surprising links between insect and plant relationships and how our gardens can support these dynamic interactions. Moving beyond charismatic species such as honeybees, monarchs and milkweeds, Lorraine shares inspiring information about lesser-known native wild bees, moths, beetles and more that are necessary for all life on earth, and how to welcome, not fear them in the garden.

Our Speaker’s Bio:

Lorraine Johnson has been writing books about native plant gardening and environmental stewardship for 35 years and is the author and/or editor of more than 10 books, including perennial favourites such as 100 Easy-to-Grow Native Plants for Canadian Gardens.

Her most recent book is A Garden for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee: Creating Habitat for Native Pollinators, co-authored with Sheila Colla.

Lorraine’s work focuses on habitat gardening in the context of climate change and biodiversity; on reforming grass and weeds bylaws so that they support naturalized gardens; and on land stewardship as relationship-building in the context of reconciliation. For more information about Lorraine, see her website: www.lorrainejohnson.ca.