*Annual Master Gardener Online State Conference:
*Gardening for Resilience: Feeding our Soil, Seeds, Habitats and Communities,*
*November 5 & 6, 2020 – online.*
Keynote speaker *Dan Jaffe Wilder*, (horticulturalist and propagator for the Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary in Mass.) will talk about the resilient landscape and how to achieve it. Learn: Minimal maintenance and watering requirements, How to protect against soil erosion, Ways to promote diverse species of pollinators, wildlife and plants and a strengthened ecosystem that reduces environmental stress.
Additional speakers include:
· *Natasha Duarte (CAV) and Cat Buxton*, Vermont soil and compost experts
· *Sylvia Davatz*, expert seed saver, and founder of Solstice Seeds;
· *Jamaica Kincaid*, award-winning writer, novelist, and Harvard professor
Registration is now open. *All gardeners* are welcome! The $40 fee includes access to both days, as well as live recording of the conference. Partial scholarships are available. To learn more or to register please go to: https://www.uvm.edu/extension/mastergardener/state-conference
Questions?
Nancy Knox, Extension Master Gardener
ospreyvt@gmail.com
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