Get Pollinated! How to Attract and Keep Pollinators in Your Backyard. Oct. 16 10 am

Learn how to attract and keep pollinators active in your own backyard. Join UVM Pollinator Specialist Laura Johnson in a backyard in Cornwall to find out how you can do your part to attract and keep pollinators on your property. There will be plenty of time for questions
and answers and this will be an entirely outdoor event.

Bring a chair if you would like to sit. All current recommended Covid protocols will be followed. No pets please.

Time and date: Saturday, October 16, 10:00 - 11:30
Location: 2011 North Bingham, Cornwall, Vermont
Rain or shine

Laura is a beekeeper, has a bachelor's degree in environmental studies from St. Lawrence University and a master's degree in horticulture from New Mexico State University. For more than two years, she also served as an agriculture extension volunteer in the Peace Corps in Paraguay. Laura also worked with the Migrant Education program in 2017 at UVM Extension, before moving to an agronomy outreach role with the UVM Extension Center for Sustainable Agriculture. She is now the UVM Extension Pollinator Support Specialist.

Did you know that Vermont has more than 300 species of wild bees and that 60- 80% of wild plants in our state depend on animals, mostly bees, for the 'ecosystem service' of pollination? However, a 2018 study showed that over half of Vermont's bumblebee species are in decline or have disappeared. This talk will cover these pollinators and others, such as butterflies.