We hope you will join The Garden Club of Weaverville for Our February 2022 Meeting – via Zoom
Tuesday, February 8th at 9:30
Program: Creating and Managing Pollinator Habitats
Bryan Tompkins, Wildlife Biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will share specific details about prepping, planting, and maintaining pollinator gardens as complete habitats. He will also discuss different opportunities and methods for implementing other pollinator-habitat components into your area – from assessing and developing a habitat suitable to your site, to working with others in your immediate area to create connected and contiguous habitat components. Bryan takes a deeper look into the elements and factors that are needed to go beyond just creating a nice flower garden. Armed with the information in this talk, you can create a habitat!
Bryan started his career with the National Park Service but has spent the past seventeen years as a Wildlife Biologist with USFWS in Asheville. He serves as USFWS – Southeast Region recovery biologist for the federally endangered rusty-patched bumble bee and is the Energy Project Coordinator for the Asheville Field Office reviewing energy production and development projects. His job responsibilities include coordinating with energy companies to protect threatened and endangered species and their habitats from impacts associated with energy production projects and restoration of early successional habitat on energy project sites. Much of his work focuses on the conservation of pollinator species, emphasizing preservation and restoration of native pollinator species and habitat in the southeast.
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Email gardenclubweaverville@gmail.com if you are not a Club member and would like to join this Zoom Meeting
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The Garden Club of Weaverville is a co-ed, non-profit organization open to everyone. For more information on what we do, becoming a member or supporting the club visit our website.
We hope you will join The Garden Club of Weaverville for Our January 2022 Meeting – via Zoom
Tuesday, January 11th at 9:30
Program: Bird-Friendly Gardening
For over 100 years, the Audubon Society has focused on making the world a better place for birds – Protect Birds and You Protect the Earth. Today birds face serious threats from habitat loss and climate change. With increased development and population growth, there are fewer undeveloped areas for our migratory and resident birds to find food, shelter and a place to raise their young. The single, easy action that individuals can take to help birds is to make their own yard more bird-friendly by planting native plants. Learn about the native plants and actions you can take to make your yard a haven for birds.
Tom Tribble served six years as President and is now Immediate Past President of Blue Ridge Audubon Chapter, which covers Buncombe, Henderson, Madison and several adjacent counties in western North Carolina. Tom has been an Audubon member and avid birder for 45 years. Tom worked for 30 years at the NC Center for Geographic Information & Analysis, the State’s Geographic Information System, retiring in 2013. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University and a Master’s degree from Duke University.
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Email gardenclubweaverville@gmail.com if you are not a Club member and would like to join this Zoom Meeting
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The Garden Club of Weaverville is a co-ed, non-profit organization open to everyone. For more information on what we do, becoming a member or supporting the club visit our website.
We hope you will join The Garden Club of Weaverville for Our October Meeting – via Zoom
Tuesday, October 12th at 9:30
Program: Creating Native Plant “Meadows” on Slopes
Pat Sommers will be presenting a program on Creating native plant “Meadows” in sloped settings. The talk will feature a variety of native perennials for sun/shade, wet-dry conditions, small and large spaces. Pat will also cover methods of site preparation, calculating plant quantities, creating the plant list, planting, and aftercare. How native perennials enhance our gardens and why they are important to the ecology of our larger landscape will also be discussed.
Pat’s background:
Natural Selections Nursery: Pat started growing natives from seed 12 years ago when she moved to this area. She moved to Weaverville in 2015 and has been steadily growing native plants since then.
Pat studied horticulture/landscape design at the Chicago Botanic Garden, including an internship in plant breeding and plant evaluation.
Her native plant background:
Her Mother taught her about the native plants of New England through walks in the woods for many years.
Worked as an outdoor volunteer for 9 years at Asheville Botanical Garden.
Has taught a number of classes on how to grow natives and the importance of their place in various ecosystems.
Can be frequently found hunched over a plant on the side of a trail any place in the area!
**Email gardenclubweaverville@gmail.com if you are not a Club member and would like to join this Zoom Meeting
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The Garden Club of Weaverville is a co-ed, non-profit organization open to everyone. For more information on what we do, becoming a member or supporting the club visit our website.
We hope you will join
The Garden Club of Weaverville
for Our March Meeting
Program: Integrating Natives Into An Existing Garden and Landscape
Tuesday, March 10 at 9:30 am
In the Weaverville Town Hall Community Room
[30 South Main Street]
Pat Sommers, owner of Natural Selections Nursery in Weaverville, will be presenting a program on “Integrating an established garden/landscape with natives.” Her talk will feature a variety of southern Appalachian native perennials for sun/shade, wet-dry conditions, small and large spaces. We will also discuss how native perennials enhance our gardens and why they are important to the ecology of our larger landscape.
Pat’s background:
Natural Selections Nursery: Pat started growing southern Appalachian natives from seed 11 years ago when she moved to this area. She moved to Weaverville in 2015 and have been steadily growing since then.
Pat studied horticulture/landscape design at the Chicago Botanic Garden, including an internship in plant breeding and plant evaluation.
Native plant background:
Her Mother taught her about the native plants of New England through walks in the woods for many years.
Worked as an outdoor volunteer for 9 years at Asheville Botanical Garden.
Has taught a number of classes in how to grow natives and the importance of their place in various ecosystems.
Can be frequently found hunched over a plant on the side of a trail any place in the area!
Gardening with Perennial Native Plants
The Garden Club of Weaverville is a co-ed, non-profit organization open to everyone. For more information on what we do, becoming a member or supporting the clubvisit our website.
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