Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Master Gardener Assoc. of Cape Cod

Many people are sold on the idea of helping pollinators, but how? What gardening habits will help to create habitat, and which will put the pollinators at risk? Can I just sow a "pollinator mix" of seeds and be done? Does a pollinator garden have to be messy? In this talk, Fran Raleigh will discuss which pollinators need the most help, and which plants ... Cape Cod natives and near natives... are thought to be most useful to at-risk populations.

Fran grew up watching nature in her Northern VA neighborhood. She began getting to know wild plants during college in OH, and continued botanizing during grad school in Syracuse. She didn't try gardening until she was settled, teaching college biology in NJ where she soon began introducing native plants into her yard. She retired in 2018 and moved to Cape Cod. A member of the Master Gardener class of 2019, she is eager to share her knowledge and enthusiasm for nature and gardening. Her primary focus in gardening is to celebrate native plants and create habitat.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Wellfleet Council on Aging