Creating a Sustainable Urban Wildlife Habitat for the Birds, Bees, and Butterflies

Helen Yoest, Director, Bee Better

Wednesdays, October 3 through 24, 2018 – 6:30 pm–8:30 pm

Helen Yoest, executive director of Bee Better, an area nonprofit helping homeowners build better backyards for birds, bees, and butterflies, will once again hold the popular Creating a Sustainable Urban Wildlife Habitat course, teaching about our area birds, bees, and butterflies.

The focus on this course is to educate homeowners on the importance of sustainable, organic, and waterwise garden design, with a focus on native plants for resident and migrating birds, bees, and butterflies.

Itinerary

October 3 – Sustainability and Migratory Birds

We will not only go into detail about our area and migratory birds—nest composition and location, number of eggs, number of fledges, and habits— but the plants to grow to sustain their habitats.

October 10 – Resident Birds

We will cover the same format for resident birds as we will migratory birds.

October 17 – Butterflies and Bees

We will cover the same format for butterflies with life cycles, host plants, nectar plants, and general habitat requirements. And again for both the European honey bee and native bees, with more emphasis on our native bees.

October 24 – Visit the Bee Better Teaching Garden

A visit to the Bee Better Teaching Garden at the home of Helen Yoest.

About Helen Yoest

Helen Yoest, is a lifelong nature lover and outdoor enthusiast. Helen has devoted her entire life to working towards bettering the environment. Helen 's focus is through good stewardship—"It's not just about pollinators, but an entire ecosystem to benefit the soil, air, water, and of course, birds, bees, butterflies."

Helen Yoest holds a B.S. and M.S. in environmental science and engineering. An award winning garden journalists, three-time book author, with hundreds of published print features in national gardening and lifestyle magazines.

Cost

$100.00 for members, $125.00 for nonmembers.

Registration

Advance registration is required. Please register online using our registration e-store. Registration is limited to 24 people and is considered complete when payment is received.

Cancellation

Program cancellations can be made up to two weeks before the program's start date. A 15% cancellation fee applies.

Location

Ruby C. McSwain Education Center, JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University, 4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Directions

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Parking

Free parking is available at the JC Raulston Arboretum and along Beryl Road.

Questions

Please call (919) 513-7005 for more information about this course.