Free Adult Ed Class: Intro to Native Pollinators

Introduction to Native Pollinators

with Athena Anderson

Friday, May 30  |  10:30 – 11:30 am and

Saturday, May 31  |  10:30 – 11:30 am

Location: Education Center Combined Classrooms

BRN – Elective |  BREG – Core

This class is provided for free thanks to the Membership Department and is part of the offerings for our Spring Plant Sale event. 

During this presentation you’ll learn about pollination and pollinators overall, as well as the most common pollinators in Western North Carolina. These topics are followed by a discussion of conservation concerns and simple steps you can take to help pollinators. The session wraps up with the fascinating concept of pollination syndromes and how you can use them to participate in pollinator conservation. 

Athena Rayne Anderson, Ph.D., M.Ed,  earned her doctoral degree in 2012 from the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia. Her work focused on pollination ecology, especially of native bees. She is a Certified Pollinator Steward through the Pollinator Partnership and offers pollinator habitat consulting in the Asheville area.

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