Nov
20
Large pollinator gardens in urban settings: Successes, failures, appreciative neighbors, upset neighbors, and other lessons learned.
Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
Public Welcome Free Event Chapter Meeting Program/Speaker Presentation Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains
John Swenson, presenter.
6:30 pm socialize, 6:45 pm Chapter election, 7:00 program
John is an amateur gardener. In his day job, he is an associate professor in UMD’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, where his broad research interests involve coastal erosion and sediment transport, groundwater mechanics, and geochemical modeling of carbon sequestration. John is a native Duluthian and avid cyclist, cross-country skier, and hiker. He and his partner, Sarah Hurst, share John’s childhood home on Lake Superior with Jojo, the grand experiment in canine genetics.