Specialist Bees with Heather Holm (SATURDAY)

AN EASTERN SHORE PROGRAM SPONSORED BY ADKINS ARBORETUM!

Description: Discover the fascinating world of native bees with award-winning author and pollinator expert Heather Holm.  Learn how specialist bees rely on specific native plants and explore the intricate connections between pollinators and their habitats, including the shared threats they face from habitat loss and climate change.

This is the first talk of the year for the Naturally Better Landscaping Speaker Series grant.  Adkins Arboretum received funding from the Chesapeake Bay Trust (CBT) to provide outreach and education to local Homeowner Associations (HOAs) and the general public, supporting environmentally friendly landscaping practices. This program is done in partnership with Shore Rivers, Pickering Creek, Eastern Shore Land Conservancy and Phillips Wharf.

Here is the registration link and more details:
https://adkins.donorshops.com/product/HOLM082025/specialist-bees-with-heather-holm

About Heather

Heather Holm is a pollinator conservationist and award-winning author of four books: Pollinators of Native Plants (2014), Bees (2017), Wasps (2021), and Common Native Bees of the Eastern United States (2022). Both Bees and Wasps have won multiple book awards including the American Horticultural Society Book Award (2018 and 2022 respectively). She is the founder and chair of Minnesota Native Bees, an online field guide illustrating the native bees of Minnesota and beyond. Heather’s expertise includes the interactions between native pollinators and native plants, and the natural history and biology of native bees and predatory wasps. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and many local publications. Heather is also an accomplished photographer, and her pollinator photos are frequently featured in print and electronic publications.

Find out more about this program and the series here. https://www.adkinsarboretum.org/native_plant_resources/betterlandscaping.html