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2025 WIMGA Educational Programs

March Speaker Series
6:30 pm on Zoom

 
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Emily May, Xerces Society
Pesticides, Pollinators and the Garden

 
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Glenn Herold, The Cottage Gardener
Ephemerals and Woodland Plants


Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Glenn Herold, The Cottage Gardener
Unusual Perennials through the Three Seasons 

Emily May is a Pollinator Conservation Specialist with the Xerces Society's Pesticide Program. She received a master's of science in entomology from Michigan State University, and has studied pollinator habitat restoration, bee nesting habits, and the effects of pest management practices on wild bee communities. Her work with Xerces since 2015 has focused on supporting crop pollinators through habitat creation and protecting bees and other beneficial insects from pesticides. 

The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is an international nonprofit organization that protects the natural world through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitats. As a science-based organization, we both conduct our own research and rely upon the most up-to-date information to guide our conservation work. Our key program areas are: pollinator conservation, endangered species conservation, and reducing pesticide use and impacts.

For over 50 years, we have protected endangered species and their habitats, produced ground-breaking publications, trained thousands of farmers and land managers to conserve habitat, and raised awareness about the importance and plights of invertebrates in forests, prairies, deserts, and oceans. Our key program areas are pollinator conservation, endangered species conservation, and reducing pesticide use and impacts.

Glenn Herold was professor of horticulture at Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL from 1979 to 2011. He earned his BS in biology and MS in horticulture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Currently he holds memberships in the Midwest Regional Hosta Society, American Hosta Society, American Conifer Society, The Maple Society, Wisconsin Woody Plant Society, and Wisconsin Hardy Plant Society. Glenn lives in Cedarburg where he and his wife Terry garden on a one acre urban yard which contains over 1,200 different plants. Glenn’s interests include hostas, conifers, and small maples.

Spring Ephemerals and Woodland Plants

Who doesn’t want to extend the bloom time in their gardens? There is no better way to do this than by using the woodland wildflowers and spring ephemerals. Many bloom, set seed, and go dormant before the overhead trees even think about leafing out. They attract pollinators and are well adapted to our often-harsh climate. As a bonus, many have interesting stories of survival. They may become your favorite group of plants, as they have mine.

Unusual and Underutilized Perennials

Gardening is a life-long endeavor of trial and error. Some thrive in the garden; others struggle to survive. There might even be a fine line between performing well and becoming weedy. This talk will highlight some of the plants that have done well in my garden and should be used in yours as well. Are they unusual? Only if you haven’t tried them.

There will be a charge for the series:

$30 for WIMGA members and $45 for non-members

Funds raised will be used to support WIMGA’s programming.

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