12:00 - 12:30 Social time

12:30 - 1:00 BGC Business Meeting

1:00 - 2:00 Speaker: Denise A. Greene

Topic: “Creating Biodiverse Gardens and Landscapes”

Denise will discuss the beauty, resilience and ecological importance of creating biodiversity with native plants, shrubs, trees and local ecotypes. Topics also include creating oasis gardens, meadows, the importance of home and community beautification projects that reduce stormwater runoff, pesticides, invasive plants, and invites pollinators and beneficial insects to move in.