Explore the importance of creating welcoming habitats for birds through thoughtful landscape choices that include native plants vital for food and nesting sites. Learn about the benefits and joys of creating beautiful layered gardensand bring avian performers into your own backyard with landscape management tips from Joan Butler, Master Gardener, horticulturist, and past chairman of the Massachusetts Landscape Design Council.

Register ONLINE to receive a confirmation email from “Engaged Patrons” with the Zoom link and other  program details. Questions? Call Library staff at 860.844.5275.

Sponsored by Friends of Granby Public Library, Granby Agricultural Commission, and Granby Land Trust.

About the presenter:

Joan Butler has been an enthusiastic gardener and plant collector for over 35 years, and believes gardens should invite you to linger in the world outside your door. The gardens on her half-acre suburban property have been included on several garden tours and feature exciting plant combinations, dramatic horticultural specimens, and extensive collections of native plants, hosta and epimedium.

Joan has a deep and fundamental interest in the natural world. She holds a BA in Geology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Certificate in Landscape Management from UMass Extension Green School. She is a Master Gardener, a horticulturist at Weston Nurseries, and is a past Chairman of the Massachusetts Landscape Design Council. She is a member of the Garden Consultants Council, the New England Hosta Society and is an accredited Flower Show Judge. Joan has presented programs at flower shows in Massachusetts and Connecticut, and at numerous garden clubs, horticultural societies and professional organizations.

About  the Granby Grows Program Series:

Granby Public Library, Granby Agricultural Commission, and Granby Land Trust are bringing the experts to you! Join us for a series of webinars featuring farm and garden professionals. Each program in the series speaks to agricultural and environmental topics, and includes opportunity for live or text chat with the host, presenter and other program attendees.