John Root, Naturalist/Educator will present "Welcoming Pollinators" on Saturday, September 28 at 11 a.m. Welcoming Pollinators describes the essential roles played by pollinators in our ecosystem and offers guidance on providing them with habitat throughout their life cycles. Native plants that nourish pollinators are illustrated, and organic methods for establishing pollinator gardens, wildflower meadows, and other pollinator habitat are also presented. Comments and questions are welcome throughout the program. Program duration: 60 or 90 minutes.

John Root (www.johnroot.net, jroot@comcast.net) is a naturalist and educator with a BA in Biology from Oberlin College and has done graduate studies in Botany at University of Maryland and the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) and in education at Cambridge College (Springfield, MA) and Columbia Union College (Takoma Park, MD). A resident of Amherst, MA, he is the founder and field walk leader of the Pioneer Valley.