DIG ONLINE: Landscaping for Birds

Learn how to bring native birds flocking to your yard with improvements to your landscape.

THIS IS AN ONLINE CLASS

Turn your yard into a natural resort for feathered friends! It’s easy to create an inviting environment for birds ( and other delightful creatures) using an exciting array of native and desert adapted plants. A carefully planned combination of plants will provide food, shelter, and nesting opportunities for year-round activity.
Learning Objectives:
- consider features of your yard (site evaluation) and types of birds you want to (or are able to) attract
- providing food for birds (types/categories of food)
- providing water for birds (options)
- providing shelter for birds (for safety/protection, for roosting, for nesting)
- plant materials

Speaker: Kirti Mathura, Smartscape Program Coordinator, Horticulturist
Kirti worked at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix in different capacities for over 17 years, after serving six years as a Garden volunteer. She also worked as the horticulturist for César Mazier Landscaping & Consulting and Singh Farms, and taught Plant Materials for the Landscape Architecture Program at ASU’s School of Design. Most currently she is the Program Coordinator for the Smartscape training with the U of AZ Cooperative Extension and teaches landscaping and gardening workshops for several municipalities in the Phoenix area.
She is involved in various local and national plant organizations and enjoys sharing gardening information in many different formats. Kirti authored The Arizona Low Desert Flower Garden, published by Gibbs Smith, Publisher, and contributed to other landscaping and gardening publications, including Desert Landscaping for Beginners, published by Arizona Master Gardener Press. 

Date: June 26, 2022 2:00 PM-4:45 PM

Location: Online Event | Phoenix, AZ

Admission:

$12

Event website: eventbrite.com