Past Meeting Topics

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• Butterflies, Ants, and Aphids by Brenda Sattler

• How to Make a Butterfly Garden by John Blair

• Guess What Butterflies are Drinking, Plant Nectar and/or Fruit Juice by Caryle Spence

• The Beauty of Native Plants by Drew Lathin, Owner of Creating Sustainable Landscapes 

• How We Can Help the Butterflies by Brenda Sattler

• Good Bug, Bad Bug by Kristine Hahn, an MSU Extension Horticulture and Natural Resources Educator

• Growing for Wildlife by John DeLisle, Owner/Ecologist at Natural Community Services

• Designing and Maintaining Residential Native Landscapes by Bill Schneider - Owner of Wildtype Nursery 

• The Milkweed Community by Independent Naturalist and Blogger Don Drife, 'The Michigan Nature Guy'

• Movie viewing of "Toward Harmony with Nature, Native Plants, and Natural Landscapes" - by Doug Tallamy, author of "Bringing Nature Home".

• Attracting Butterflies to Your Garden by Brenda Sattler - Owner of Brenda's Butterfly Habitat and author. Then shopping at Barson's Greenhouse  for butterfly host and nectar plants.

• Field Trip to Brenda Sattler and John Blair's gardens

• Maintaining Butterfly Gardens by SEMBA Pres., Carolyn Sohoza. The dos and don’ts of maintaining a butterfly garden.

• Movie viewing of Wings of Life. An intimate look at flowers, butterflies, bats, & other flying pollinators and their critical importance to the world's food supply.