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The Hospitable Gardener: Welcoming Beautiful Butterflies, Moths and Skippers

June 14, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am EDT

Free

2024 Registration Procedure:

We have switched to a new registration procedure. You will register directly via Zoom and will receive the confirmation with the Zoom link right away.

Register: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsceyopjIrEtcmwuqQb0xw7WSQLJK5fNu7

Class Description

Part of what brings a garden to life is the color and movement of Lepidoptera. Inviting them into your yard means providing the habitat and resources they need. Join Extension Master Gardener and Master Naturalist Alyssa Ford Morel as she discusses the etiquette of hosting these beautiful creatures in your garden. She will address the kind of support they prefer, suggest plants that allow them to reproduce and plants that support them through their lives.

Bombus griseocollis (brown-belted bumble bee) and Atalopedes campestris (sachem skipper) on cultivar Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus' in July

We know there is an ongoing problem with the registration process via Zoom that requires folks to double register. We create the original registration form about a month before the class is scheduled. Unfortunately, the presenters aren’t usually ready to share the class resources until the week of the class.  When we edit the registration email to add the resources, it results in forcing folks who registered before the revised mailing to re-register. Our apologies!

After you register,

  • You will receive an immediate email Zoom confirmation with the link to the class and some registration questions.
    PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL FOR REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION – make sure to check your SPAM folder.
  • You will receive a reminder confirmation with resource materials the day before the class.
  • Please add events@mgnv.org and webmaster@mgnv.org to your address book, so that emails from MGNV do not go into your spam or junk folder.

Registration stays open until the end of the meeting.

If you are a person with a disability and desire assistance or accommodation, please notify Sarah Calhoun, Unit Administrator at (703) 228 6400 during business hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. *TDD number is (800) 828-1120.

If you enjoy our free Public Education offerings,
please consider making a donation to MGNV to support our quality educational classes.

Can’t join us for a live online presentation?
Video recordings of the sessions are posted to the Master Gardener Virtual Classroom.

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ONLINE ZOOM PRESENTATION