Bumble Bees at Risk

I'm always delighted to see bumblebees in my garden, but, like many native pollinators, their future is cloudy. The  Xerxes Society has a great fact sheet on the status of bumblebees at http://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bumble-bee-conservation-factsheet.pdf. Of course, the first thing on their list of things you can do to help is to plant a diversity of native plants for foraging bumblebees.

Native Plant Lecture & Field Trip in Loudoun

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 7pm Lecture on Native Ferns, Vines and Shrubs by John Magee, a local well established native plant landscaper, at the Rust Nature Sanctuary, 802 Childrens Center Rd., Leesburg, VA

Saturday June 18, 2011 at 8:30am join us for field trip on Native Ferns, Vines and Shrubs with John Magee to the home of Susan Abraham.Cost for class and field trip is $20 for ANS members and $25 for non members. To register please emailjulieg@audubonnaturalist.org