Gardens & Tonic: Redefining Beautiful: Making the case for pollinator friendly ordinances

Legal precedence and local ordinances are shifting to non-traditional landscapes. Join Heather Andrews as she shares pertinent information and resources you can use when making the case for municipal ordinances that are resource and pollinator friendly including pollinator plantings and lawn-to-meadow.

Gardens & Tonic is a series of virtual presentations about plant-related topics, including adventures, art, and garden design. Join us to explore the world of plants from a new perspective. NEW THIS YEAR: Participants will receive a curated recipe for a botanical beverage to make and enjoy during each presentation.

Presentations are generally 30 to 45 minutes with time at the end for questions and answers.

Registration is free, but required to receive the beverage recipes and Zoom webinar and recording links.

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Program Details

• Registration is free, but required to receive the Zoom webinar and recording links.
• The webinar link will be included in the confirmation email received after registering online.
• This webinar will be recorded and available for 2 weeks after the presentation.
• Recording link will be provided 2 days after the webinar.
• Participants must download Zoom.
• Email us if you have accessibility needs for this program.
• For more information, review our program and event policies or call the Scott Arboretum office at 610-328-8025. 

Help keep these virtual programs free! If you would like to help fund the Gardens & Tonic series, we invite you to donate online or with a check for your desired amount to: the Associates of the Scott Arboretum with a note on the memo line “For G&T series.” Thank you!

About the Presenter 

Heather Andrews is a published author, photographer, traveler, and speaker who routinely works with homeowners and businesses to create sustainable native pollinator habitats. She encourages them to provide wildlife habitat and fuel for native pollinators and improve vegetable yield through pollinator hedgerows and corridors. During the growing season, you will find her in her monarch waystation, Cat-a-pillar Haven, videoblogging her garden on her Facebook page, The Thoughtful Gardener. She combines information from her career in clinical research to guide her messaging, and routinely creates actionable video content to enable gardeners to create a pollinator paradise in their own backyards. She often sends milkweed seeds and shares native plants with gardeners throughout North America to help create native butterfly habitat, and support the endangered monarch butterfly. In 2021, a pollinator garden she designed in conjunction with the Master Gardeners of Central Pennsylvania was awarded the “Garden of Distinction” by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Her proposal “The resurgence of pollinator hedgerows – using science to create a pollinator oasis in your own backyard” was accepted at the 2021 International Master Gardeners Conference. To follow her educational vlogs, she can be found on her YouTube gardening channel Garden Thoughtfully.