Presentation: Creating Backyard Habitat to Benefit Nature in our Yards and Community
February 17 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Monday, February 17, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Presentation: Creating Backyard Habitat to Benefit Nature in our Yards and Community
Presenter: Barbara Bryson
Location: Amazon Community Center, 2700 Hilyard St., Eugene
Barb Bryson is Director of Habitat Haven, a backyard habitat certification program that began in May. Supported by grants from Upper Willamette Soil and Water District, the program has attracted over seventy participants and is growing. She will discuss the rationale behind this program, its components, and how it works. We will look at examples of yards in our area that have been certified at various levels.
Barb grew up in southeast Eugene, playing in the forest pools and climbing tall Douglas-fir trees, which led years later to a degree in Biology. After many moons raising children and working as a nurse practitioner, she returned to bird watching in the pandemic, read Douglas Tallamy’s book “Nature’s Best Hope,” and realized her traditional gardening choices needed to change. She joined the board of Lane Audubon a couple of years ago. Gardening for birds and nature, not just for beauty, has become a passion.
