Sheridan College is pleased to host the first event of the Trees and Bees Talks series tomorrow. This is a free public event and everyone is welcome to join. The details of the tree tour and the second event Pollinator Conservation are available below. Please register via the online link at the bottom. We hope to see you there!
Talk #1 – Tree Tour Through McCraney Woods
- Date: November 8, 2016 (Tuesday)
- Time: 4 p.m. sharp – 5 p.m. (updated)
- Location: Meet at Sheridan “S” outside SCAET building
Speaker: Paul O’Hara, a field botanist, landscape designer, and native plant gardening expert with Blue Oak Native Landscapes. Paul is currently helping Sheridan to install the first phase of the pollinator-friendly Medicine Wheel Garden at the Trafalgar Campus.
Topic: Paul will be guiding the hike along the trails through McCraney Woods, an urban forest in the Town of Oakville close the Sheridan campus. He will talk about the importance of native trees, trees of Oakville and Ontario, and the best trees to plant for biodiversity.
Note: All outdoors; please dress for the weather
Cost: FREE!
Talk #2 – Pollinator Conservation
- Date: November 24, 2016 (Thursday)
- Time: 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
- Location: Room C208 (C-Building is directly behind the Sheridan ‘S’)
Speaker: Victoria MacPhail, a PhD Candidate in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University studying bumble bee declines and the use of citizen science data from the BumbleBee Watch program.
Topic: Victoria will talk about why we need to protect bees and other pollinators and how we can get involved. After the talk, participants will be invited to make seed bombs & grow your own milkweed with Oakvillegreen.
Cost: FREE!
Registration: Please RSVP via http://tinyurl.com/treesnbees
Sheridan College and Oakvillegreen Conservation Association are offering the series of two events above together to the Oakville and Sheridan communities. These two events are generously supported by the TD Friends of the Environment Fund and Ontario Trillium Foundation. For any questions, please email us at missionzero@sheridancollege.ca.
