Audubon at Home: Wildlife Sanctuary Program
Date/Time
Thursday, May 9, 2019
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Green Spring Gardens
Categories
Please join us for a talk by Betsy Martin and Alda Krinsman, who will present on the Audubon at Home program. The Audubon at Home program aims to create and enhance wildlife habitat in private, suburban yards as well as public properties in four Northern Virginia counties: Arlington/Alexandria, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William.
Audubon at Home Ambassadors at the presentation (from left): Betsy Martin, Alda Krinsman, Jo Anne Clark, Alan Ford, Joanne Hutton, Donna Murphy
Creating wildlife habitat necessarily involves planting native plants, so goals of the Audubon at Home program naturally align with the aims of the Virginia Native Plant Society. Donna Murphy, a longtime VNPS and FMN member and a new ambassador, can affirm that her knowledge and experience with native plants is a real advantage in advising homeowners on native plantings and other habitat improvements to certify properties as Wildlife Sanctuaries.
Bluebird – Photo by Debra Foster from Pixabay
Betsy Martin is the Fairfax County Coordinator for the program as well as an Audubon at Home Ambassador. She is a Virginia Master Naturalist, and President of the Friends of Little Hunting Creek. Alda Krinsman is the Arlington/Alexandria Audubon at Home Co-Coordinator and an Audubon at Home Ambassador. She is a Virginia Master Naturalist (ARMN chapter) and an Arlington/Alexandria Extension Master Gardener. Betsy was a Board Member of the New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team and the Board of a local arboretum where she implemented the arboretum’s forest restoration plan and maintained the native plant garden.