Managing Pests While Protecting Pollinators
Part of VCE Loudoun Master Gardeners’ Free Virtual Lecture Series
Join Emily May with the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation‘s pesticide program to talk about how to manage pests while protecting pollinators in home landscapes. Along with providing flowering plants and undisturbed places to nest, home gardens also need to be protected from pesticides. This webinar will discuss some of the key pesticide concerns for pollinators, offer simple pest management tips for home landscapes, give you ideas of how to make your garden more resilient to pest pressure, and help you respond to pests and other insects.
Event Details:
Thursday, April 3, 2025
7:00-8:00 p.m.
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Password: LCPL
Hosted by Loudoun County Public Library
Speaker Bio:
Emily May is the Agricultural Conservation Lead in the Xerces Society’s Pesticide Program. She received a Master of Science in entomology from Michigan State University, and she has studied pollinator habitat restoration, soil nesting bees, and the effects of pest management practices on wild bee communities. Her work with Xerces since 2015 has focused on supporting pollinators with habitat creation and protecting bees and other beneficial insects from pesticides.
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