Public Speaking
I enjoy teaching people about nature, gardening and ecological issues, and I’ve gotten a great deal of positive feedback about my past presentations.I’ve given dozens of presentations over the past twenty years, including at the Wisconsin Garden Expo, at Olbrich Botanical Garden, for the Wisconsin Master Gardeners Program, and at various other conferences and for other conservation groups. Previous titles include:
- Edible Wild Plants of the Midwest
- Establishing a Woodland Garden
- How to Plant a Prairie
- Managing Weeds and Invasive Plants
- Native Landscaping: A Primer for Gardeners
- Native Plants for Any Garden
- Native Plants for Green Roofs
- Natural Communities of Southern Wisconsin
- Rain Gardens: The Next Generation
- Selective Herbicide Application
- Save the Monarchs!
- Stewardship of Prairies and Woodlands
- Sustainable Landscaping 101
- Weeds of Prairies
- Woodland Restoration (3-part series)
Field Trips
If you’d like to learn about ecology or botany out in a natural area, I can help. By now, I may have lead hundred of wildflower walks, ranging from trips to view spring woodland wildflowers to summer flowers of the prairie. I have also lead winter tree-and-shrub identification workshops, and field trips to natural areas for organizations like the Natural Resource Foundation of Wisconsin and Wild Ones.
Writing
I have extensive experiencing writing about the sort of topics you see throughout this website, including natural areas assessments, natural area management plans, articles, information sheets, blog posts, signage, and brochures. See my blog for examples of my writing.
