FRI-FS-02: Buzzing Through Pollinator Gardens

Friday, November 11, 2022

7:30am – 5:00pm PT

Location: Moscone Center, Field Session Departure Area 2, Lobby Level South

Sponsored By

4.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW
Ticket Price: $195 per person; includes transportation, water, boxed lunch, and mead tasting. Moderate walking.

Field Session Leader(s)

Patricia Algara, ASLA

Founding Principal
BASE Landscape Architecture, Inc.
San Francisco, California
Bonnie A. Morse

Beekeeper
Bonnie Bee & Company
San Rafael, California

Field Session Presenter(s)

Cesar Moran Cahusac

Executie Director
With Honey in the Heart
San Francisco, California
Audrey Fusco, M.A. Geography

Native Plant Nursery Manager and Restoration Ecologist
Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN)
Forest Knolls, California
Paul R. Kephart, ASLA

Renowned biologist, restoration ecologist and expert designer of living architecture.
Rana Creek
Carmel, California

Experience examples of pollinator gardens that provide practical knowledge and innovation on design, wildlife restoration, installation, and pollinator diversity needs at different scales. Learn how to design for pollinators and see how ecological restoration and land stewardship practices can promote pollinator habitat in the urban, suburban, and agrarian environments.

On this field session, you'll visit Dolores Pollinator Blvd., California Academy of Sciences green roof, Roys Redwoods Preserve, and end the day with honey mead tasting at Heidrum Meadery.

Learning Outcomes:

Understand the importance of designing with pollinators in mind.
Learn foundational, theoretical, and practical ways to implement design for pollinators.
Develop an understanding of the principles of designing for pollinators.
Observe a restoration project that has allowed salmon to swim upstream.