Master Gardener Usha Ramadhyani leads an e ducational talk on how to make your garden a safe space for bees\, butterf lies\, and other important insects. Pollinators are in trouble due to dise ase\, pests\, and insecticides. This talk will teach you how to protect po llinators from pesticide use and provide an appropriate habitat for them i n your home garden. \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;
\nUsha Ramadhyani is a retired anes thesiologist and is finally able to indulge in her passion for gardening. She is a native of Bangalore\, India and has lived in the New Orleans area since 1984. She is a Louisiana master gardener since 2017 and is a mentor for the MGGNO class of 2018. Usha comes from a long line of gardeners sta rting with her great grandfather who often displayed his prize winning pla nts at the Bangalore Flower Show. Today she and her husband enjoy maintain ing their yard of ornamentals and edibles and have passed on their passion to their children. She volunteers at the cold frames gardens in City Park where produce is grown to donate to local teaching kitchens and to commun ity centers like Okra Abbey. Her current interests are native plants and g ardening for pollinators.
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