NORTH SHORE – (Radio & Photos) The Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary in Topsfield (Mass Audubon) is offer a variety of adult education courses this Fall. In a radio interview Catherine Carney-Feldman discusses the environmental gardening class that she is teaching beginning next week.
Catherine Carney-Feldman – Environmental Gardener with Bill Newell
ENVIRONMENTAL GARDENING: Five Thursdays, September 22, 29, October 6, 13, & 20, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Learn how to transform your landscape into an ecologically friendly environment using native plants to support wildlife in this five-session comprehensive course taught by Catherine Carney-Feldman, Accredited Organic Land Care Professional, Master Gardener, and Owner of Shamrock Acres Landscape Design in Ipswich. Topics include everything a beginner to advanced gardener needs to know about selecting plants and designing and implementing a beautiful and environmentally sound garden landscape.
The course is appropriate for landscape professionals, home gardeners, students of environmental studies or landscape design, municipal employees, and anyone interested in learning how to apply an environmental perspective to their landscape work. The class is limited to 12 participants, and everyone who completes the class will be awarded a Certificate of Environmental Gardening.
FEE: $162 ($135/Mass Audubon members). Visit their website for more information and to register: massaudubon.org/ipswichriver, or call 978-887-9264.
Great Spangled Fritillary on Swamp Milkweed – CREDIT: Carol J. Decker
