Saturday, March 21st · 1:00–3:30 PM · Green Seed Gardens · 2742 SE Territorial Rd, Canby, OR

Most habitat advice tells you what to plant. This workshop tells you what to do with what you've already got. On March 21st, we're getting hands-on with the maintenance side of habitat gardening: managing leaves and debris to support ground-nesting bees, leaving stems the right way for cavity nesters, zoning your yard into a "landscape mullet" that satisfies the neighbors and the pollinators, and keeping a bird bath clean and functional through the season. These are the skills that turn a garden with good intentions into one that actually works.

We'll spend two and a half hours outside moving through each skill with tools in hand alongside nursery owners and experienced residential habitat designers Emily and Austin Booth — so you leave knowing not just what to do, but how it feels to do it. Whether you're working with a suburban lot, a rental yard, or a small farm patch, the principles are the same: small decisions compound, and the right moves at the right time make the difference between habitat that functions and habitat that looks like it should. Every participant also receives a printed copy of Habitat Garden Maintenance in the Willamette Valley, written by Austin Booth, Restoration Ecologist and Nursery Operations Manager. Space is limited, so grab your spot below.