VillageSoup advances ‘Gardening for Biodiversity’ talk in Camden
VillageSoup reported “Gardening for Biodiversity” will be the topic of the final presentation of the Camden Garden Club’s 2018 Winter Horticulture Series at 10 a.m. Feb. 27. The talk is free and open to the public at Camden Public Library. Marjorie Peronto and Reeser Manley will discuss the importance of planting for biodiversity and introduce their book, “The Life in Your Garden: Gardening for Biodiversity.” Peronto is a professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and has been teaching courses in fruit and vegetable gardening, ecological landscaping, and pruning for 26 years, according to the article. Manley has gardened in South Carolina, Washington state (while earning a Ph.D. in horticultural science), Massachusetts, and, for the last 15 years, in Maine, the article states.