[Sdpg] SB Organic Garden Club presents FREE Backyard Bird Habitat classes July 23,30 Santa Barbara CA

Wed Jul 6 20:11:37 PDT 2005

SANTA BARBARA ORGANIC GARDEN CLUB PRESENTS FREE CLASSES ON BACKYARD BIRD 
HABITAT

Free Backyard Bird Habitat classes will be offered on two Saturdays, July 
23 and July 30, 8-10 am by the Santa Barbara Organic Garden Club. Anyone 
interested can e-mail Mardena at 
<mailto:ahummingbird at cox.net>ahummingbird<mailto:ahummingbird at cox.net>@cox.net 
to sign up and get directions.  Space is limited so early enrollment is 
encouraged.

Speakers will include Larry Saltzman, co-founder of the Santa Barbara 
Organic Garden Club, Mardena Waller, SBOGC member and backyard bird 
gardener, and Melissa Kelly, backyard wildlife habitat and mapping expert.

Topics will include

    * Landscaping with plants that provide food for wild birds

    * How to bring favorite birds to your garden by careful bird food 
choice and feeder selection

    * Encouraging birds to eat your garden bugs. (Did you know hummingbirds 
eat white flies?)

    * Learning bird lifestyles, habits, nesting, and safety

    * Creating water sources appealing to birds

This program includes tours of several kinds of bird-attracting yards to 
improve bird/wildlife habit:

    * bird feeder-rich, with added water sources
    * mix of vegetative cover, food and feeders, with added water
    * largely vegetative cover, food, water without supplemental feeders
    * haute naturelle landscaping

The Santa Barbara Organic Club had its first meeting on July 12, 2000 and 
presents local events and activities on topics of interest to gardeners 
weaning themselves from chemical pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers.

For more information call: (805) 563-2089.

"Everything gardens" Bill Mollison, co-founder of Permaculture

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