Summer Educational Opportunities

The Door County Master Gardeners Education Committee has put together a number of tours.  For more information go to the Summer Safaris page on this website.

Videos from 2022 Programs

Awesome Annuals with Pollinator Potential
​by Mark Dwyer
Presented in collaboration with Wild Ones - Door Peninsula Chapter

 ​Plants in our gardens that support local pollinators are becoming more essential! Mark will share a wide range of seasonal plants for the bed, border and container. These will augment the “pollinator-friendly” perennials, trees and shrubs on the market.  Mark owns Landscape Prescriptions by MD, a landscape design and consulting business in Janesville, and manages a three-acre healing garden at a hospital. He was the Director of Horticulture at Rotary Botanical Gardens for 21 years.  
​A recording of “Amazing Annuals with Pollinator Potential” can be viewed by clicking on the image to the right.  The video can be enlarged to full screen by clicking on the arrows at the bottom right.

Prairie Plants for Urban and Suburban Gardens
by Neil Diboll
Presented in collaboration with Wild Ones - Door Peninsula Chapter and Crossroads at Big Creek

​Neil Diboll, internationally known expert in native plant ecology, is an enthusiastic, highly knowledgeable and committed promoter of native plants.  A pioneer in the native plant industry, he is President and CEO of Prairie Nursery in Westfield, Wisconsin. The essence of his philosophy is that we as stewards of the planet must work to preserve and increase the diversity of native plants and animals with which we share the world.

​Invasive Jumping Worms: The Impact of a New Soil Invader
​by Brad Herrick
Presented in collaboration with Wild Ones - Door Peninsula Chapter & Crossroads at Big Creek
Video presented by Kalamazoo Area Wild Ones

Glaciated regions of North America are devoid of native terrestrial earthworms. Earthworms such as the common nightcrawler and red worm are European species that arrived during settlement and have become naturalized. Jumping worms represent a second wave of invasion. Endemic to Japan and the Korean peninsula, these new earthworms are quickly invading deciduous forests in dozens of States.

Land Restoration School at Crossroads

The Land Restoration School at Crossroads has locally recorded educational programs on their website.  These programs can be used for Continuing Education hours.  To access the videos use the following link: https://www.landrestorationschool.org/science and scroll down until you get to "Public Programs".