Sequoya Library Meeting Rooms A & B

4340 Tokay Blvd., Madison WI 53711

Join the Midvale Heights Green Team for coffee, conversation, and (practical) climate action!

We welcome Susan Carpenter, the Native Plant Garden curator and gardener at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum who will share information about the importance of native plants to pollinators.

Coffee will be available–please bring your own coffee mug or flask.

This event is sponsored by the Midvale Heights Green Team and Sequoya Library.

About the presenter: Susan Carpenter is the Native Plant Garden curator and gardener at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum. Since 2003, she has worked with students and community volunteers to maintain and monitor a 4-acre garden representing the plant communities of southern Wisconsin. She also leads a conservation project that involves students and the public in documenting and studying native bumble bees, including the endangered rusty-patched bumble bee, Bombus affinis. A graduate of Stanford University, Susan earned her MS in Botany and MS in Science Education at UW–Madison. Her professional interests include plant ecology, ecological restoration, pollinator conservation, and science education.

Sequoya Library

4340 Tokay Blvd
Madison, WI 53711

608-266-6385
sequoya@madisonpubliclibrary.org