Chapter Members Quarterly Meeting with Guest Speaker Margaret Shea of Dropseed Nursery
Northeast Regional Louisville Free Public Library, 15 Bellevoir Cir, Louisville, KY, 40223 Map
Public Welcome Free Event Chapter Meeting Chapter Social Program/Speaker Presentation Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains
We are very excited to host as speaker a well-known and admired plant ecologist and native plant grower, the FIRST native plant grower in our area, Margaret Shea, owner of Dropseed Nursery in Goshen, KY. This year marks the 20th Anniversary of her business!
Margaret's presentation is entitled: “Building Rain Gardens to Heal our Waterways"
Margaret Shea has a M.S. in ecology from Indiana University and has worked for a number of Kentucky Conservation organizations before starting Dropseed Native Plant Nursery 20 years ago. Margaret's past employers include The Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission, The Kentucky Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, and Bernheim Forest. Dropseed Nursery is located in Goshen, KY. Margaret's husband, David Keal, operates Field 51 Produce on the same land in Goshen. Field 51 Produce is an organic farming operation that produces vegetables, chicken, eggs, and lamb.
Please RSVP by emailing Hart Hagan at [email protected].