Cultivating Healthy Plants
An IPM Webinar SeriesAttracting Beneficial Insects to Your Garden
Did you know that only 1% of insects are harmful? In fact, insects play an important role in creating a healthy garden. They pollinate our fruits and vegetables, help decompose leaves and organic matter, keep each other in check, and provide food for birds and other animals. In this class you’ll learn how to identify some common beneficial insects and how to attract them to your garden so you can start reaping their many benefits.
Carrie Jensen is the Urban IPM and Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator at University of Nevada, Reno Extension. She has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from San Jose State University and is a licensed landscape architect. She has over 15 years of experience working for non-profits and environmental consulting firms providing project management and community environmental education programming, including water conservation, watershed management, weed education and urban runoff prevention.
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Cultivating Healthy Plants
An IPM Webinar Series
The Extension IPM family of programs are sponsored in part by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
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