TMN GLC chapter meeting

VMS opportunity: Administrative work: chapter meeting
VMS opportunity: AT: TMN chapter program

The July meeting will be fully virtual. WebEx information will be sent to all chapter members by the chapter president on July 16, 2021.

AGENDA

9:30 – 11:00 Growing a Culture for Native Plants 

Jean Ponzi, Green Resource Manager

EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Growing a Culture for Native Plants 

Powered by human partnerships, native landscaping is a movement in St. Louis   and across Missouri, with transplants into Kansas and Illinois. This inspiring talk spotlights forces growing eco-logical benefits for pollinators and people. With her STL examples, “Green Jean” Ponzi from Missouri Botanical Garden will lead d discussion of options you can adapt, adopt and grow.

Get ready to share your thoughts and ideas on how we can engage with     organizations in our area to begin embracing some of the TMN and GreenWay  principles.

See Jean’s Biography below

15 minute Break

11:15 – 12:00 – 2021 Scholarship Recipients 

Presentations and Q&A

12:00 – 1:00 Chapter Business

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Jean Ponzi

Green Resources Manager

EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Jean Ponzi serves as Green Resources Manager at the Missouri Botanical Gardenin St. Louis. A 25-year veteran of the Garden’s EarthWays Center team, “Green Jean” currently applies her sustainability expertise as manager of the St. Louis Green Business Challenge, operator of the Garden’s Green Resources Info Service, and on the leadership team for the regional initiative BiodiverseCity St. Louis. Her enviro-interview show Earthworms has logged nearly 32 years of conversations through KDHX St. Louis Independent Media, as Jean’s volunteer community service. She is in demand as a speaker, writer and media spokesperson, offering local to national audiences both practical options and ecological inspiration.