Bay of Quinte Green Party of Ontario Speaker Series

Wednesday 1st of May - pizza at 6pm and speakers at 7pm

St Andrew’s, 31 King St., Picton

Register at - bayofquintegpo.ca/events/

“Spring is Sprung – How to be Green and Caring”

To wrap up our series and in preparation for a new season of renewal - answers to all your

questions about things green - this time trees and plants. We love nature, especially our

gardens. They reminds us of the analogy between healthy ecosystems and healthy societies.

To be a gardener is to be a special kind of leader - gently shaping and nurturing with deep

empathy and intelligence. And caring for nature is surely the beginning of caring for each other

so everyone can thrive instead of a struggle between ‘winners’ and ‘losers’.

Our Speakers:

Robin Reilly manages a hobby farm - Black River Forest Garden - and has a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture with a specialization in land restoration and organic gardening. For many years, Robin was Superintendent of Sandbanks Provincial Park.

Ben O'Brien is the owner of Wild by Design, a landscape design business specializing

in artfully crafted, richly planted, lovingly tended naturalistic gardens.

Jennifer Gagné works at the Nature Conservancy of Canada as a conservation

biology coordinator and does conservation planning and stewardship work for the

Napanee Plain and Eastern Lake Ontario Coast Natural Areas.