“Gardening with Deer” is the Trevose Horticultural Society’s featured program on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Bensalem Senior Center, 1850 Byberry Road, Bensalem.
If you’re an area gardener, you know the impact deer can have on your landscape. You may be regularly frustrated by them and perhaps have given up on gardening altogether, thinking it’s impossible to have a beautiful landscape. In this talk, Kathleen Salisbury discusses the biology and habits of deer, which will help attendees make informed decisions about where and how to garden in this region where the deer population is out of balance.
Salisbury is the director of the Ambler Arboretum of Temple University. She has been teaching woody plant identification for more than a decade, and is currently an adjunct professor for landscape architecture and horticulture undergraduate students. Previously, she was a horticulture educator with Penn State Extension in Bucks County. She holds a BS in ornamental horticulture and environmental design from Delaware Valley University and an MS in public horticulture administration from the University of Delaware, where she was a Longwood Fellow and her research explored how to enhance blind and visually impaired visitors’ experiences in public gardens. Salisbury is currently pursuing her doctorate from Penn State Harrisburg in adult education and lifelong learning, and is exploring engaging the community in adult environmental education post-natural disaster.
All meetings are open to the public; a donation of $5 is requested from non-members. For more information, call 856-866-9163, visit trevosegardeners.org or follow on Facebook.
