Jaime will present the benefits of native bee habitat gardening. Learn about the biology and ecology of native bees and their important role in most ecosystems. Jaime will describe the most common bees found in urban areas and how homeowners can attract there valuable pollinators to their own gardens.

Wednesday, September 2nd
Sharp Park Library Community Room
6:00PM 
Light Refreshments

Jaime Pawelek works as a researcher in the Urban Bee Lab at UC Berkeley and is the owner of Wild Bee Garden Design. She’s been studying native bees for over 7 years in urban, agricultural, and wild landscapes in California, Florida and Costa Rica. She has a B.S. in Conservation and Resource Studies from UCB and lives in El Cerrito with her husband PJ, dog Bandit, and three chickens.