Is your organization looking for a speaker for a meeting or conference? If so, we may have just the volunteer you’re looking for! The following Bonner County Gardeners Association members have years of gardening and speaking experience and would be glad to share their expertise with your group.
Please look over the list of possible topics below and, if you see something you’d like to learn more about, contact one of our speakers bureau participants today.
Laurie Brown – BCGA Member since 1996
Topics: Propagating Plants from Seeds or Cuttings; Growing Hardy Perennials; Growing Deer-Resistant Perennials; Fire Resistant Landscaping; Drought-Tolerant Landscaping; Garden Design (color, evening, herb, butterfly, bird, hummingbird, beneficial insects); Herbs; Annuals; Shrubs
Availability: Available during the day and in the evenings Monday through Sunday but no early morning meetings.
Contact: 208-559-5510, lauriebrown54@gmail.com
Additional: N/A
Jennifer Costich-Thompson – BCGA Member since 1998, Master Gardener,
Botanist for the US Forest Service
Topics: Basic Botany; Plant Identification; Native Pollinators; Season Extenders; Seed Starting Indoors; Seed Saving
Availability: Available in the evenings Monday through Sunday and during the day on Fridays and weekends.
Contact: 208-255-2056, jcostich06@gmail.com
Additional: I do prefer to do PowerPoint presentations so a laptop projector would be necessary for those presentations. However, I’m also comfortable doing most of my presentations using handouts; it depends on the topic and the venue.
Marrion Newsam Banks – BCGA Member since 2012, 2016 Master Forest Steward Trainee
Topics: Garden Rooms – What are they and how do I get one?; Xeriscaping and Watering by Zones; The Nocturnal Garden; Common Garden Weeds; Gardening from the Ground Up: Soil Fertility and Testing; Gardening Indoors: Houseplants for Everyone!
Availability: Available in the evenings Monday through Friday and during the day on weekends.
Contact: 208-755-8168, waterfowlfarm@gmail.com
Additional: I also prefer to do PowerPoint presentations so a laptop projector would be recommended for my presentations. I can, however, do all of my presentations using handouts.
Ann Warwick – BCGA Member since 1996
Topics: Composting both basic and advanced
Availability: Please check with Ann.
Contact: 208-263-2844, w.redguy@frontier.com
Additional: N/A
Nancy Hastings – All Seasons Garden & Floral
Topics: Cold Climate Gardening in North Idaho – Season Extenders; Perennial Favorites – Staging for Four Seasons ; Landscape Planning & Design; Small Space & Container Gardening
Availability: Available during the day or in the evenings Wednesday, Thursday, or Saturday
Contact: 208-265-2944, allseasonsgardenandfloral@gmail.com
Additional: I do prefer to do PowerPoint presentations so a laptop projector would be necessary for those presentations. However, I’m also comfortable doing most of my presentations using handouts; it depends on the topic and the venue.
Sean & Monica Mitzel – www.thepreparedhomestead.org
Topics: Planning a Food Forest; Edible Landscape; Basic Principles of Permaculture; Water Methods for the Landscape; Planning a Guild; Grow your Own Groceries-How much to grow, planning etc.; Herbal Preparations (Tinctures, Salves, etc.)
Availability: Available days or evenings any day of the week.
Contact: 208-920-3098 sean@thepreparedhomestead.org ; mon@thepreparedhomestead.org
Additional: In most cases we use media / Powerpoint / projector, etc.