Join JCLS and the Jackson County Master Gardeners to learn more about pollinators! This virtual presentation by Master Gardener will cover information about the incredible creatures that do so much for this planet and how to create an attractive, sustainable, and connected landscape for our native pollinators, especially the bees.

Kristina moved to the Rogue Valley in 2012 and immediately became enamored with the region’s flora and fauna, especially our pollinators. At the same time, she began learning about the unprecedented decline of all pollinators and the associated implications for our food system and ecosystem. She and her husband turned their barren property in Ashland into a pollinator garden, with many native plants and trees — but of course it’s never finished. Kristina loves talking about our native bees, butterflies, flies, wasps, beetles, and hummingbirds,  and connecting people to her dream that everyone’s yard or landscape will include a little or a lot of pollinator habitat, even if it’s just a corner filled with California poppies. She is passionate about growing, sharing, and planting the native annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees that create the habitats that best support our region’s native pollinators, and thus, all the creatures that depend upon them.

Kristina led the effort for Ashland to become the fifth Bee City USA in 2015, and continues to serve on the subcommittee. She also serves on the board of Beyond Toxics, and is a member of the Native Plant Society of Oregon, Siskiyou Chapter. Kristina is honored to serve as president and volunteer director of Pollinator Project Rogue Valley.