Brewster Ladies' Library Attracting Birds to Your Garden: A Conversation with Master Gardener Fran Raleigh

Do you know that you can attract birds to your garden while also helping the environment, watering less, and reducing garden chores? Join Master Gardener Fran Raleigh to learn how modifying garden practices and introducing native plants can help support the local ecosystem and increase biodiversity. Because they are adapted to our local soil and climate, native plants require less water and other inputs, and they form the base of native food chains that feed birds. Fran will introduce you to specific plants native to Cape Cod that can increase the appeal of your yard to our native and migrating birds.

About the Presenter: Fran grew up watching nature in her Northern VA neighborhood. She began getting to know wild plants during college in OH, and continued botanizing during grad school in Syracuse. She didn’t try gardening until she was settled, teaching college biology in NJ, where she soon began introducing native plants into her yard. She retired in 2018 and moved to Cape Cod. A member of the Master Gardener class of 2019, she is eager to share her knowledge and enthusiasm for nature and gardening. Her primary focus in gardening is to celebrate native plants and create habitat.