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Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5777543510pwd=SGZhcnFWbCt3c09EcU04UWhRdWtpZz09 Password if needed: MEP Author Alan Branhagen will highlight the diversity of butterflies and moths you can attract to your Twin Cities home landscape. He'll discuss host plants for caterpillars and nectar plants/food sources for adults. Learn gardening techniques that provide essential habitat for butterflies and moths�"e.g., many have unique strategies for overwintering. Learn the status of butterfly and moth populations and threats, including misuse of pesticides. Alan Branhagen is Director of Operations at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. Previously he served as Director of Horticulture at Powell Gardens, Kansas City's Botanical Garden. Alan received a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Iowa State University and a Master's of Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University with emphasis on design with nature. He has written The Gardener's Butterfly Book (2001), Native Plants of the Midwest (2016), and The Midwest Native Plant Primer: 225 Plants for an Earth-friendly Garden (2020). In addition to his public garden management, Alan is an all-around plantsman and naturalist, specializing in birds, butterflies and botany. He is creating a new natural garden on 2.4 acres overlooking the Minnesota River Valley in Chaska, Minnesota.