7pm Workshop:  Toni Sweetland “Importance of Pollinator Gardens in Sustaining Bees through Dearth”|

Toni Sweetland is a certified, hobbyist beekeeper. In addition to keeping colonies at her home, she is a member of the Holly Springs Food Cupboard hive management team. 

Toni has been an Extension Master Gardener of Wake County for 8 years, since her retirement from IBM. She thoroughly enjoys the intersect of bee and plant health and using bees as an excuse to plant more flowers. Much of her volunteer time with the Master Gardener program is spent in therapeutic horticulture and training of new members. She currently acts as Chair of the Extension Master Gardener Management Team.  She is also currently pursuing Master Naturalist certification. As part of this program, she will be contributing to the Xerces Society bumblebee atlas, completing surveys at two sites in southeast Wake County during this year’s bumblebee season. 

7:30pm Topic: Getting Younger Generations Into Beekeeping 

Speaker:  Brandon Dillman