Ready for spring? Get planting advice from AAUW program
Escape from the bleak midwinter, by dreaming about spring planting. Get some planting advice from local expert Michelle Campanis in an AAUW virtual program titled, "Creating A Landscape That Supports The Environment — Why Your Choice Matters," at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24.
Campanis will share her understanding of native plants that support the environment, while giving advise on the perfect plants for your yard this spring, according to a news release. Click on this link before 12:30 p.m. to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84026923055?pwd=blkremFFdTZMaUJqNmozb29jSEdkZz09
Campanis graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in Agriculture and Natural Resources. She then moved to Boston to work for The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University in the propagation greenhouses. She received a one year fellowship from The Garden Club of American to study in England where she spent time at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and studied landscape design at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Upon completion of the fellowship she returned to Massachusetts where she taught horticulture to high school students. She spent 20 years in Nashville working for Belmont University while raising her daughter and twin sons.
She returned to East Tennessee in 2017 to be the education coordinator for the UT Arboretum. This is a full circle journey as her parents met in Oak Ridge during World War II working on the Manhattan Project.
Campanis is on the state board for the Tennessee Bluebird Society, Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning and Advocates for the Oak Ridge Reservation. She is a facilitator for Project Learning Tree program and completed the Tennessee Naturalist Program in 2017. She is also on the planning board for Oak Ridge’s Flatwater Tales Storytelling Festival. Michelle loves all things outdoors and when not at work can be found hiking, cycling, camping, kayaking or in the woods hugging trees, according to the release.
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