By now, you may have heard about the impact garden clean-up can have on our wildlife such as birds, native bees, butterflies, moths, and fireflies. For many people, switching from the conventional clean-up where all plant material is removed to one where less is removed can be difficult. The goal of this workshop is to review why it's important to think ecologically during clean-up and then to demonstrate how to do clean-up so that we keep as much biodiversity as possible in the garden. 

The Great-spangled Fritillary, featured in the banner photo, is one of our butterflies that need an easy touch on clean up because their tiny caterpillars overwinter at the base of their host plants, violets.

We will meet at Compound Yellow and work on their garden there.They would like it to reinvigorate and expand the biodiversity in the garden. This clean-up is the first part of multiple workshops.There will not be heavy labor involved. Please bring gloves and gardening shears. 

Compound Yellow is a non-profit 501(c)(3) experimental art space with curatorial focus in cultural production, sharing economies, participatory art, and interdisciplinary explorations. Comprised of a group of artists, curators, educators, parents and engaged citizens, Compound Yellow hosts exhibitions, interventions, performances, workshops, lectures, gatherings, and collective imagining. We want to celebrate a culture of sharing, connecting and collective action!