Join the University of Tennessee Arboretum Society for its First Thursday Nature Supper Club on Sept. 2 at 7 p.m. and learn how to create a bird-friendly yard for the avian residents of East Tennessee.
Prepare a meal and join local naturalist Stephen Lyn Bales as he entertains and teaches via Zoom. He will discuss the feeders, seeds, nest boxes and native flowers and berry producing plants needed to create a bird-friendly yard. Participants will learn that hummingbirds come to sugar-water feeders but they also like native plants like trumpet creeper, coral honeysuckle, columbine, bee balm and cardinal flower.
Register for this free Zoom program here. This program will be recorded, and closed captioning is available. Please contact Michelle Campanis at mcampani@utk.edu with any questions or registration issues. To contact Stephen Lyn Bales or buy one of his UT Press books, email him at hellostephenlyn@yahoo.com
Melanie Staten is a public relations consultant with her husband, Vince.
