PORT ANGELES — Selinda Barkhuis will discuss how to make gardens attractive to bees when she speaks at a Green Thumb Gardening Tips presentation at noon Thursday.
Barkhuis will speak about “Encouraging Bees in Your Garden” in Room 160, the county commissioners’ meeting room, at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St.
Free lecture
The lecture is free, although donations to help cover copying costs for handouts will be accepted.
Attendees are invited to bring a lunch.
Barkhuis, who is also county treasurer, will talk about local bee species, their behaviors and needs, and simple ways to attract them to the garden, where they serve many important functions.
She will end her talk by discussing her new favorite herb, with the first attendee to guess its identity to receive a seed packet of it.
Intensive, organic
Barkhuis uses intensive and organic gardening techniques to grow a variety of fruit, vegetables and herbs and to host a variety of pollinators on an urban lot in central Port Angeles.
Her garden was featured in the 2012 Master Gardeners’ Petals & Pathways Garden Tour.
The series is presented on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at the county courthouse.
For more information, call 360-417-2279.