Bird-Friendly Gardening and the Bird City Program

Name: Bird-Friendly Gardening and the Bird City Program
Start: 2026-05-20T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-20T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Ann Arbor District Library - Downtown Library

Schedule

Wed May 20 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Ann Arbor District Library - Downtown Library | Ann Arbor, MI

Kelsey Dehring, Parks Naturalist with Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission and Linda Smith of Michigan Audubon will join us for a joint discussion of gardening techniques for the home gardener to make their gardens more bird and pollinator friendly, and to explain about the International Bird City Network and how and why Bird City Michigan was launched.
Ann Arbor became an official Bird City in 2025.
Linda Smith is the Director of Partnerships for Michigan Audubon and leads Michigan Audubon’s Bird City Michigan initiative, helping communities across the state build grassroots networks that take meaningful action for birds and nature.
Kelsey Dehring is a Parks Naturalist with Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission. She runs the county’s Nest Box Monitoring and Archery Programs.