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Creating a Pollinator Garden

In the spring of 2015, after over a year of seeking permission from Brandeis University authorities, Eric Olson and a student ripped up about 600 square feet of dense grass sod on a sunny campus hillside and installed a wildflower meadow for pollinators. This was a first for Dr. Olson, and he was lucky, for in spite of setbacks and mistakes made, it worked. Key university faculty and administrators were so pleased with the result, they gave permission to convert the whole half-acre hillside (32 times the original area allowed) to "go wild" with wildflowers. It took longer than expected though, for even just the first small area to become what it is today. In his presentation, Olson will describe key meadow-making lessons learned and give tips on site prep, species selection, how to encourage plant establishment, and will show pictures of the spectacular result as of late summer of 2019. Dr. Olson has a Masters in Forest Science from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Pennsylvania. Over the past twenty years, he taught a variety of environment-related courses at Brandeis including Field Biology, Principles of Ecology, Tropical Ecology Seminar, Environmental Impact Assessment, and Climate Change and Development. His specialty is insect-plant interactions including herbivory and pollination. In addition to his academic work, Olson volunteers with the Land Trusts of both the City of Newton and the City of Waltham, and has led dozens of invasive plant management sessions and workshops for these organizations. He has helped install pollinator meadows on three different sites in recent years, two in Waltham and one in Newton. Dr. Olson has been a contributor to NPR’s Science Friday.