Sharing your garden with butterflies, bees, and bugs that will eat your pests requires an understanding of how insecticides work. It is easy to manage for good bugs once you have learned the details provided by this workshop.  Also, Vera will explain how to add certain plants to the garden to provide food for good bugs to reduce pest numbers.

Instructor Dr. Vera Krischik is an associate professor at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Entomology.  She is interested in increasing the use of integrated pest management to reduce insect problems in the Twin Cities.