Join the Oregon State University Extension Master Gardener Program for a lively series of free online webinars exploring gardening, community and creative ways to connect people with plants. 

While bugs can often be seen as annoyances and consumers of our food, they play a vital role in how ecosystems function, form, and feed us, as well as affect plant evolution, agricultural systems, and backyard habitat. We'll dive into the flowers, host plants, and habitat structures that can be used to restore and enhance environments for pollinators and other beneficials, empowering you to make changes big and small to foster a good-looking gallery of greenery for creature conservation in your ecosystem—without making you a pest to your neighbors. 

Presenter: Graham Klag is the Executive Director of the North Coast Watershed Association and holds a Master of Environmental Studies from The Evergreen State College. His graduate research focused on restoration and enhancement of the early blue violet for caterpillar development of the Oregon silverspot butterfly. He has worked on watershed restoration projects, from Olympic National Park to the Cascade Head Biosphere Region and Salmon River. Through his work, Graham aims to better communicate how we can fit into our ecosystems and conserve diversity.

About Growing Oregon Gardeners: Level Up Series

The closed-captioned webinars will be broadcast via Zoom and streamed via our Facebook page on the second Tuesday of the month, at noon, June through September 2026. This series is open to the public, and OSU Extension Master Gardener volunteers receive 1 Continuing Education Credit for each class. You can take one, or take all. This webinar is being recorded and will be available to view on our website within two weeks of airdate.