Name: Carol Brodbeck
Email Address: brodbeck@aol.com
Address: 6410 Crane Rd.
Home Phone: 734-434-3795
Best Way to Contact Me: Email, Home Phone

Topics:
Hummingbird Gardening (Hummer Haven)
Butterfly Gardening (Butterfly Bliss)
Spring-flowering bulbs (Think Spring)
Origins of Fruits and Vegetables (History on Our Tables)
Moon Garden (Sensuous Garden of the Night)
Pollinators (What's the Buzzzzz About?)
Creating a Holiday centerpiece
Houseplant TCL
African Violets
Under-utilized Weed, the Dandelion
Some Like it Dry (Drought-Tolerant)
Good Bug/Bad Bug
and others

Gardening Education: B.S. Biological Sciences; Accredited Advanced Master Gardener; National Garden Clubs, Inc. Environmental and Gardening Consultant and Master Landscape Design Consultant and Master Flower Show Judge

Gardening Experience: Been presenting on gardening and nature-related topics presented on a variety of topics to a wide variety of audiences of all ages (4-95) in a five-county area over the past 20 years. Some of these audiences were Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Saline, Chelsea, and Livonia libraries; garden clubs in Washtenaw, Hillsdale, Ingham, Livingston, Monroe, Jackson, and Wayne counties; Michigan Garden Club District Meetings; National Garden Club Central Region and National conventions; Colonial Dames of America; DAR; Questers, U-M, Washtenaw Community College Life-Long Learning, and most recently taught March 2021 Outdoor Flower course for 59 students at the National Garden Clubs, Inc. Gardening School. Served as State President of Michigan Garden Clubs, Inc. 2017-2019.

Honorarium: Yes

Amount You Charge: via zoom $50.00. In-person $100 + mileage

Travel Restrictions: Within 150 miles of home

What Else Should We Know About You?: I try to answer the question "WHY" so audiences know why plants or practices are recommended--so they can make choices on their own without needing their lists of recommendations. Love to include biological tidbits to awe the audience of the awesomeness of nature. When appropriate, I also include some history about the topic. Each presentation is updated just prior with current information I just learned from a variety of periodicals to which I subscribe or lectures, webinars or classes I've attended. Will tailor presentation for a given audience. I have my own zoom license and been giving monthly gardening presentations to a max of 50 attendees this year. Have also been writing a monthly column on gardening in church newsletter since January 2020. Judge 4-H gardening-related exhibits at Washtenaw County Youth Fair.