The Camden Garden Club will host a free public Zoom presentation on Tuesday, February 21st from 10AM to 11AM on the topic of “Sugar, Sex & Poison: Shocking Plant Secrets Caught on Camera.” Speaker Bill Cullina will discuss how this world of pollen, poisons, pigments, pheromones, sugars and sex translates to sound organic practices from which we can all benefit.
William Cullina (kul-EYE-nuh) is the F. Otto Haas Executive Director of the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to this he was the President and CEO of Coastal Maine Botanical Garden for eleven years. Cullina holds degrees in plant science and psychology, has been working in public horticulture for 25 years, and has extensive experience in horticultural and forestry research, and commercial nursery production.
Speaker William (Bill) Cullina. Photo credit Bill Cullina
A well-known author and recognized authority on North American native plants, Cullina lectures on a variety of subjects to garden and professional groups and writes for popular and technical journals. His books include, Wildflowers, Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines, Understand Orchids, Native Ferns, Mosses, and Grasses, and Understanding Perennials.
This program is the fourth in the Club’s 55th Winter Horticulture Series in partnership with the Camden Public Library.
Since 1969, the Camden Garden Club has provided the Winter Horticulture Series of public talks to Camden area residents as a community service in Maine’s coldest months.
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