Kay Sullivan, President, SaddleBrooke Nature Club
The SaddleBrooke Nature Club resumed its programs and meetings after a summer hiatus. Our first meeting, held on Oct. 14, featured speaker Mabel Rivera from the Pima County Natural Resources Parks and Recreation’s newest department called Conservation, Land and Resources. Mabel shared the kind of native and arid-adapted garden plants you want to grow that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Her presentation included lots of beautiful slides of these plants and the care they need. She encouraged the audience not to prune too much or be too tidy in our gardens, as it gives our critters, such as lizards, places to hide in cool, shaded areas.
The next Nature Club meeting will be on Nov. 18, a week later than usual due to Veterans Day. Our speaker, Jared Suydam of the Pima County Environmental Education Office, will talk about wildlife of the Sonoran Desert. The program/meeting is held at the DesertView Theater and begins at 4 p.m. All are welcome, but we hope you join us. See our website saddlebrookenatureclub.org to join.