The Camden Garden Club is scheduled to host a free Zoom presentation 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 on the topic of “Sugar, Sex & Poison: Shocking Plant Secrets Caught on Camera.” Flowers like the cardinal flower lure in pollinators with nectar like hummingbirds, who unwittingly carry pollen from flower to flower. Photo by Joshua J. Cotten on Unsplash

The Camden Garden Club is scheduled to host a free Zoom presentation 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 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 all can benefit.

William “Bill” Cullina Bill Cullina photo

Cullina 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 11 years, according to a news release from Cayla Mäki-Pittman, Communication & Publicity Committee chair with the Camden Garden Club.

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, as well as commercial nursery production.

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