Join us for an engaging presentation on Pollinator Gardening in the South on September 16th at 5:30 PM. Please RSVP to owen_washam@ncsu.edu or call our office at (910) 576- 6011.
Dr. Seth Carley's first book, Pollinator Gardening for the South: Creating Sustainable Habitats will be available for purchase.
Dr. Danesha Seth Carley grew up on a small organic farm in West Virginia. Her MS in Entomology and Plant Pathology comes from the University of TN, Knoxville, and her PhD in both Plant Pathology and Crop Science, as well as her postdoctoral Fellowship, were from NC State, in Raleigh, NC.
Dr. Seth Carley is an Associate Professor in the Department of Horticultural Science at NC State, as well as the Director for the Center for Integrated Pest Management, and the Center of Excellence for Regulatory Science in Agriculture, also at NC State.
As an Urban Ecosystem Ecologist, her area of expertise is sustainable managed urban landscapes with a focus on pollinator health. Recent research programs include pollen quality in commonly planted wild-flowers, pollinator ecology along roadsides in NC, and native plant conservation and pollinator habitat establishment at historic Pinehurst No. 2 and No. 4 Golf Courses. In addition to grant writing, and research, Dr. Seth Carley frequently lectures at Beekeeper Association meetings, Master Gardener meetings, and other events where community members are interested in learning more about pollinator habitat conservation and protection.
Her first book, Pollinator Gardening for the South: Creating Sustainable Habitats, was published in March, 2021 by UNC Press (available there, at your local library, or on Amazon!). She is currently hard at work on her next book.
