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VAAFM Webinar 3/4/26: Restoring Abundance & Conserving Rarity
March 4, 2026 – (Wednesday), 10:00–11:00 AM
VAAFM Plant Health Section: Restoring Abundance and Conserving Rarity: Helping Vermont’s Native Plants Thrive
Presenter: Grace Glynn, State Botanist, Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife
This webinar will explore how botanists and horticulturists can work together to restore important habitats and maintain Vermont’s ecological integrity. From the State Botanist’s perspective, the session will offer guidance on how thoughtful plant selection and stewardship practices can support healthy native plant systems at a landscape scale.
We hope you’ll join us for one or more of these webinars and take advantage of the opportunity to connect with staff and learn more about the work happening across agencies to support plant health in Vermont.
Join link on Microsoft Teams: ‘Restoring Abundance and Conserving Rarity: Helping Vermont’s Native Plants Thrive’
Webinar Meeting ID: 261 132 642 452 79
Passcode: qA6a5TG9
About the Plant Health Section: Winter Webinar Series
Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets (AAFM) is offering a winter webinar series for members of the nursery, landscaping, and green industry, as well as anyone else interested in plant health and stewardship in Vermont.
This series is intended to provide practical information, share context about how the Agency’s Plant Health Section approaches its work, and create opportunities for people to connect directly with staff from the Plant Industry Division, and the State Botanist from Fish and Wildlife. Topics will range from emerging approaches to communication and framing, to on-the-ground pest monitoring and nursery inspections, to pesticide certification, native plant stewardship, and collaboration across agencies to support healthy plant systems in Vermont.
All sessions are approximately one hour, held online, and open to the public.