LSO Episode 65: Kyle Poling - The Understory Initiative, Dry Earth Nursery

Meet Kyle Poling, Field Botanist at The Understory Initiative and owner of Dry Earth Nursery. He is a self-taught botanist, passionate conservationist, and avid gardener. He volunteers with the Pollinator Project Rogue Valley and Southern Oregon Monarch Advocates. Upcoming Events: The  PPRV Native Plant Sale, Sunday May 7th 10-4pm at our office in Phoenix. It’s a  “farmers market” style plant sale for small, local, native plant nurseries to sell their plants. Kyle will be there! FYI: I’m a fairly introverted lover of plants (like most plant people!) but put myself “out there” because of the importance of teaching people about native plants and how they benefit the local ecosystem. Even in a small backyard garden. This is probably the topic I would be most interested in talking about. I could also talk about my side-hustle nursery DEN and the work that TUI is doing locally to restore the land. Outside of just business, I’m a crazy gardener with over 1000 plants of all different types, cold-hardy cacti, carnivorous species, natives, edibles, houseplants, a little of everything... I’m also an animal lover with lots of pets and a history of working on farms. Lastly, I'm fascinated with native pollinators (not invasive European honeybees although at one point, before I knew what I do now about how they compete with the native species, I did keep a backyard hive but sold it for mason bee boxes).  If anyone wants to volunteer with TUI they can sign up to be on the email list through the TUI website. The Dry Earth Nursery  The Understory Initiative  Southern Oregon Monarch Advocates The Pollinator Project