Friend to the Forest: Designing with Deer

Join Nichole Kean of Rainflower Designs to learn about practical strategies for designing a deer-resistant garden using wildlife-friendly native plants! Meet your instructor: Nichole Kean is a landscape designer with Rainflower Designs, a landscape design, consulting, and maintenance company specializing in gardens that are sustainable and biodiverse. She earned a degree in horticulture with a specialization in landscape design from Edmonds College, is a Certified Pollinator Steward through Pollinator Partnership, a Skagit County Master Gardener, and an Eco-Pro Certified Landscape Professional. Nichole is passionate about connecting children with the outdoors and volunteers at Island View Elementary, where she supports the school vegetable garden and helps develop and maintain pollinator gardens. She loves that gardening provides endless opportunities for learning.