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Educational Presentation: Join Us in Welcoming Carol Brodbeck as she teaches us about House Plants
Houseplants are totally dependent upon us to prosper. Choose plants that match our growing conditions, buy healthy plants from reputable sources, and maintain them to their satisfaction--not ours. In return, they will reward us with many benefits.
Carol Brodbeck is a degreed biologist and started her career in pharmaceutical research—helping to develop the influenza vaccine among many others at Parke-Davis in Detroit. Transferred to P-D’s labs in Ann Arbor where she worked with a charter group responsible for introducing the use of computers into R&D. Responsibilities grew to include designing from scratch and implementing many unique computer apps in R&D and later, in the worldwide Clinical Research.
After taking early retirement, she earned her Advanced Master Gardener accreditation, which led to her giving many presentations and workshops to varied audiences of diverse ages and backgrounds throughout Michigan and nationally.
In 2007, she joined a garden club that is affiliated with the Internationally known National Garden Clubs, Inc. Over the years, she achieved Five-Star status after earning Master status in its four nationally-acclaimed schools (Gardening, Environmental, Landscape Design, and Flower Show). She served as co-chair of the 2016 NGC National Convention held in Grand Rapids and as State President (2017-19) of Michigan Garden Clubs, Inc. During COVID, she provided monthly presentations via Zoom nationally. Currently, she is serving as State Chair of the Flower Show School that is held in Ann Arbor. She also serves on many other MGC Committees. In addition, she gives monthly presentations at the Ypsilanti library, serves as part-time faculty at Washtenaw Community College, and writes monthly gardening/nature articles for her church’s newsletter.
As a child, Carol always asked “Why?” And she still does and updates her presentations with the newest research-based information. Her greatest joy is seeing the eyes of a person light up when they learn something new or when she learns something new from one of her students.
She is “mom” to 2 daughters, “Nanna” to 2 plus their husband/partner, and “Granna” to an 18-month old lovely little boy.
EMG’s: This Presentation qualifies as 1 hour of Education in Volunteer Central
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