HomeGrown 06/27/10 - Gardening With Lavender & White Nose Syndrome

HomeGrown goes even more colorfully eclectic this week with looks at how to best grow the perennial plant lavender – and the white nose syndrome that’s been killing the country’s bats. Oregon nursery owner Andy Van Hevelingen has the story on lavender, and Mike Armstrong of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service explains all about white nose syndrome and what’s being done to understand and eradicate it. Downloadable MP3Find out more:

• Van Hevelingen Herb Nursery
• Oregon Lavender Festival
• US FWS pages on white nose syndrome
• Kentucky Fish & Wildlife Resources on WNS
• Kentucky ‘on alert’ for WNS