upcoming event

DATE/TIME:  Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, at 6:30 p.m.

LOCATION: United Methodist Church of Kent, 1435 E. Main St.

ON THE DINNER MENU  Meat option: Stuffed cabbage rolls, mashed potatoes and dinner salad. Vegetarian option: Entre-sized salad with lettuce, eggs, chickpeas and vegetables. Both come with rolls and butter, dessert and beverages.

COST & RESERVATION  The dinner is $16 per person, cash or check only at the door. Reserve online at https://form.jotform.com/252474617300048

 or email BackyardPest@gmail.com. Members, your club caller will be in touch to ask for your RSVP. Please respond promptly. Deadline to reserve is Thursday, Jan. 22.

Pollinator Partnership's Ohio Partner Biologist, Sophia Sorboro, will present "Planting for Pollinators 101" at The Garden Club of Kent's January monthly dinner meeting on Monday, Jan. 26 at 6:30 p.m. She will discuss pollinator habitat needs and habitat site preparation, planting and management. She will also update members on the ongoing pollinator habitat project on The Garden Club of Kent's property.

As a beginning farmer herself, Sophia understands the importance of balancing ecology with agriculture and has experienced first-hand how pollinator habitats can help to improve soil, water and wildlife conservation within working lands. 

Sophia graduated from Kent State University with dual bachelor degrees in environmental and conservation biology and environmental studies. After graduating, she completed two conservation-focused years of service with AmeriCorps and then worked as a watershed coordinator for a Soil Water Conservation District. As Pollinator Partnership’s Ohio Partner Biologist, Sophia assists traditional, small, specialty, urban and other producers across eastern Ohio with establishing pollinator-friendly habitat.