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From intimate book groups to large auditoriums, I tailor my presentations to suit each audience individually. Below are a list of topics I’ve presented in the past and would be happy to present at your venue. My speaking fee varies with factors such as audience size, so please contact me to learn more and to schedule a talk. Please also check my events page for upcoming presentations. 

Gardening for Wildife in South Florida

Based on the information in Kirsten’s gardening book, Attracting Birds to South Florida Gardens, she shares how gardening for wildlife is different in sub-tropical South Florida. Learn what you can do to make your own yard, even just a patio, more attractive to our unique community of birds and other wildlife, helping to restore and maintain the region’s ecological functions through bird-friendly landscaping. 

Please contact me to learn more and to schedule your talk.

Responsible Wildlife Tourism

From leopards to mountain gorillas, wildebeest to polar bears, join Kirsten on an exploration of both deficiencies and successes of the wildlife tourism industry. Learn how you can be a more responsible wildlife tourist to encourage best practices within the industry to ensure its long-term sustainability and the on-going protection of not only the wildlife supporting the industry, but also of their habitats and the local communities that steward these wonders. 

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Nature Reflections

Kirsten discusses how her passion for nature and travel led her to backpack around the world for three years, a journey that converted her from a herpetologist scientifically analyzing nature to a storyteller reflecting nature. Kirsten divulges how her biologist training influences her photography and how being involved in the arts has expanded her work to include a more interpretive abstract style aimed at conveying the emotional experience of nature.

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Container Gardening in South Florida

Learn general container gardening techniques for sub-tropical South Florida. Kirsten will cover the benefits, challenges, and management methods needed to transform small or soil-deprived areas into fruit groves, vegetable patches, flower gardens, and, native plantings. Drawing upon recommendations in her gardening book Attracting Birds to South Florida Gardens, she’ll also highlight how container gardens can provide wildlife habitat and contribute to the re-greening of South Florida’s urban areas.   

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History of Biscayne Bay

Based on her Key Biscayne and Biscayne National Park books, Kirsten shares the history and environment of Biscayne Bay and its islands. Ranging over native Americans and Juan Ponce de León’s 1513 arrival, through centuries of colonial rule, pioneer settlement, hosting America’s wealthy and powerful, and citizen-led conservation battles, this presentation reveals the stories of Biscayne Bay through historical imagery and through Kirsten’s modern photography of Biscayne National Park, taken in celebration of it’s 2018 golden 50-year anniversary.

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History of Dry Tortugas

First charted by Juan Ponce de León over 500 years ago, the isolated islands 70 miles west of Key West were christened “Tortugas” by this early explorer and continue to bear that name, North America’s second-oldest persistent place name after “Florida” itself. Kirsten shares historic images and tales from her book Dry Tortugas National Park to lead audiences through centuries of visitors from native Americans in dugout canoes, to those involved with the construction of Fort Jefferson – the nation’s most ambitious masonry fort – through its post-Civil War infamy as a prison for Dr. Samuel Mudd and other convicted Lincoln conspirators, and into the modern era when it became a national park protecting vast cultural and biological resources.

Please contact me to learn more and to schedule your talk.