Frederick garden groups plan meetings and tours
The Frederick Bird Club meets at 7 30 p m Thursday April 11 in Frederick High School band room with Norma Lewis speaking on Newfoundland birds. The Silver Fancy Garden Club sponsors tours of Emmitsburg and Taneytown water and sewage facilities Saturday April 13 led by Tom Miller Neil Powell Duke Martin. buses depart Taneytown and Emmitsburg libraries and return by 4 p.m.
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Frederick
Silver Fancy Garden Club
Emmitsburg
Taneytown
Tom Miller
University of Maryland
Neil Powell
Grand Drive
Duke Martin
Seton Avenue
Arbor Day at Virginia Arboretum Includes Tree Planting
The State Arboretum of Virginia hosts its third Arbor Day celebration on Saturday April 13 featuring tree planting, story telling and music. Children groups and classes are invited to plant, meet at 1 p.m., and receive a certificate for their tree. Members' families and groups plant free, nonmember individuals pay 5 dollars. call (703) 837-1758 to reserve a tree.
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State Arboretum
Virginia
Plant clinics schedule to diagnose plant problems
Montgomery County Cooperative Extension Service will host plant clinics to diagnose insect and disease issues on outdoor plants and offer recommendations. Clinics run May through August at three locations: Derwood Thursdays 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Cooperative Extension Office, Bethesda Saturdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Davis Library, and Wheaton Mondays 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Wheaton Regional Library. Information line available 9 a.m. to noon Mondays through Wednesdays at 590-9650.
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Montgomery County Cooperative Extension Service
Cooperative Extension Office
Muncaster Road
Derwood
Davis Libray
Democracy Blvd
Bethesda
Wheaton Regional Library
Georgia Ave
Wheaton
Bird mart returns to Winchester with vendors and birds
The Tri-State Bird Club and Foundation will hold its third annual bird mart from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at the National Guard Armory in Winchester, Virginia. Vendors offer bird supplies and birds for sale. veterinarians will be on site. lunch available. admission free. Information lines: (703) 667-8857 or (703) 877-2562.
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Tri-State Bird Club and Foundation
National Guard Armory
Winchester
April Programs At State Arboretum Virginia Brandy Farm
The State Arboretum of Virginia at Brandy Experimental Farm offers three public programs in April. Organic gardening with herbs runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 5 and 6 with a herb garden tour. fees are 25 for non members and 20 for members. Plant propagation class is 6 30 to 9 p m on April 18 and 1 to 4 p m on April 20. fees 25 non members 20 members. Decorative swag arch and ornamentals class is 7 to 9 p m April 26. fees 25 non members 22 members. Registration ends April 12. call (703) 837 1758 for more information.
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State Arboretum of
Virginia
Brandy Experimental Farm
Maryland Daffodil Show Held At Redeemer Church
The Maryland Daffodil Show, presented by the Maryland Daffodil Society, runs 2 30 to 8 p m Wednesday April 17 and 10 a m to 3 p m Thursday April 18 at the Church of the Redeemer 5603 N Charles St Baltimore. Open to the public free. For information call 581 0914.
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Maryland Daffodil
Church of the Redeemer
N. Charles St
Baltimore
Maryland Daffodil Society
Bonsai Club Work Session Set for April at Jesse Smith Road
The Mount Airy Bonsai Club will meet Saturday afternoon April 13 at the Jesse Smith Road greenhouse for a planting and bonsai care program. Public invited, call 829 0777 for details.
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Mount Airy
Jesse Smith Road
Gardens of the World a WorldWide Garden Tour Book
Macmillan publishes Gardens of the World a lavish volume with 260 pages 200 color photos and 15 garden plans. Editors Penelope Hobhouse Elvin McDonald Audrey Hepburn foreword and chapters on Formal Japanese Tropical Country and Public gardens plus roses tulips and flowers.
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Penelope Hobhouse
Elvin McDonald
Macmillan
Sri Lanka
Versailles
Holland
Japan
Maryland Herb Association Holds Third Annual Conference
The Maryland Herb Association held its third annual conference at the Maryland Department of Agriculture in Annapolis with three speakers on herb naming trends disease and propagation issues. An herbal luncheon featured squash soup rosemary bread and rose geranium cake. The group will host a second Herbal Harvest Festival in fall. call Francesca Hedrick at 673-2575 for details.
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Maryland Herb Association
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Annapolis
Francesca Hedrick
Janet Walker
U.S. National Arboretum
Washington, D.C
Maurine Beuhrie
Herbal Connection
Jo Mercer
Harford County
Pheromones Spark Ecological Pest Control Research
Scientists in the 1990s pursue environmentally safe pest control through pheromones insect sex attractants that lure mates. Each species uses unique scents to identify and mate, enabling targeted trapping with synthetic pheromones. About 40 synthetic pheromones already aid in managing troublesome pests. Traps use sticky coatings and pheromone vials hung in fields.
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Boonsboro
Owspa
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Gardens World
Audrey Hepel
Macmillan Publishing Company
Mottisfont Abbey
England
Luxembourg Gardens
Paris
National Tropical Botanical Garden
Hawaii
Audrey Hepburn
Briggs & Stratton
Vanguard
Cap Stine Road
Mt. Zion Rd
Pale
Herb Association
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