Garden club meeting set at New Market Grange Hall
New Market Garden Club members meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday April 21 for a workshop on azalea cuttings after the business meeting conducted by Emile Decker. For more information call Pat Tarpley at 410 7750109. The Mount Airy Farmer's Market seeks fruit and vegetable vendors to fill space. opens Tuesday May 19 and runs through September, open every Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Call Mary Hershelman at 301 8291478.
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New Market Garden Club
New Market Grange Hall
Emile Decker
Pat Tarpley
Mount Airy
Mary Hershelman
Goose Creek Herb Guild 18th Annual Fair at Oatlands
The Goose Creek Herb Guild holds its 18th annual herb fair and sale on Saturday May 2 at Oatlands Plantation in Leesburg Virginia. The event features baked goods music crafts and home and garden items with a free admission and a catered herbal lunch. For details contact Oatlands at 703 777 3174.
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Goose Creek Herb Guild
Oatlands Plantation
Leesburg
Oatlands
Hopkins Garden Day Plant Sale Sets May Event
The ninth annual Hopkins Garden Day Plant Sale runs 10 am to 7 pm Friday May 1 at the Carriage House in Evergreen Baltimore. It features herbs flowers grasses and landscape design materials with garden tours starting at noon. Admission is free. Call (410) 516-0341 for more information.
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Evergreen
Baltimore
Nature program Discovery Days II scheduled in Littlestown
A nature program Discovery Days II will run 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday May 2 at Littlestown High School Outdoor Environmental School. Participants explore streams with a biologist observe birds of prey in habitat and conduct stream water chemistry tests. Information at 301 8980133 or 410 7557434.
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Littlestown
Pick Your Own Flowers Opens At Farmhouse Brookeville
Farmhouse Flowers and Plants in Brookeville begins pick your own flowers in June with 4 to 7 p.m. hours Monday through Friday. Available varieties include zinnias lilies sunflowers larkspur tall phlox and 60 other cut flowers. Call Dave Dowling at 301 963 5044 for details. The Moonlit Garden by Scott Ogden releases in May featuring 65 full color photos and a $16.95 price. To order call 800 275 8188. Brookside Gardens hosts its third annual sculpture show from May 2 to July 5 daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with local sculptors amid tropical flora. Call 301 949 8230 for more information.
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Brookeville
Dave Dowling
Scott Ogden
Brookside Gardens
Carroll County 4 H Outdoor Fun Club Meets April 22
The Carroll County 4 H Outdoor Fun Club will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday April 22 at the Carroll County Agricultural Center in Westminster. Discussion covers forestry and wildlife judging programs for youths interested in trees wildlife and habitats. For information contact Carrie Sellman at Carroll County Office two numbers provided.
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Carroll County
Carroll County Agricultural Center
Westminster
Carrie Sellman
Baltimore African Violet Club Spring Show and Sale
The Baltimore African Violet Club schedules its annual spring show and sale for Friday May 8 and Saturday May 9 at the North Plaza Mall Baltimore. The event opens at 1 p.m. Friday and runs all day Saturday with varieties of house plants and growing supplies for sale. For information contact Shirley Huffman at 301 953 7554.
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Baltimore
African Violet Club
North Plaza
Shirley Huffman
Horticulture classes offered at Carroll County center
Carroll County Cooperative Extension announces two horticulture classes at the Carroll County Agricultural Center in Westminster. A twig trellis workshop with Mark Cherry runs 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday May 16, priced at 35 dollars. A kitchen pharmacy herb workshop with Lynn Shumake runs 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday June 6, cost 25 dollars. Advanced registration is required. contact Lisa Spense at (410) 848-4611 or (410) 875-2801 on Mondays or Thursdays.
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Carroll County Cooperative Extension Office
Carroll County Agricultural Center
Westminster
Mark Cherry
Lynn Shumake
Lisa Spense
Garden thugs creep into yards in invasive plant spread
Landscape designer Leslie Aldridge warns of aggressive plants like euonymus and miscanthus that invade beds or require regular spraying. University horticulturists, including Joellen Houston and Larry Wilson, name privet and Japanese honeysuckle as top threats, noting they choke natives and even kill trees if unchecked.
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Leslie Aldridge
Aldridge
Joellen Houston
University of Memphis
Houston
Privet
Larry Wilson
Lichterman Nature Center
Memphis
Wilson
Gardens as a wonderland for children to learn from nature
The article extols children's gardens as hands on learning spaces where kids observe growth from seed to sprout, care for plants, and learn responsibility. It highlights projects at Lake Park Elementary in Naples, Florida, including a medicinal garden and butterfly garden, and advises age appropriate crops, pesticide caution, and engaging garden themes to spur curiosity and basic economics through harvested produce.
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Linda Denning
Collier County
Fla
Bob Petersen
Collier County Cooperative Agricultural Extension Service
Petersen
Lake Park Elementary School
Naples
Lake Park
Conservancy
Florida
Sharon Camp
Cherisse Dougherty
Julie Bolock
Mary Thomas
Camp
Million Bells: New Calibrachoa plant debuts in North America
A spring launch introduces Million Bells, a compact Calibrachoa resembling tiny petunias. Available in Cherry Pink Trailing Blue Trailing Pink and a white cultivar, the plant thrives in baskets or as ground cover and remains dense with hundreds of blooms from spring to late fall.
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Europe
Suntory Ltd
Japan
South America
Suntory
North America
Proven Winners
Bear Creek Gardens, Inc
Benefits of composting for soil health and home gardens
The guide explains how composting turns yard waste into humus that improves soil structure drainage and aeration while boosting nutrients and moisture retention. It covers heat temperatures 140 160 degrees F how microbes fight disease and insects and outlines a simple method with materials ingredients layering turning and weather considerations. It also notes an Open Yard event in Frederick county April 18 with experts and a free extension publication available.
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Maryland
Frederick County
Tess Wynn
Frederick County Cooperative Extension Office
Monievue Lane
Frederick
April Garden Events Calendar Highlights
A comprehensive list of April gardening events across Maryland including workshops at Carroll County Extension Office in Westminster, plant sales at U.S National Arboretum and Brookside Gardens, seminars in Bethesda Wheaton and Timonium, garden tours in Middleburg and Virginia Beach, plus education programs for children and environmental festivals from April 16 to 29. Notable items include the Seventh Annual Garden Fair and Plant Sale at the National Arboretum and the Historic Garden Week in Middleburg.
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Carroll County
Westminster
Maryland Orchid Society
Owings Mill
Maryland State Fairgrounds
Timonium
U.S National Arboretum
Washington
D.C
McCrillis Gardens
Bethesda
Brookside Gardens
Wheaton
Childrens’ Carnivorous Plant
Middleburg
New Market Garden Club
New Market Grange Hall
Virginia Beach
Virginia
Carroll County Agricultural Center
Shenandoah-Potomac Council of Garden Clubs
Delmarva
Ocean City
Earthworks
Bear Branch Nature Center
Frederick City
William R Talley Recreation Center
Frederick
Bird Friendly Back Yard Recipes With Simple Birdfeeder Crafts
Rebecca Jones offers easy spring friendly bird foods and crafts. Recipes include bird bread suet cones and cups garlands and bird cake using suet peanut butter cornmeal oats and seeds. Simple steps and kid friendly guidance help attract sparrows robins jays waxwings and other birds to your yard.
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Scripps Howard News Service
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Middletown
Frank Kennedy Ford
Green Acre Nursery
Ed Crone
Mt. Phillip Road
Fred Archibald
Focal Steiner
Ogg
Cap Stine
ML Zion
Lawn & Garden
Wild Bird Company
West Rule
Frederick Towne Mall
Stover Hearth & Patio
The
Frederich
Joann Houck
Union Bridge
Sunnybank Farm Garden Center
Taneytown
By Rebecca Jones
Lilypons Water Gardens
Buckeystown
Lilypons Road
Kohler
Ie Buogs & Stratton Vanguard
E-Vac
Cadet
H.B. Duvail, Inc
E. Patrick St
Cader
MTD
Shadis the Heartland the Bar
Banmore
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Phives
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