Tarara Nurser and Winer Host Sixth Annual Garden Day
Tarara Nurser and Winery host the sixth annual Virgin Suns and Landscape Association Field Day on Friday Aug 17 at the farm. The event features exhibits and demonstrations of horticultural products and research talks with tours of acres, blackberry pedang contest, and a barbecue lunch. For more information contact Mark Nowich or Ann Gartner at TH T100 ext 241 703.
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Tarara
Virgin Suns
Mark Nowich
Ann Gartner
Water program at Straw berry Hall Nature Center Aug 14
A water program led by Jon Mother Nature runs from 10 am to 1 pm on Saturday August 14 at Straw berry Hall Nature Center and Preserve in Fairfield Pennsylvania. The session explores creeks and ponds with a $5 fee for children ages 4 to 6 including a take-home craft. Adults may stay and bring lunch. For more information call 717 642 584 between 9 am and 5 pm.
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Jon
Strawberry Hall Nature Center
Fairfield
Tomatoes Taste-Off and Lawn Seminar At Maryland Events
The Beltsville site hosts the Sixth Annual Tomato Taste-Off from 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday August 25 with a free booklet of recipes and tomato culture. Behnke Nurseries holds a lawn care seminar at 10 am on Saturday September 1 in Largo led by Tom Jarvis, with Gene Sumi headlining in Beltsville, plus two numbers for more info. Ten white dogwood trees will be given to each National Arbor Day Foundation member joining in August, shipped postpaid with instructions. send a $10 contribution to Ten Dogwoods, National Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City, Nobbit, by Friday August 2.
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Beltsville
Behnke Nurseries
Tom Jarvis
Largo
Gene Sumi
National Arbor Day Foundation
Dogwoods
Arbor Ave
Nebraska City
Nobbit
Tea Etiquette Party for Children at Brookside Gardens
A children s program invites kids to learn tea etiquette socialize and play a garden game from 2 to 3 30 p m Sunday Sept 2 at the Anderson Island Pavilion Brookside Gardens Wheaton The $10 fee requires registration Dress in party attire For details or registration call 301 962 1451 or visit www brooksidegardens org
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Anderson Island
Brookside Gardens
Wheaton
Brooksidegardens.org
Monkton
Western Maryland Hospital Center
Hagerstown
Garden event calendar for August to September
Virginia and Behnke Nurseries host a string of horticulture events from Aug 17 to Sept 20. Included are field days, seminars, concerts, a tomato taste off, tea party, children events, classes, and a garden gala at venues in Leesburg Beltsville Beltsville Largo Wheaton Monkton Hagerstown and Monkton.
Garden decor sales bloom as industry stays strong
U S sales of lawn and garden accessories rise toward 6.3 billion this year amid an 9 percent gain over two years despite the downturn. Experts note instant gratification from decor items like sundials wind chimes and garden statues fuels demand at the National Hardware Show.
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Chicago
National Hardware Show
Jeff Lorey
U.S
Robert Borta
Henn Sadie Int
Rack Cohen
Ann Arbor
RSA Industries
Echo Valley
North America
Arnold Rossi
QMT Associates
Manassas Park
Walt Disney Co
Saies
Borta
Pick the perfect plant for narrow spaces
Narrow growing choices for small spaces highlighted with terms like columnar fastigiate and upright silhouettes. Guides include Skyrocket juniper, Stovepipe yew, Dawyck beech, and multiple ornamentals such as Emerald arborvitae, Holmstrup arborvitae, Dragon Lady holly, Bowhall red maple, and Fastigiata English oak. Beware Lombardy poplar due to disease.
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Lombardy
First bloom in 20 years of night blooming century plant
Madalene Eyler of Clover Hill owns the century plant that has opened to full bloom after two decades, with the blossom appearing around 11 p.m. It shows the remarkable growth from bud to flower in a rare event for the garden.
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Madalene Eyler
Clover Hill
Fall garden prep for perennials with division and mulch care
Fall is ideal to divide overgrown perennials such as hostas daylilies Rudbeckia and iris to promote rebloom and space. Plant in fall for larger better blooms next year while pruning and cleanup help prepare beds. Maintain moisture avoid fall fertilization and mulch sparingly.
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Frederick County
Sience
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