Garden news and charity events from New Market area
Darrell McCartney of Frederick County Forestry Board donated nature study books to all 30 county elementary schools during an in-service training for science teachers. The New Market Garden Club hosts a used book sale December 4 and 5 to aid flood victims in Hamburg, Iowa. The Maryland Organic Certification Advisory Committee meets December 14 at 9:30 a.m. in Annapolis.
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Darrell McCartney
Frederick County Forestry Board
County Forestry Board
New
Black Eyed Stella tops All-America Daylily honors 1994
Hybridizer Jack Roberson created Black Eyed Stella after 3000 crosses to surpass Stella de Oro. The daylily, introduced by American Daylily & Perennials Inc. of Grain Valley Missouri, thrives from Minnesota to Florida with bloom periods up to 300 days. It withstands heat, cold, drought, and pests.
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Nantes Fla
Long Beach
Calif
Blue Ridge Mountains
North Carolina
Angelo Cerchione
All-America Daylily Selection Council
AADSC
Missouri
Cerchione
Minnesota
Florida
USDA
Maryland choose and cut Christmas tree farms listed statewide
Maryland families flock to 75 choose and cut farms across counties including Frederick Westminster and Reisterstown areas. Farms offer Scotch and White Pine, Douglas and Fraser Fir, Norway spruce, blue spruce, with weekend hours and local directions, contact numbers provided for Feldhof Hirt JCK and other farms.
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Maryland
Frederick County
SW. Davidson
Reisterstown
Perth
Emory Church Road
Bill Fanning
Feldhof Farm
Westminster
Leisters Church Road
Neudecker Road
Arnold Road
Clyde Hirt
Joseph and
John C. Kirby
JCK Christmas Tree Farm
Mayberry Road
Christmas tree care tips and local farm selections
A guide to choosing and caring for fresh trees, including why fresh needles bend, how to cut the butt, and water keeping advice. The piece surveys area tree farms and farms offering Scotch, White, Austrian pines, Blue and Norway spruce, and Douglas fir near Westminster, Mount Airy, Poolesville, Ashton, and Hagerstown with open hours and contact details.
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Poolesville
Barbara
Clinton Wells
Elmer School Road
McRoberts
Roslyn Farm
Buzz
Caroline Hussman
Ashton
New Hampshire Avenue
Mount Hope Farms
Danny Blickenstaff
Hagerstown
U.S. 40
South Mountain Plantation
Boonsboro
South Mountain
Gary Cline
Cleveland Town Road
December Greenhouse Calendar Highlights and Meetings
A compact list of garden club and agricultural events includes Rose Hill Garden Club at the Holiday Inn near Francis Scott Key Mall in Frederick on December 2 at 10 30 a.m. Maryland Organic Certification Advisory Committee meets December 14 at the Maryland Department of Agriculture. A Casual Garden Club Christmas Tea is slated for December 15 at the Charles Conley home along with a Cultural Landscape Seminar from December 15 to 18 at the Ramada Inn in Gettysburg.
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Rose Hill
Holiday Inn
Francis Scott Key Mall
Frederick
Maryland Organic Certification Advisory Committee
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Charles Conley
Ramada Inn
Gettysburg
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Garden News
Annapolis
Fred Archibald
Daylily
Black Eyed Stella
Mr. Roberson
White Flower Farm
Litchfield
Conn
Carroll County
Christmas Tree Care
Pine Valley Farms
Jane Wolfe
Woodbine
Fancie Dorsey
Mount Ace
Ot Dama
Mik Rhodes
Gillis Falls
Davis Road
Silver Run
E&e Trees Inc
Wayne Thomas
Manchester
Howard County
Greenway Paris Winery
David Anal
Marianne Healey
Monticello Drive
Reps Road
Sykesville
Kyne
Phillip W
Joy Kyne
Old Frederick Road
Underwood Road
Forsythe Road
Guy L Moore
Larkland Farm
Lisbon
Montgomery County
Butler
Butler’s
Damascus
Om Fight. Co .m
Washington County
Beth LaVallee
Fendiones
Alberta
Norway
Colorado
Poinsettias
Fri
Satia
All Colors Mountainside Gardens
Main St
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