Landscape talk on residential renovation in Frederick
Brian Kopec senior director of landscape operations for A Neater Nature Inc will speak to the Garden Club of Frederick at 10:30 a.m. Friday Feb 8 at 400 Rockwell Terrace Frederick. He will share tips and trade secrets from his design team and answer questions. Call 301-947-9747 or visit nature.com for details.
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Brian Kopec
Nature Inc Aid
Natuce Companies
Frederick
Garden Club of
Rockwell Terrace
Kopec
Wwwanture.com
Maryland Christmas Tree Association
Wesern
Maryland College
Westminster
Behnke Nurseries
Beltsville
Lower Hall
Church of the Transfiguration
Maryland Age
Agriculture Center
Marvand Department of Agriculture
Annapolis
Orchid Society meeting to feature slide show
The Catoctin Orchid Society will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday February 19 in Braddock Heights at the Church of the Transfiguration tower hall. A new American Orchid Society slide show What Are Orchids will open the program. The COS invites anyone interested in orchids to attend. for details call 301-293-4245.
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Catoctin Orchid Society
COS
Church of the Transfiguration
Braddock Heights
American Orchid Society
Seminars Offered at Behnke Nurseries Beltsville
Behnke Nurseries hosts free gardening seminars in the Assembly Room of the Marist Building at the Beltsville nursery. Space is limited. reservations are recommended. Feb. 16 features June Traunfeld on soil types and soil improvement for a beautiful garden.
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Behnke Nurseries Company
Rygm
Marist
Beltsville
ALM Am
Traunfeld
Home and Garden Information Center
Dottie Jacobsen
Pam
Attium
Jim Gallion
National Wildlife Federation
Lo Register
Birchwood Suet Feeder Workshop Offered in Sykesville
A workshop to make a birchwood suet feeder will run from 7 to 30 p.m. Wednesday February 20 at Piney Run Nature Center Gunter 20 Mars Road Sykesville. The price is 12 dollars per feeder for all ages. For information or to register call 410 795 6043.
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Piney Run
Mars Road
Sykesville
Tree and shrub lecture by Steven Allgeier at Piney Run Nature Center
Steven Allgeier of the Carroll County Extension Office will discuss how to grow native trees and shrubs. The program takes place at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday February 27 at the Piney Run Nature Center in Sykesville. Bring garden questions and call 40756043 to register.
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Steven Allgeier
Carroll County Extension Office
Piney Run Nalure Center
Sykesville
Philadelphia Flower Show Announces CD Garden Exhibit
The Philadelphia Flower Show runs March 3 through 10 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. J Franklin Styer Nurseries unveils a CD Garden with coating reflections on new plants, plus a life size heron sculpture by J Clayton Bright and three unusual container arrangements. More details at philaflowershow.com.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Convention Center
J. Franklin Styer
Unionville
J. Clayton Bright
Philaflowershow
GardenScape Grea Rochester Flower Show at Dome Center
GardenScape presents The Grea Rochester Viewer and Garden Shon at the Dome Center Henrietta from Thursday to Sunday March 20 to 17. Hours run 9 am to 9 pm Thursday through Saturday and 1 pm to 3 pm Sunday. Tickets 10 for adults 5 for ages 6 to 12 and free for younger children. Discounts for seniors and show series. Theme Bursting with Calor features 10000 tulips dalladils and vibrant blooms with hourly seminars and 78 vendors. Landscape pros offer advice. More info at wow roches flower show.
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Grea Rochester
GardenScape
Dome Center
Henrietta
N.Y
Wow.roches
Maryland youths design stamps for Junior Duck Stamp Program
Youngsters across Maryland and the nation learn wildlife conservation while creating stamps for the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Program and Scholarship Competition. The deadline is Friday March 15 for entries from students through 12th grade. First, second, and third place receive ribbons. Maryland Best of Show earns a savings bond to progress to the national contest. The winning national design will appear on the Federal Junior Duck Stamp. For info and materials visit bitly/duckstampws.gov or call 301-497-5761 or 301-954-1461.
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Maryland
United States
Baed
Bitoy
Duckstampws.gov
Garden club calendar notes February horticulture events
A cluttered list of February seminars and meetings across Maryland and nearby areas. Include talks at Behnke Nurseries Beltsville and Westminster, September Behnke Nurseries, plus the National Arboretum and Garden clubs. Highlights cover perennials, birds, deer management, nutrient planning, design courses, and the Mid Atlantic Direct Marketing Conference.
Veggie greenhouse dreams for Mars in Colorado project
A University of Colorado aerospace team designs a Mars greenhouse to grow leafy greens, strawberries, and rice on the Red Planet. The project aims to provide food and oxygen for 20 years, blending inflatable shells with radiation shielding and light panels while preparing public outreach.
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Boulder
Colo
Mars
Red
Earth
University of Colorado
Aerospace Engineering Department
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mbacy
Burke
Art
Texas Space Grant Consortium
MarsPort
Shawn Bockstahler
Tiida’ Uiuths
Milton
Cornell University
Olin College of Engineering
St. Louis University
Universities of Florida
University of Central Morida
Fort
Jim Clawson
Clawson
Trry
Bartt
Aaron Frey
Frey
Visi
Fiaid
Monarch butterfly releases face new USDA limits
A proposed USDA rule would largely ban shipping and releasing nonnative and six other butterfly species between states for weddings education projects and memorials drawing sharp debate. Proponents say the aim is to protect plants while breeders and advocates warn the plan could curb education and harm butterfly populations.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Jacob Groth
Swallowtail Farms
Carmichael
Calif
International Butterfly Breeders Association
Beniya
Morehan
International Butterfly Breeders Associaton
Groth
Forcing bulbs guide with cold and light rules
Indoor bulb forcing explained with precise cold treatment durations per bulb type, pot setup, lighting, and gradual warming. Includes special cases for Narcissus and paperwhite varieties and common mistakes, with a contact number for more guidance.
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Dening Seavinan Behihe Nurseries
Bellsville
Sykissville
Nasas Kenedy Space Center
Amdalas
Arthur M. Shapiro
University of California, Davis
Meghan Thoms
Jing Ropers
UST
Shapiro
USIA
Jelleey Glasberg
Hutterfly Association
New Jersey
USD Animal and Mant Health Inspection Service
Robert Bishop
Hextieninure
Patsy
Wywagnmuind Cdunsersiheig
Ghe Frederich
Frederick County
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