Garden seminars and tree workshops in Maryland
Phil Normandy of Brookside Gardens will host a seminar on alkaline soils at 1 p.m. Wednesday March 16 at the Wheaton gardens with a 5 per person fee and registration by calling 929-6510. The Maryland DNR Forest Service offers free tree planting and care workshops 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday March 12 at Greenbriar State Park with classroom and hands-on activities and a certificate of accomplishment for participants who can become tree planting supervisors. advance registration is required at 473-8417 or (410) 974-3776.
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Phil Normandy
Brookside Gardens
Wheaton Gardens
Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service
Greenbriar State Park
Frederick bird club meeting and field trip details
The Frederick County Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society meets at 7 30 p m on Thursday March 3 in Frederick High School music room with naturalist Frank Ryan speaking on wild turkeys once proposed by Ben Franklin as the national bird. A field trip led by Helen Horrocks on Saturday March 12 visits Hughes Hollow Montgomery County to observe the woodcock display flight in the afternoon. For more information call 831 6315.
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Frederick County
The
Maryland Ornithological Society
Frederick High School
Frank Ryan
Ben Franklin
Helen Horrocks
Hughes Hollow
Montgomery County
Violet meeting slated at Frederick recreation center
The Violet Society of Sugar Loaf Mountain will meet Sunday March 13 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Frederick Adult Recreation Center community room. The African Violet Society of America will present a slide show titled The Pittman Way of Growing. For details call 353-9488.
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Sugar Loaf Mountain Violet Society
Frederick Adult Recreation Center
Frederick
African Violet Society of America
Pittman
Winter garden tips and salt damage warning
Winter problems from heavy salt use may injure trees and lawns with leaf burn stunting and shoot blackening. salts with sodium or chloride are especially harmful. To cope, use sand or kitty litter for traction as there is no cure for salt injury. Begin indoor sowing now for cool season vegetables and plan peppers tomatoes and eggplant for March.
Garden with a plan to unite yard spaces and color
Plan your entire yard with a rough sketch marking sun and shade zones. Decide where to plant and how to tie areas together with a color theme. Consider front doors, driveways, and decks for added color, and use bedding plants to brighten shady spots like impatiens begonia and coleus.
Greenhouse Calendar Entries For 1993 Schedule
The Greenhouse Calendar in the Frederick News-Post invites free listings of group activities. Deadline is noon Tuesday for Thursday publication. The current calendar lists seminars and meetings in Carroll County and nearby venues with dates in March.
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Frederick News-Post
Greenhouse
News-Post
Frederick
Williamsburg Garden Symposium and Orchid Society Meeting Date
The notice lists events in April including a Nursery Stock Production session on April 5, Williamsburg Garden Symposium in Williamsburg Virginia from April 10 to 13, and a Maryland Orchid Society meeting at Roland Avenue Baltimore at 7 p.m. on April 21.
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Carroll County
Williamsburg
Maryland Orchid Society
First Christian Church
Roland Ave
Baltimore
Gardening with Children Seminar in Frederick
February 28 event at the Family Life Center Frederick features a gardening seminar for families and children starting at noon. Local organizers invite parents and kids to learn together about planting basics and seasonal care.
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Gardening
Serminar
Family Life Center
Frederick
March 1 to 15 Community Ecology and Garden Events
A schedule of Frederick County and surrounding area events runs from March 1 through March 15. Activities include ornithology meetings, garden workshops, landscape design seminars, maple sugaring, flower show, mushroom seminars, native plant meetings, farmers markets, and tree planting, with locations in Frederick, Wheaton, Westminster, Gaithersburg, Carroll County and Greenbriar State Park.
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Carroll County
Frederick County Ornithological Society
Frederick High School
Brookside Gardens
Wheaton
Greenbriar State Park
Hashawha Environmental Center
Westminster
Philadelphia
Philadelpha Civic Center
Fredenck County
Maryland Native Plant Society
Gaithersburg
North Carroll
South Carroll
Tomatoes and potatoes share the same plant genus
USDA researchers and university scientists find wild tomato and potato species closely related within the Solanum genus based on DNA chloroplast markers and shared plant traits. The work, led by David Spooner and colleagues at Madison, connects Linnaeus original placement with modern genetic evidence.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Carl, Linnaeus
Agricultural
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
David Spooner
Service
Vegetable Corps Research
Madison, Wis
South America
Spooner
Mr. Spooner
Gregory J. Anderson
University of Connecticut
Robert K. Jansen
University of Texas
Solanum
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National Garden Bureau
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Stine
Zee
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Abalas Ban
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H.8. Duvall, Inc
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