Volunteers Needed at Gathland Park for Site Maintenance
The Friends of Gathland State Park seek adults and responsible teens to rake prune mow and plant in the visitor area near Burkittsville. Clean-up days run 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays June 3 17 and July 8 22 with Marge Magruder at 371-0923 for details. A recycling meeting June 1 7–8 p.m. at Carroll County Extension Office kicks off Dont Bag It with partners explaining the program benefits to residents.
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Meadow at New Market Grand Opening Garden Seminars
Gardening advice accompanies the Meadow at New Market grand opening with hourly landscape design talks on evergreens and flowering perennials at 3 4 and 5 pm and two antique expert sessions at noon 1 and 2 pm both days June 4 and 11. Presentations are free and directions show Meadow Way entrance off Md 75 after I 70 exit 62. Call Mary O'Brien at 831-9000 for more information.
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Maryland urged to plant Liberty elms for Oklahoma City victims
Governor Glendening and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources offer a Liberty elm to each county and Baltimore City as a living memorial to the Oklahoma City bombing victims. Call DNR Forest Service at 410 974 3776 for seedlings or saplings and more information.
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Glendening
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Peony Gardens at Seneca Creek to Bloom Soon
Peony fields at Seneca Creek State Park on Clopper Road near Gaithersburg prepare for bloom with blossoms from white to deep red. Once Schwarz Peony Gardens and later part of Seneca Creek Park, the grounds hold over 40,000 plants moved there in the 1940s by Hannah and Albert Gloyd. The park charges $1 on weekends holidays. weekdays are free. seniors and children in car seats are exempt.
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Brookside Gardens Offers June Educational Programs
Brookside Gardens sponsors a June program series at the Nature Center and library in Wheaton. June 1 at 7 p.m. covers gardens in Scotland with $5 admission and pre registration. June 2 at 10 a.m. discusses flowers in the kitchen with a herb and flower cooking demo for $10. June 7 at 6:30 p.m. features an evening stroll free of charge with no registration. Contact 929 6510 for details.
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Woodlot income program at Western Maryland Field Day
The Maryland Cooperative Extension Service and Maryland Forests Association host a free session on using and managing timber for extra income. Highlights cover portable bandsaw sawmills, operating basics, profit potential, woodlot improvements, and marketing secondary forest products during the Western Maryland Loggers and Forestry Field Day at Garrett County Fairgrounds on June 10. Contact Steve Bogash at 432-4492 for details.
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Garrett County Fairgrounds
Maryland
Park Heights Farmers Market opens third season at Pimlico
The Park Heights Community Farmers Market opens its third season on Wednesday June 7 at the Pimlico Race Course parking lot. The market runs noon to 6 p.m. every Wednesday through November 22. For more information call Albert Henry at 410-542-6610.
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1996 All America Rose Selections Winners Introduced
The 1996 AARS winners present a color kaleidoscope for home gardens. Carefree Delight debuts as a landscape shrub rose with carmine pink petals and a creamy white center. Livin Easy brings apricot orange blooms and black spot resistance, while St Patrick shows chartreuse buds and yellow gold flowers. Mt Hood offers ivory white, old rose fragrance, and a snow cap look. The four new roses debut spring 1996 after a two year trial by AARS, a non profit promoting rose research since 1938.
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Larry Burks
Craig Deane
Dutch Plant Farm
Southampton
Jack Harkness
Weeks Roses
Mt. Hood
Sam McGredy IV
Certified Roses Inc
United States
All-America Rose Selections
Association For
Rose Research and Promotion
Carpenter bees and powder post beetles threaten wooden homes
Bees and beetles can chew wood, leaving small round or oval holes and sawdust piles. Carpenter bees tunnel into clapboards and eaves, preferring unfinished rough wood, often reusing old galleries. They are large and usually non aggressive, while powder post beetles hollow out wood, causing slow but serious damage.
Plan for a child's garden
Gardening for children should be fun from their view says the National Gardening Bureau. Skip radishes as kids rarely like them. Jane Taylor from Michigan State University and Adrianne Licciardello from Brooklyn Botanic Garden recommend carrots as the top kid friendly crop.
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Jane Taylor
Michigan State University
Adrianne Licciardello
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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