Garden seminar for new gardeners at Jaycee office
Frederick Jaycees host a beginner gardener seminar at 2 pm on Sunday March 15 at the Jaycee office Everedy Square Frederick Scott Bartel will share tips on soil conditioning planning plant selection and care The seminar is open to the public no fee or registration required For more information call 301 663 4432
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Frederick Jaycees
Jaycee
Everedy Square
Frederick Home
Scott Bartel
Carroll County names two new master gardeners
The Carroll County Extension Service certifies two new master gardeners, Mary Decker of Westminster and Patrice Bennett of Union Town, after completing 30 hours of training and 30 hours of service. The 30-hour training runs Oct 5 to 9. For more information, call Lisa Spence at (410) 848-4611.
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Carroll County Extension Service
Mary Decker
Westminster
Patrice Bennett
Uniontown
Carroll County
Lisa Spence
House and garden tours slated in West Virginia and Pennsylvania
The Shenandoah Potomac Council of Garden Clubs in West Virginia will hold its 43rd house and garden tour from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 25 and 26 featuring eight locations plus galleries and historic sites. Admission is 10 for adults and 5 for children. single-house entries cost 3 and 2 respectively. For details, call 1 800 498 2336. The 15th Dumuth Garden Tour occurs June 13 and 14 in Lancaster Pennsylvania with tickets 10 per person, visiting estate and city gardens including Conestoga House and suburban plots. For information call (717) 394 6671.
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Shenandoah-Potomac
Lancaster
Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage Tours in Spring
The 61st Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage runs Saturdays 10am to 5pm from April 18 to May 30 with a boat cruise wrap up on May 30. Tickets are $20 per day. homes span Charles Dorchester Talbot Howard Washington counties and Baltimore Mount Washington. For details call 410 821 6933. Ten white flowering dogwood trees offered with National Arbor Day Foundation membership at $10 per person, includes Tree Book. Send to National Arbor Day Foundation 100 Arbor Avenue Nebraska City NE 68410 by March 31.
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Maryland
National Arbor Day Foundation
Trees of America
Arbor Day Foundation
Arbor Avenue
Nebraska City
Neb
Open house at Fountain Rock Nature Center scheduled
Fountain Rock Nature Center will host an open house at 2 p m on Saturday March 14 near Walkersville. The program features bluebird expert Betty Nicols and open houses will run the second Saturday of each month 1 to 4 p m through the year with no charge. For more information call 301 898 1460.
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Fountain Rock Nature Center
Walkersville
Betty Nicols
Behnke Nurseries Seminar Weekend at Beltsville
Behnke Nurseries Garden Center offers free seminars on Saturday March 21 and Sunday March 22 in the Behnke's florist building assembly room Beltsville. Carole Ottesen discusses native plant gardens at 10am Saturday Dr Rob Gnesbach covers exotic houseplants at 1pm Sunday Eric Morrison surveys annuals and unusual varieties at 1pm Sunday Reservations are requested. space is limited. For information call 301 937 1100.
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Behnke Nurseries Garden Center
Carole Ottesen
America
Rob Gnesbach
Eric Morrison
Behnke
Beltsville
Historic Garden Week in Virginia Sets Tour Dates
Historic Garden Week runs Saturday through April 25 with Winchester tours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 18 and 1 to 5 p.m. on April 19 featuring five Shenandoah Valley homes. Tickets cost 15 dollars for adults and 8 for children. call 540-837-2323 for details. Middleburg hosts five homes from 12 to 5 p.m. on April 19 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 20. single house admission 5 dollars, all homes 20 dollars. Call 540-687-8888 for more information.
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Virginia
Winchester-Clarke Garden Club
Little Garden Club of
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Middleburg
Praying mantis cocoons turn profit for Ohio farmer
Weston Ohio AP report details Don Schooner selling praying mantis cocoons to brokers for sale to gardeners seeking natural pest control. He earns about 30 dollars an hour gathering 100 to 150 cocoons hourly, with orders exceeding 110000 cocoons for a season running November to April. Workers number 45 to 50, many earning around nine dollars an hour, while birds damage some cocoons.
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Weston
Ohio
Don Schooner
Steve Hazzard
Organic Con
Trol Inc
Hazzard
Schooner
Toledo
Cocuuis
Magnus the purple cone flower named 1998 Perennial Plant of the Year
The Perennial Plant Association selects Echinacea purpurea Magnu s as 1998 Perennial Plant of the Year. Magnus Nilsson in Sweden bred the cultivar noted for bold carmine flowers and long midsummer bloom and its propagation methods and garden uses are described.
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Perennial Plant Association
Rudbeckia
North America
Magnus
Magnus Nilsson
Paarp
Sweden
Helsingor
Nilsson
Mr. Nilsson
Klaus Jelitto
The
EPA issues new guidelines for lawn mower engines
The EPA requires gas powered equipment under 25 hp made after September 1997 to cut emissions by 35 percent. Sears and other retailers will carry mowers with leaner fuel mixes, longer warm up, and improved reliability. The Craftsman 6.75 hp OHV engine promises 25 percent better fuel efficiency and quieter operation with a hardened lubrication system and automotive style air filter.
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Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Bob Mackey
Sears Lawn Mower
Sears
Craftsman
Brian Minter debuts gardening video series from Superior Home Video
Renowned gardening expert Brian Minter presents seven new videos covering seed germination techniques vegetable gardening and hanging baskets. Series include Successful Germinating Techniques Successful Gardening Techniques and Successful Hanging Baskets with practical how to advice and real garden demonstrations. Also offered How To Make Rustic Garden Furniture with Kim Elrond. Prices and ordering details provided.
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Brian Minter
Brian
Minter Gardens
Superior
John Travolta
Kim Elrond
Superior Home Video
N. Pepper Rd
Barrington
SuperiorVideo.com
Garden books offer guidelines for stylish, sustainable plots
A review roundup covers John Brookes Natural Landscapes and Gardener Cook by Christopher Lloyd, Indoor Plants by Jane Courtier and Graham Clarke, DK pocket guides Garden Herbs and 101 Essential Tips, The American Horticultural Society A Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, The Encyclopedia of Gardening, Botanica The Illustrated A Z of Over 10 000 Garden Plants, Mrs Green thumbs Plows Ahead Five Steps to the Drop Dead Gorgeous Garden of Your Dreams by Cassandra Danz.
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John Brookes
DK Publishing
Brookes
Christopher Lloyd
Willow Creek Press
Lesley Bremness
Pippa Greenwood
American Horticultural Society
DE Publishing
Christopher Brickell
Judith D. Zuk
Botanica
Random House
Garden events calendar for March and bloomfest schedule
A dense schedule of garden related programs across Maryland including Master Gardener seminars at Howard County Central Library in Columbia on March 12, various home and flower shows at Timonium and Frederick venues, several gardening clinics in Emmitsburg Walkersville and Hagerstown, and workshops at Greenbriar State Park Brookside Gardens and Behnke Nurseries from March 14 to March 21. Highlights include Bloomfest 98 at Frederick Fairgrounds and multiple plant seminars featuring natives and annuals.
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Howard County Central Library
Columbia
Maryland
Maryland State Fairgrounds
Timonium
Emmitsburg
Fountain Rock
Jaycee
Everedy Square
Frederick
Frederick City Recreation Center
William R. Talley Recreation Center
Family Life Center
New Market Elementary Schoool
Frederick County
Frederick Fairgrounds
Behnke Nurseries Garden Center
Beltsville
Belisville
Lawn mower safety urged for families with kids
Atlanta AP Maryann Johnston emergency nurse at Egleston Children’s Hospital urges indoor safety for children during lawn mowing. She notes mower injuries send over 7 500 kids to ER yearly and 75 riding mower deaths occur annually, urging no child riding, daily safety checks, no headphones, and daylight mowing.
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Atlanta
Maryann Johnston
Egleston Children’s Hospital
Emory University
Johnston
Garden seed catalog offers Burpee varieties and more
Armchair gardeners can order spring seeds from Burpee and Park Seed catalogs featuring Ruby Queen corn, Sweet Sunshine carrot, Tears of Fire Pepper, Bright Lights Swiss Chard, Brittany Red Shallot, Black Krim Tomato, Moonshadow and more. Packets priced from $1.95 to $69.95, with multiple seed counts per item.
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Park
Brittany
Cook’s Garden
France
Crimean Peninsula
Black Sea
Burpee
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