Greenhouse News Members plan sanctuary and butterfly garden
The New Market Garden Club met on February 19 at Norma Nottingham's home with Bill Becraft of the Audubon Society presenting plans for a Fred Archibald bird sanctuary. A March 2 meeting at Charlotte Moreau's home featured Gail Shane of Forever Flowers Mount Airy. The Hospice House on Kimmel Road will be dedicated in June, and plans include a butterfly garden.
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New Market Garden Club
Norma Nottingham
Bill Becraft
Augubon Society
Fred Archibald
Charlotte Moreau
Gail Shane
Forever Flowers
Mount Airy
Kimmel Road
Elit Meanders
Learn to propagate trees Dr Milbockes presents TreeStart
Dr Daniel Milbockes of Virginia Tech will lead a program on TreeStart propagation from seeds cuttings and grails at 10 am Saturday March 16 at Emmitsburg Public Library South Seton Avenue. Admission is free with a question and answer session. Presented by New Forest Society Inc promoting reforestation in northern Frederick County. For more information call 201-271-4489.
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Daniel Milbockes
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Emmitsburg Public Library
Seton Avenue
Crewe
New Forest Society Inc
Frederick County
Bor
Gardening Seminars by Behnke Nurseries Busy Weekend
Behnke Nurseries Co invites the public to free gardening seminars at the Florist Building on Baltimore Avenue in Bultsvills. Cindy Brown of Green Spring Gardens Pack discusses vegetables and herbs for regional cuisine at 1 a.m. Saturday March 16, followed by Perennially Yours with a plant list. Joel Lerner covers Landscaping a Newly Built Home at 1 p.m. Sunday March 17 detailing soil prep and foundation plantings. Call 401-937-1100 to register.
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Behnke Nursenes Co
Bultsvills
Baltimore Avenue
Marely
Cindy Brown
Green Spring Gardens Pack
Spa
Joel Lerner
Indoor garden demonstration at Willlunsport Retirement Village
Denny Warrenfeltz of Roustervang Gardens will lead a 7 p.m. Tuesday March 19 demonstration on using blooming and green plants, herbs, fresh flowers and wins to create indoor gardens. Reservations are recommended. refreshments provided. Call 301-223-7971 for details or to register.
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Denny Warrenfeltz
Roustervang Gardens
Willlunsport
N. Artizan St. Beate
Carve a Bluebird Woodworking Class Offered
Adult carving session runs from March 19 to May at Piney Run Nature Center in Sykesville. Instructor Bernice Culver demonstrates carving shaping and painting a bluebird. Fee five dollars per person. Call 410-795-0043 for details or registration.
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Tesdys
Piney Ren
Silver Fancy Garden Club Presentation in Taneytown
The Silver Fancy Garden Club of Taneytown Emmitsbure invites the public to hear Right Plant Right Place by Joe Otte. The program starts at 1 pm on Thursday March 21 at the Taneytown Senior Center. Light refreshments will be served. For more information contact Sara Lowe atti THB-2217.
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Silver Fancy Garden Club
Taneytown-Emmitsbure
Joe Otte
Taneytown Senior Center
Sara Lowe Atti
Seed propagation talk at Brookside Gardens event
Bert Zeller of Brookside Gardens will demonstrate starting and growing unusual, hard to find annals from 1 to 2 30 pon Thursday March 24 in the visitors center adult classroom. The $11 fee requires registration. Topics cover soil mixes timing for cuttings and vegetables and routing methods. Call 301 962 2451 or visit brooksidegardens org for information or registration.
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Bert Zeller
Brookside Gardens
Visitors Center
Tan
Yisil Ween Brooksidegardens.org
Brookside Gardens Master Plan Meeting Planned Friday
Brookside Gardens in Wheaton will host a public briefing from 1 to 2 30 p m Friday March 24 on the Brookside Master Plan. The session is free with 10 registrations required. For details call 301 162 1451.
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Brookside Gardens
Wheaton
Brookside
Lighting tips talk at Brookside Gardens Wheaton
Paul Sedlesian of Wuntinala leads a session on exterior lighting basics covering good and bad practices. The event runs 10 to 11:31 am Saturday March 23 in the visitors center adult classroom. Fee is 21 dollars. Registration required. Call 301 962 1451 for more details.
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Paul Sedlesian
Wuntinala
Brookside Gardens
Wheaton
Fairy House Workshop at Piney Rum Nature Center
Create a weedbe and fairy house from 6 to 9 30 p.m. Thursday March at Piney Rum Nature Center in Sykesville. Bring an empty flowerpot sand pail or similar item. Gourds and natural materials provided for decoration. Cost 312 per person preregistration required. Bring a bag supper for all. For more information or to register call 416-795-0049.
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Piney Rum
Sykesville
Tropical plant event and auction at Montgomery College Germantown
Tony Avent presents a slide program titled Topicalissime Land ere with Mardy Tropicals from 1 to 2 30 p m Saturday April 13 in Globe Hall Mountgomery College Germantown. An auction of uncommon plant treasures follows from 2 20 to Ls. Fee is 45 dollars, registration required. For information call 3
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Tony Avent
Landere
Globe Hall
Mountgomery College
Germantown
Leesburg Flower and Garden Festival set for April weekend
Leesburg Virginia prepares for the 12th Annus Leesburg Flower and Garden Festival on April 20 and 21 rain or shine from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday with admission 3 per person and free for children. The event features landscape displays fresh cut flowers garden sculptures furniture arts and crafts fountain displays more than five vendors food and an kids area with entertainment. For information call 704-777-1368 or visit wawidalee.org
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Wawidalee.org
Friends of the National Arboretum Spring Garden Fair
The Friends of the National Arboretum celebrate spring with a garden fair and plant sale on Saturday April 27 at the National Arboretum on New York Avenue Washington DC. National Herb Society National Capital Orchid Society Daylily Society and Potomac Hosta Club participate offering thousands of plants including Arboretum introductions and awards plants hanging baskets perennials annuals shrubs and trees with expert advice and garden artifacts. For more information call 202-544-8733.
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Friends of the National Arboretum
National Arboretum
New York Avenue
Washington, D.C
National Herb Society
The
National Capital Orchid Society
Daylily Society
Potomac Hosta Club
Gale
Spring lawn and garden prep tips for a healthy yard
Practical guidance for preparing lawns in spring including dethatching, mulching, pruning, edging beds, and mowing. Advises herbicide and fertilizer timing, compost use, soil testing, weed and grub controls, and notes on available fact sheets and local contact details for further information.
March Garden Events Across Corral County Calendar
A busy schedule of horticulture programs and garden tours spans March. Master Gardeners of Corral County host an all day landscaping mini conference at Westminster. Behnke Nursery and Beltsville sites list seminars on vegetables herbs and perennials. Hagerstown Community College hosts an annual flower show. Oregon and nearby venues feature orchid festival and a U.S. Botanic Garden trip. Community groups, libraries, and nurseries organize workshops on gardening techniques and plant care through March 19 with multiple sites including Beltsville Wheaton Sykesville and Williamsport.
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Corral County
Agrivolure Centaur
Westminster
Assembly Uoon
Marist Huilding
Behnke Nursery
Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville
Ermitsburg Public Library
South Shorr Avenue
Kimmitsburg
Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland Inc
Turf Valley Resort Center
Ellicott City
Williamsport
N. Artizan St
Green Garden Revolution A Shade Landscape in Maple Plain
Susan Nehring transformed five acres in Maple Plain Minnesota into a shaded green garden. She plants for depth texture and contrast using more than 60 varieties of hostas plus perennials and water features. The garden shows slow growth under old trees with a focus on subtle shade hues rather than vivid color.
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Susan Nebring
Ja Ncheing
Minn
Nehring
Gary
Ken Druse
Clarkson Potter
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Dublman
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