Urban garden classes offered by Frederick County Extension
The Frederick County Extension Service will host 10 two hour classes on turf ornamentals vegetable gardening fruit production and household pests totaling 20 hours. Classes run Tuesdays 6 30 to 8 30 pm at the Extension Service. Completion enables master gardener eligibility and includes a newsletter field trips and rooial events. Pre register by Jan 4 1991 at ty4-15-0.
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Frederick County Extension Service
Christmas greens sale planned by Taskers Chance Garden Club
The Taskers Chance Garden Club met at Mrs. Arnold McGreevy's home for the November gathering. Members prepared decorations for the annual Christmas greens sale set for Thursday December 13. Orders for Boxwood Trees are taken in advance through club members to benefit the Frederick community. For information contact Jill Vetter at 94-8400 at work or 662-8400 at home.
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Taskers Chance Garden Club
Arnold McGreevy
Frederick
Jill Vetter
Frederick Bird Club Christmas Dinner Speaker Tonight
The Frederick Bird Club will hold its annual Christmas dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, at Araby Church south of Frederick. Mark Garland will be the featured speaker on birds of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. Reservations by Friday, Nov. 30, to Stauffer Miller at 829-9399.
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Frederick
Christmas Bonsai Exhibit Opens at Mount Airy Greenhouse
The Mount Airy Bonsai Club will open a Christmas exhibit at the Jesse Smith Road greenhouse on weekends in December. Along with jumper bonsai, azaleas in bloom, natal plums, geraniums and poinsettias will be on display and sale.
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Mount Airy
Jesse Smith Road
Gift plants lecture at Brookside Gardens Wheaton
Jennifer James of Brookside Gardens staff discusses care culture and lasting qualities of gift plants in a lecture at 10 a.m. Friday Dec 7 in the garden library at 1500 Glenallan Ave Wheaton No registration or fee required call 949-8231 for details.
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Jennifer James
Brookside Gardens
Glenallan Ave
Wheaton
The Art of Pruning at Blandy Workshop Series
Fall pruning workshops at the State Arboretum of Virginia Blandy Experimental Farm occur December 7 and 8. Forester Lyt Wood leads lectures and hands on pruning from apple tree focus to general techniques for novices and experienced arborists. Registration costs 23 dollars for members and 27 dollars for non members, due by December 3.
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State Arboretum of
Virginia
Blandy Experimental Farm
Mr. Wood
State Arboretum
Friends of the State Arboretum
P.O
Boyce
Bonsai Club Leader Elected Mount Airy President
Jan Thomas, a Frederick City Head Start teacher and 13 year bonsai enthusiast, has been elected president of the Mount Airy Bonsai Club. She previously belonged to Sakufi Bonsai Kai in Kailua during four Hawaii years and learned from masters John Naka and Kanahiro. The Hashawha Environmental Center, with Corrall County Arts Council, hosts the third annual Nature Art Show and Sale on Dec 1–2 near Westminster. The free event features diverse artworks and a presentation of the Outdoor Writer's Association of America National Nature Photography Contest winning photos. artists will discuss and sell works. For info, call (201) 848-9040 or visit 300 John Ownings Road, Westminster.
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Jan Thomas
Mount Airy
Frederick City
Ms. Thomas
Hawaii
Sakufi
Kailua
John Naka
Kanahiro
Hashawha Environmental Center
Corrall County
Christmas open house at Union Mills Homestead
The Union Mills Homestead Foundation hosts a poinsettia and greens open house from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday and noon to 4 pm on Sunday with free tours of the 1797 house decorated for Christmas. Santa visits the Grist Mill. gift shop offers crafts, bread, flour and maple syrup. proceeds fund restoration near Westminster, MD. Call 848-2288 for details.
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Union Mills Homestead Foundation
Union Mills
MD 97
Westminster
Gettysburg
Paperwhites Lead December Flower of the Month Story
The piece covers forcing paperwhite Narcissus for winter decor and notes the December Flower of the Month. It details bulb care, container planting, timing, light and temperature needs, storage, and gifting ideas, plus a brief practical Q&A on staying vibrant through winter. It also references an AP USDA study promoting household detergents and cooking oils as low cost pest control for gardens, with instructions and cautions.
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Holy Land
Israel
Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Thomas Henneberry
USDA
Ranger Finds New Yellow Violet Species in Guadalupe Cliff
A park ranger discovered a small colony of yellow violets on a cliff crevice in the Guadalupe Mountains and verified it as a new plant species. Scientists estimate the plant to be about a thousand years old, suggesting remarkable age for a recently identified flora.
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Guadalupe Mountains
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Bonsai Club
Fred Archibald
Narcissus
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Carmel
Sun Belt
Frederick News-Post
Frederick, Md
George Butler
Henneberry
Butler
Pamela Griffin
Associated Press
John Deere
Lieabeere
Gladhill Tractor Mart
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Cap Stine Road
Mt. Zion Rd
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