Garden storytime at Piney Run Center with Molly McEvoy
Piney Run Nature Center in Sykesville hosts a 30 to 45 minute nature storytime with Molly Eleanor McEvoy from 10 to 10 30 a m on Friday September 10. Children ages 2 to 30 accompanied by a parent are invited. Registration is required with a 4 dollar member fee and 1 50 dollar non member fee. Call 41 795 6043 for details.
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Piney Run
Sykesville
Molly Eleanor McEvoy
Attracting Backyard Birds Seminar Series by Wild Bird Co
The Wild Bird Company in Frederick hosts several September workshops at 45 Waverly Drive. Limited space, call 698-2545 to reserve. Topics include attracting backyard birds, water features, pond and fountain setup, and encouraging owls. Ornithologist John Haley and LaVern Bond lead sessions with binocular checkups and practical demonstrations.
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Wild Bird Company
Waverly Drive
Frederick
John Haley
Haley
LaVern Bond
Mr. Haley
Mr. Bond
Carroll County Extension Offers Garden Workshops Series
The Carroll County Extension Service will run four gardening courses on home landscape design lawn care spring bulb design and pruning woody ornamentals. Classes meet at the Extension Office in Westminster except the pruning seminar at Greenway Gardens. Registration is via libraries garden centers or by calling (410) 848-4611. The first class starts Sept 16.
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Carroll County Extension Service
Carroll County
Agriculture Center
Westminster
Greenway Gardens
Nicodemus Road
Tree Planting and Maintenance Workshop Set
A workshop on tree planting and maintenance will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday Sept 11 at Greenbriar State Park visitor center. The free seminar offers two tracks: planting and care. participants learn planting techniques, tree selection, and placement to boost health and cut energy costs. The maintenance track covers pruning watering fertilizing mulching and pest and disease detection with a hands on pruning field exercise.
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Greenbriar State Park
Piney Run Council Sets Meeting at Nature Center
The Piney Run Recreation and Conservation Council will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday Sept 9 at the Piney Run Nature Center in Sykesville. The council works with Carroll County Recreation and Parks to run programs meeting local need and invites all interested to attend. For information contact JoAnn Hunter at 7953274 or Melinda Byrd at 7956043.
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Piney Run
Garden club plans fall meeting and New Market Days booth
The New Market Garden Club will hold its first fall meeting at 10 a m Tuesday Sept 21 at Hunting Lotte Farm to finalize arrangements for items to be sold at the New Market Days booth Sept 24 26 in the old Post Office Town Bicentennial adds festive notes Norma Miller 831 9173 Inez Russo 865 5251 host group details plus Maryland Wine Festival 1st anniversary events Sept 18 19 Carroll County Farm Museum Westminster admission 12 includes wine tasting seminar and tours Posters shirts crafts and food info (410) 848 7775 or 1 800 654 4645.
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New Market Garden Club
Hunting Lotte Farm
New Market
Old Post Office
Norma Miller
Inez Russo
Maryland
Carroll County Farm Museum
Westminster
KvuanenMialiye Iui Dimiversary
Wile Glass
Uicneis Wu
Hybrids versus standards in garden varieties explained
Hybrids result from controlled cross pollination of two distinct parent plants yielding offspring with uniform traits and often higher yields. Open pollinated standards stabilize more slowly under wind pollination, allow easy reproduction, and can be patented under USDA rules, with performance varying by variety and environment.
Green-house Calendar Highlights Sept and Oct Events
The Frederick News-Post Greenhouse Calendar lists upcoming events and meetings in the Frederick area. Sept entries include Koi Festival at Lilypens Water Gardens, Buckeystown. Carroll County Bird Club meetings. Colonial District Rose Show at Hampton Inn Frederick. Tree Care Workshop. Hawk Watch at Wagonner's Gap. Landscape Contractors Expo in Burtonsville. Dahlia Society Show in Falls Church. and more. Oct entries feature Turf and Landscape Expo, Maryland Forest Festival, and frequent Beekeepers Association gatherings at Frederick County Extension Office and Frederick Community College.
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Lilypens Water Gardens
Buckeystown
Carroll County
Carroll Community College
Colonial District
Hampton Inn
Frederick
Greenbriar Stae Park
Carroll County Bird Club Club
Gillis Falls
Frederick County Beekeepers Association
Frederick County
Cascade Lake
Westminster
Anne Anindrel County Fairgrounds
Plants to repel insects with herbs and flowers
A guide from Country Living lists garlic and related herbs as natural insect repellents. Garlic, chives, onions, marigolds, pelargonium, nasturtiums, and various mints deter aphids beetles and other pests. Plant spacing advised. borage attracts bees and fights hornworms. ladybugs offer a biological control.
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Roger Marshall
Country Living
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