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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1996
Page
16
Members of the Monocacy Rose Society will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday Sept 11 at the Frederick Church of the Brethren on Rosemont Avenue in Frederick New members are welcome For more information call 898 9697.
New programs at Strawberry Hill Nature Center and Preserve near Fairfield Pennsylvania cover sensory awareness geology orienteering forest and aquatic ecology wildlife and maple sugaring for kindergarten through 12th grade. On site cost is 2 per person with teachers and chaperones free. off site programs are 1 per person. Call (717) 642-5840 for details.
The MOFFA festival hosts the second Future Harvest Festival at Carroll County Agriculture Center featuring sustainable farming workshops on perennial plants cut flowers poultry flocks farming computers on the farm and wine grapes plus sustainable gardening landscaping IPM and backyard orchards. It includes music dancing a piglet contest craft workshops pumpkin painting farm animal demonstrations and species exhibits. Admission is 5 for adults free for children 12 and under 3 for students and seniors. For details call Marty Rice or Justine McKnight.
Several free workshops at the Wild Bird Co. 6905 Baltimore National Pike Frederick begin at 7 p.m. Reservations by calling 473-7089. Topics include attracting and identifying backyard birds on Sept 10, winter bird feeding on Sept 17, and attracting owls on Sept 24.
The Montgomery County Cooperative Extension Service will host a deer damage control workshop for homeowners at 7 p.m. Wednesday Sept 11 at the Extension office 18410 Muncaster Road Derwood. Topics include integrated deer management vegetation control repellents fencing and related strategies. To register call Carol Van Der Weele at 590-9638.
A compact rundown of garden related functions across Maryland including bird study seminars by Wild Bird Co and Annapolis Gardening School, local meetings at Derwood and Westminster, tours in Annapolis, harvesting and fertilizer workshops, landscape expo, wine festival, owl attracting workshop, flower arranging, and Future Harvest festival with multiple dates and venues listed. Major communities include Frederick, Annapolis, Westminster, Keedysville, West Friendship, Carroll County, Howard County, and Montgomery County.
Gardeners seek scented bulbs to restore fragrance in flowering borders. Hyacinths and narcissi lead a list of fragrant choices including Carlton daffodil and Suzy jonquil, with scented tulips such as Bellona and Christmas Marvel. The piece notes summer bloomers like lilies and Gastonia candicans, and invites readers to request fragrance lists from The Winter Garden via The Frederick News-Post.
In Norwalk a two acre garden supplies Turtle Farm CSA where 30 members pay 400 dollars weekly for boxes of peppers tomatoes onions squash and beans. Boxes also reach Des Moines and Johnston showcasing a growing Iowa movement of community supported agriculture and direct farmer consumer ties.
Scott Kunst of Ann Arbor Michigan catalogs and sells antique bulbs linking plant history and detective work. He cites daffodil April Beauty as an heirloom with two blooms per stem and white petals. Prices for rare, long lived bulbs start at nine dollars. six collections offer easy starts for gardeners, with a Colonial Parlor Garden set featuring multiple antique varieties.
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