Garden fair open house at Strawberry Hill Nature Center
Frederick County Master Gardeners run a booth at Great Frederick Fair in building 14A featuring worm composting plans and garden displays. An open house on Saturday September at Strawberry Hill Nature Center offers free jeep and hayrides, living history demos, nature hikes, and shelter rental from 50 dollars for non-members and 25 dollar deposit with details by phone.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Strawberry Hill Nature Center
Mount Hope Road
Fairield
Lucas
Nature walk opens at Laden Topiary Gardens
A new 1.12 mile nature walk opens at Laden Topiary Gardens in Monkton on Saturday September 18 at 10 30 a m. Tor Horton Baltimore Sun columnist and Chesapeake Bay author attends Aimed at Maryland habitat education with stations on wetlands forests ponds meadows and microclimates. Visitors may rest by the quarry pond and call 410 447 4466 for more information.
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Laden Topiary Gardens
Jarrettsville Pike
Monkton
Tor Horton
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore Sun
Maryland
Quarry Pond
Garden seminars set by Howard County Master Gardeners
The 1999 fall seminar series runs 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Maryland Cooperative Extension Howard County office in Ellicott City. Topics include garden design with herbs fruits and vegetables on Sept 18 and an herbal vinegar session on Sept 25. Sept 25 also covers wintering the garden and indoor orchid care. Registration is $5 per session. space limited. call 41319-2707 for details.
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Howard County
Maryland Cooperative Extension
Ellicott Mills Drive
Ellicott City
Jumbo's Pumpkin Patch Opens Seasonal Pick-Your-Own Fun
Jumbo's Pumpkin Patch opens daily 10 am to 6 pm from Sept 25 to Oct 31 at 6521 Holter Road Middletown. An 8 acre patch offers pumpkins fall decorations crafts and a petting zoo with hayrides corn maze face painting pony rides and refreshments on weekends. New this year is a Halloween Party Oct 30 from 6 30 to 9 pm with hayrides lighted maze food and contests. Tickets in advance at Jumbo's. phone 371 4713 for details.
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Jumbo
Holter Road
Middletown
Jumbo's
Butterfly garden walk at Brookside Gardens event
Paula Waldron will lead a walk and talk through the outdoor butterfly garden starting at the conservatory entrance on Thursday September 30. The rain or shine program teaches attracting butterflies to colorful plants that provide shelter food and nectar for local Maryland species registration is required and limited to 20 participants.
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Paula Waldron
Brookside Gardens
Maryland
Trees Offered For National Arbor Month Membership
A local notice invites joining The National Arbor Day Foundation to support tree plantings. Available species include American apple, white oak, pin oak, red maple, Colorado blue spruce, and red oak. Send a $10 contribution to Ten Trees at Ivy Arbor Ave in Nebraska City Nebraska. Event date and details appear abbreviated in the readable text.
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National Arbor
Arver Day Foundation
Ivy Arbor Ave
Nebraska City
Whan Jr
Maryland Forests Association to hold annual meeting
The Maryland Forests Association MEA invites members to a two day meeting October 15 and 16 at Salisbury Ramada Inn. Registration due by October 1. Endangered species topics and the Endangered Species Act will be discussed with diverse views. Bruce Vincent of Libby Mont will give the keynote. MFA Logger of the Year and a silent auction are planned. Tours include Furnace Town Na xsawanga Preserve and a Wicomico River cruise. For more information, call 301-53649.
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MEA
Salisbury Ramada Inn
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Spea
Bruce Vincent
Libby Mont
MFA
Furnace Town
Naxsawanga
MPA
Leopold lecture at Brookside Gardens on A Sand County Almanac
Brookside Gardens hosts an adult lecture on Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday October 2 in the visitors center adult classroom at 1800 Glenallan Ave Wheaton. Clarence Hickes, marine biologist, presents the program. Registration is required with a $10 fee. For information call GH 462-1451.
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Brookside Gardens
Aldo Leopold
Sand County
Glenallan Ave
Wheaton
Clarence Hickes
Brookside Gardens hosts children story time and plant lecture
Brookside Gardens in Wheaton offers a children story time with hands on craft for kids ages 2 to 7 from 10 to 1 on Saturdays October 2 and 9 in the visitors center children’s classroom. The event is free with no registration. Martha Simon Pindale of Bluemont Nurseries leads a perennials lecture October 5 from 1 to 2 pm in the adult classroom. fee is $10 and registration required. For details call 3019621451.
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Brookside Gardens
Marcia Gross Levinsohn
Mary Kaye Labbe
Rhoda Cutlip
Glenallan Ave
Wheaton
Martha Simon Pindale
Bluemont Nurseries
Lawn renovation guidance for drought damaged yards in Maryland
Severe Frederick County drought damaged lawns and weeds crowded out turf. Best timing is late August to September for reseeding after soil testing via Cooperative Extension. use Finale or Round-Up before re seeding, then slit seeding with rental equipment, starter fertilizer, and careful watering. For more, call 800 3432 2507 or visit the Maryland extension site.
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Frederick County
Cooperative Extension Office
University of Maryland Lab
College Park
Maryland
Agnrumd.edu
Autumn Garden Tips From Home and Garden Hints
Guidance on harvesting fully colored pumpkins with stems, storing them, and avoiding bruising. Suggestions include sowing cover crops on bare soil, bringing houseplants inside as temperatures drop, sowing late cool season crops under protection, and discarding wilted tomato plants. Offers help from Home and Garden Information Center with hours and a website.
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