Harvest Festival at Historic Farm Park Gardens
The Montgomery County Master Gardeners present an Earth garden feature for tours during the Harvest Festival at the Agricultural History Farm Park in Derwood. The event runs Saturday Oct 2 from 11 am to 4 pm with plant clinics activities for children hayrides scarecrow making music dancing crafts storytelling candle dipping and food. Parking is $5. Call 301 924 4141 for details and 301 721 0912 for weather updates.
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Montgomiery County
Iultural History
Muncaster Road
Derwood
Native plant meeting set at Mount Saint Mary's College
The Maryland Native Plant Society's 8th Annual Fall Conference and Annual Meeting will be held Oct. 2-3 at Mount Saint Mary's College in Emmitsburg. Sessions cover greenspace conservation rare plant communities and greenway improvement. Field trips include fern and mushroom identification and Catoctin Mountain Park. A poster session is planned. Call Joe Metzger Jr. at (410) 775-7737 between 6 and 9 p.m. for more information.
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Maryland Native Plant Society
Mount Saint Mary's College
Emmitsburg
Catoctin Mountain Park
Joe Metzger Jr
Salvia lecture and book signing at Brookside Gardens
Betty Clebsch hosts an adult lecture and book signing at Brookside Gardens Visitors Center on Thursday Oct 7 from 1 to 2 pm. Focus is salvias and her book Truest Blues Brightest Reds. Registration costs 12 dollars. Call 301 962 1451 for details.
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Betty Clebsch
Brookside Gardens
Brookside Gardens Director Meet Set at Wheaton Visitor Center
An opportunity to meet David Vismara of Brookside Gardens is planned for 9 30 to 11 a m Saturday Oct 9 in the visitors center adult classroom. The event in Wheaton is free with no registration. Bring questions compliments and requests and learn about the garden future. For more information call (301) 962 1441.
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David Vismara
Brookside Gardens
Wheaton
Callaway Gardens Announces November Events In Pine Mountain
Callaway Gardens plans a Saturday steeplechase with terrier races entertainment food art and horse races on November 6 in Pine Mountain Ga A founder birthday tribute for Cason Callaway is scheduled the same day ABeaujolais Nouveau unveiling on November 18 includes a reception and buffet dinner A one night package with Callaway Gardens Inn accommodations is offered Fantasy in Lights runs November 19 through December 26 with holiday scenes in the woodlands Two packages Dance the Night Away and Big Bash 2000 include meals entertainment and children's activities For more information call 800 225 5292 or visit www callawaygardens com
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Callaway Gardens
Pine Mountain
Cason Callaway
Light and Sound
Woodlands
Callaway
Landscaping Services Offered by Classic Landscaping Inc
Classic Landscaping Inc a professional grounds management company at 11834 Creagerstown Road Woodsboro offers home landscaping services for a professionally installed and maintained garden. For more information call (301) 898-370.
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Classic Landscaping Inc
Creagerstown Road
Woodsboro
Call
Premature fall colors signal stressed trees in area
Early leaf color changes may indicate tree stress making them vulnerable to insects and disease. A professional arborist can diagnose causes and propose solutions, with full-tree or limb-specific issues possible. The National Arborist Association offers guidance and a helpline at 1-800-733-2622 and a zip code search online.
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North America
Peter Gerstenberger
National Arborist Association
Mr. Gerstenberger
Gerstenberger
NAA
Natlarb.com
No Need for Compost Additives in Everyday Gardening
A UW study finds compost piles with or without commercial bioactivators decompose at similar rates. Nitrogen boost may start faster but fades. finished compost depends on mix balance, moisture, and time rather than added microbes.
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Envirotec Plus Compost
Compost
Bonide
University of Wisconsin
Backyard Habitat basics and smart local actions
A concise guide on creating backyard habitats to support wongbirds and butterflies, outlining four basic elements food water cover and places to raise young. It urges growing natives reducing lawn use IPM and recycling yard waste with contact details for wildlife programs and extension services.
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