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From the Ground and Up
Educational summer workshop for Master Gardeners, home gardeners, and garden enthusiasts, Saturday, June 23, 2018, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Choose your path for the day from twelve morning classroom sessions and five afternoon hands-on sessions.
Check our website for more details here Click on Master Gardener Events and Workshops/Pierce County WA, then scroll down to "From the Ground & Up Workshop
8:00-8:45: Registration and book sales
8:45-9:45: Welcome and Keynote Speaker, Linda Chalker-Scott: "The Essentials of How Plants Grow".
9:45-10:00: Break and Book Sales
10:00-11:00: Session I *Cyndi Stuart, Hellebores & Other Winter Interest *Dana Kelley Brisette, Landscaping for Wildlife Habitat *George Lasch, Good, Bad, & Why Bother *Lisa Taylor, Don't Squish that Bug: OPM (Organic Pest Management) for Gardeners. *Laurie Pryne, Plants, People & Pollinators *Jim Kroft, Berries, Vines, and Cane fruit
11:00-12:00: Session II *Closed: Cyndi Stuart, Developing and Maintaining a Shade Garden *Scott Vergara, Plant Diseases: Pustules, Plagues, Poxes: Plethora of Pathogens Pestering Pretty Plants *George Lasch, Grasses & Bamboo For You *Lisa Taylor, Growing Veggies Under Cover: Greenhouses, Cloches, Cold Frames *Laurie Pryne, Pollinators & the Soil-No Bees, No Food *Teresa Knutsen, Unusual Garden Edibles
12:00-12:30: Break, pick up lunch in the cafeteria and Book Sales
12:30-1:45: Keynote, Marianne Binetti, Landscaping with Ground Covers-Stay Close to the Ground 1:45-2:15: Break, Book Sales, and Move to the Farm
2:15-3:30: Session III *Closed Scott Vergara, Walkabout in Search of Right Plant in the Right Place. *Closed: Marianne Binetti, Using Ground Covers *Lisa Taylor, Garden Naturalist's Farm Walkabout and and Tools Recommendations *Closed: MG Propagation Group, Propagation *Robert Cho, Chinese Bonsai.
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LocationFranklin Pierce High School (View)
11002 18th Avenue East
Tacoma, WA 98445
United States
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Kid Friendly: No |
Dog Friendly: No |
Non-Smoking: Yes! |
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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