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2011 Garden Seminar Schedule
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Friday Schedule
9:30 The Garden Grocery: Your Local Farmers’ Market (Paige Manning) — Seminar A (Conference Room)
9:30 My Favorite Woody Plants for the Winter (Jeff Wilson) — Seminar B (Big Shop)
10:00 Insect ID Walking Tour (Blake Layton) — Meet at Info Tent
10:15 Heirloom Vegetables: Antique or Novelty? (Donna Beliech) — Seminar A (Conference Room)
10:30 FUNdamentals of Garden Design (Brian Templeton) — Seminar B (Big Shop)
10:30 Managing Koi in Your Water Garden (Dawn Barnige) — Seminar C (Composting Center, outdoors)
10:30 Vegetable Garden Walking Tour (Bill Evans) — Meet at Info Tent
11:00 Shade Gardening Demonstration — Under the shade trees by the shop
11:00 Pond Management Workshop — Meet at north end of pond
11:00 Canning Fresh from the Garden (Carolyn Conger) — Seminar A (Conference Room)
11:00 Flower Garden Walking Tour (Guihong Bi) — Meet at Mound in Flower Garden
11:15 Colored Mulch and Row Covers for Vegetables (Ramon Arancibia) — Seminar C (Composting Center, outdoors)
11:30 Tropical Plants: Keep ‘Em Growing! (Nellie Neal) — Seminar B (Big Shop)
11:30 Tree ID Walking Tour (Steve Dicke and James Floyd) — Meet at Info Tent
11:45 Adding Value to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (Anna Hood) — Seminar A (Conference Room)
12:00 Gardening with a High Tunnel (Mengmeng Gu) — Seminar C (Composting Center, outdoors)
12:00 Plant Disease Walking Tour (David Ingram and Alan Henn) — Meet at Info Tent
12:30 Take the Sting out of Fire Ants (Blake Layton) — Seminar A (Conference Room)
12:30 Holiday Decorating Ideas from the Garden (Catherine Strange) — Seminar B (Big Shop)
12:45 Make Your Own Rain Barrel (Donna Beliech) — Seminar C (Composting Center, outdoors)
1:00 Shade Gardening Demonstration — Under the shade trees by the shop
1:00 High Tunnels Walking Tour (Mengmeng Gu, Bill Evans, and Guihong Bi) — Meet at Info Tent
1:30 Preserving and Maintaining Trees (Drew Bates) — Seminar A (Conference Room)
1:30 Not Your Grandma’s Coneflowers (Gary Bachman) — Seminar B (Big Shop)
Saturday Schedule
9:30 Heirloom Vegetables: Antique or Novelty? (Donna Beliech) — Seminar A (Conference Room)
10:00 My Favorite Woody Plants for the Winter (Jeff Wilson) — Seminar B (Big Shop)
10:00 Plant Disease Walking Tour (David Ingram and Alan Henn) — Meet at Info Tent
10:15 Take the Sting out of Fire Ants (Blake Layton) — Seminar A (Conference Room)
10:30 Colored Mulch and Row Covers for Vegetables (Ramon Arancibia) — Seminar C (Composting Center, outdoors)
10:30 Vegetable Garden Walking Tour (Bill Evans) — Meet at Info Tent
11:00 Healthy Cooking with Fresh Herbs (Ashley Fondren) — Seminar A (Conference Room)
11:00 Tropical Plants: Keep ‘Em Growing! (Nellie Neal) — Seminar B (Big Shop)
11:00 Shade Gardening Demonstration — Under the shade trees by the shop
11:00 Pond Management Workshop — Meet at north end of pond
11:00 Flower Garden Walking Tour (Guihong Bi) — Meet at mound in Flower Garden
11:15 Managing Koi in Your Water Garden (Dawn Barnige) — Seminar C (Composting Center, outdoors)
11:30 Tree ID Walking Tour (Steve Dicke and James Floyd) — Meet at Info Tent
11:45 Canning Fresh from the Garden (Carolyn Conger) — Seminar A (Conference Room)
12:00 FUNdamentals of Garden Design (Brian Templeton) — Seminar B (Big Shop)
12:00 Gardening with a High Tunnel (Mengmeng Gu) — Seminar C (Composting Center, outdoors)
12:00 Insect ID Walking Tour (Blake Layton) — Meet at Info Tent
12:30 Adding Value to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (Anna Hood) — Seminar A (Conference Room)
12:45 Make Your Own Rain Barrel (Donna Beliech) — Seminar C (Composting Center, outdoors)
1:00 Preserving and Maintaining Trees (Drew Bates) — Seminar B (Big Shop)
1:00 Shade Gardening Demonstration — Under the shade trees by the shop
1:00 High Tunnels Walking Tour (Mengmeng Gu, Bill Evans, and Guihong Bi) — Meet at Info Tent
1:15 The Garden Grocery: Your Local Farmers’ Market (Paige Manning) — Seminar A (Conference Room)
Plant Swap!
Bring a plant or two to swap. Coordinated by the Madison County Master Gardeners.
Plant Swap Rules:
(1) Swap is limited to no more than two plants throughout the day.
(2) Plants need to be well rooted or established (not dug that morning).
(3) Plants swapped should be of comparable size or desirability.
(4) Bulbs may be swapped for plants; but seeds may not.
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