2012 Spring Expo Schedule Saturday, March 10, 2012 Rosemount Community Center |
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| Session 1 Class #1 Front Porch Container Gardens Mike Gonzo brings an artist’s eye to creating beautiful gardens in unconventional containers. With his ideas and combinations, you’ll bring color and pizzazz to your front porch or deck and be the envy of your neighborhood. Class #2 What Will We Do When The Ash Trees Are Gone? The emerald ash borer has invaded Minnesota, home to the most ash trees of any state in the nation (>900,000,000). Does this mean the end of shade and blocked winds for all Minnesotans, or the beginning of a third chance to diversify our landscapes? Gary Johnson explains management options for EAB and offers several attractive options for replacing the ash trees that dominate our landscapes. Class #3 Totally Tomatoes and Basil It’s a match made in heaven! Master Gardener Elizabeth Spedaliere adds her insights to choosing the best tomato and basil cultivars as well as cooking with this classic flavor combination. You’ll also get tips for growing, harvesting and preserving your crop. |
| Session 2 Class #4 New Landscape Shrubs Kathy Zuzek takes a look at new shrub cultivars and some old favorites that perform well in Zone 4 gardens. Learn to use color, size and shape to anchor your gardens and to make smart plant choices so you get it right the first time. Class #5 Plant Propagation: Foolproof Ways of Making More Plants Propagating plants is an easy way to increase your houseplants, annuals and perennials. JoAnne Sabin will demonstrate how to make cuttings, a Forsythe Pot and Pillow Packs to turn one plant into many. You’ll save money and have plants to spare! Class #6 Shady Characters Shade gardening got you down? Don’t think you are limited in that dim corner to patches of pachysandra, hosta and shredded bark mulch. Considering the choices in perennials available these days there is no reason that the shady nook shouldn’t be as interesting, attractive and colorful as it’s sunny counterpart. From the foamflowers and anemones of early spring to epimediums, goatsbeards and monkshoods there isn’t a month in the shade garden that can’t be graced with color and light. Arla Carmichiel will recommend beautiful and less common plants for shady areas. You’ll leave with great suggestions to brighten the darker parts of your yard. E-mail questions to kaw1wenzel@gmail.com |
| Master Gardener Education and Research Display Garden www.mggarden.umn.edu |
| 8:00 a.m. Check-in & Refreshments Garden Marketplace Open 9:00 a.m. Welcome 9:30 a.m. Session 1 10:45 a.m. Session 2 12:00 p.m. Lunch 12:45 Keynote Address |
| Less Is More with Bonnie Blodgett After a long winter, visiting a nursery is like taking a kid to a candy store-we want it all! Bonnie Blodgett tries to balance that compulsion with her desire for a serene garden that always looks good. She believes that the conflict can create an exceptional and unique garden. Bonnie uses structure, repetition and other tricks to impose a sense of order and unity on a garden that is constantly in progress and (she admits it!) occasionally in disarray. 1:45 p.m. Silent Auction Winners Announced (Cash and Checks Only) |