Fall is a great time of year, and we have just the event to help you celebrate it. If you’ve never attended our annual Master Gardener Fall Fest, treat yourself this year. The date is Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008 from 9 AM to 3:30 PM at Smedley Park in Springfield, PA. We’re offering mini-workshops, environmentally friendly gardening advice, our spectacular plant sale and other fun activities. We’ll even have an orchid specialist available to answer your questions.
Advance registration of $25 is required for the two mini- workshops and box lunch, but walk-ins are welcome for the day-long “dirt cheap” plant sale, frugal gardener sale (gardening books, gently used gardening tools and outdoor decorations), bake sale and environmentally friendly gardening advice.
Be sure to try our free samples of healthy treats made from fall fruits and vegetables. While you’re wandering around, check out our reduce-reuse-recycle displays and demos. We’ll show you how easy it is to go green. And look for Greenhouse Specialist Warren Gall-he’ll be available to dispense information and advice on selecting nursery grown plants.
Eleanor Tickner, Delco Master Gardener, will stretch your imagination of the possible with her Boughs, Berries and Birds workshop. She’ll take you on a mind’s-eyes view of the fall and winter garden season. You’ll never see your garden the same again.
Kathleen Hornberger, Delco Master Gardener, hones in on those nasty invasive plants in her Exotic Invasive Plants Gone Wild workshop. Aggressive, out of control and opportunistic plants are not Martians from outer space. They’re exotic invasives from other countries that are invading our native landscape. Learn to identify and control these Earth aliens--before they take over the world--and replace them with native species.
After lunch you can choose to attend one of two optional hands-on workshops—Multi-season Containers ($25) or Building a Birdhouse ($15).
Attend the Container workshop given by Warren Goll, Greenhouse Educator and Joe Daniels, Delco Master Gardener, and you’ll take home an eighteen inch container filled with woody and herbaceous plants to beautify your outdoor area for multiple outdoor seasons.
If you choose the Birdhouse workshop, Diana Breen, Delco Master Gardener will help you build a birdhouse for your garden to attract chickadees, nuthatches and wrens. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to see those birds in your yard on chilly winter days?
You won’t want to miss Fall Fest. It’s always an enjoyable event. Sign up now for the workshops while there’s still space. For registration information on the Master Gardener Fall Fest, call the Delaware County Cooperative Extension Office at 610-680-2655 or download an online registration form .
Do you have a gardening question? In Delaware County, call our Master Gardeners hortline at 610-690-2671 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 AM-12 NOON.
UPCOMING MASTER GARDENERS EVENTS
September 27, 2008
FALL FEST
Calling all garden lovers! Celebrate Fall with us at our fourth annual Master Gardeners Fall Fest. We've planned workshops, plant, frugal gardener and bake sales, and other fun events for your enjoyment. Go to Fall Fest for a brochure or call 610-690-2655.
October 11, 2008
Fall/Winter Containers
Watch a demonstration to spruce up your summer containers or make one that looks good all through the year. Learn what plants to use, how to arrange them and and how to care for them. Cost: $10
The Garden Series at Haverford Township Adult School
A collection of one night classes for both the indoor and outdoor garden. Classes taught by Delaware County Master Gardeners. Take one, two or all five– and save.
For more information, go to Haverford Adult School or call 610-446-8022.
Registration required for all events. Please call 610-690-2655 for more information or visit our website for a registration form.
