The 13th Annual Home Gardeners' School presented by Penn State Cooperative Extension offers you a  day full of gardening ideas to prepare you for the upcoming growing season.

 

We are pleased to offer you a wide assortment of classes, over four different sessions, so you may participate in varied classes throughout the day. Our keynote speaker, Doug Tallamy, Professor and Chair of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, will lead off the event with "Bringing Nature Home."  The day will overflow with presenters eagar to share their knowledge and experience on varied subjects selected to enhance your gardening abilities and pleasure. Our speakers include Penn State Extension Educators, a PA Certified Horticulturist, and Penn State Master Gardeners among others.

 

Spend the morning learning about ''Green Products'' for your landscape or adaptive gardening, and then find out about growing roses or how to design your garden. Round out the afternoon with pollinators or succulents and finish up with edible landscaping or building and running your own greenhouse. Breaks between sessions will give you the opportunity to view the informational exhibits that will be on display and to visit the various vendors who will be available for your gardening needs.  Morning refreshments and a box lunch are included.

Please note the change in speakers and order.  The previous registration form will also be accepted.

Below is the Registration Form and complete brochure with registration and program details.

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Either highlight registration form below to print out OR click here to view Registration form on a separate page to print out. Double-sided Brochure in PDF.

Please note: The Registration form and non-refundable fee must be received by Friday 26 February to avoid a $10 late fee. There is no registration at the door.

 

Speakers

Doug Tallamy is Professor & Chair of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware. He has authored numerous research articles and has taught Insect Taxonomy, Behavior Ecology and other related courses for 28 years. His latest book is Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants.

 

William H. Becker is a Professor Emeritus of Religion at Bucknell University where he taught for 33 years.Since becoming a Master Gardener in 2001, he has taught workshops on composting, growing strawberries,and growing roses; and has written Green Thumb Corner columns published in The Daily Item.

 

Alan Michael is an Extension Educator -- Floriculture at Penn State. He started his flower trials at the Southeast Research and Extension Center in Landisville with 42 geranium varieties. Now there are more than 1300 varieties of vegetative and seed plant material from all over the world, making this the largest trial in the Northeast. He started the Master Gardener program in PA in October 1988. He lives in Halifax.

 

Mary Jo R. Gibson is the Coordinator of the Master Gardeners in Columbia County. She teaches science to students at Berwick Area Middle School and works with 4-H and scout groups on projects related to plants, entomology, and wildlife.

 

Rick Johnson is a Senior Extension Associate for Penn State. He is the Arboretum horticulturist and volunteer coordinator at the H. O. Smith Botanic Gardens in The Arboretum at Penn State. He previously served as Urban Specialist for Penn State’s Pesticide Program.

 

Julia M. Marano is a Master Gardener in Northumberland County. She has over 30 years experience in all phases of community and land development projects.

 

Dennis and Maryann Mawhinney are both Master Gardeners in York County. He is known for his enthusiastic, humorous presentations. She is an RN and enjoys combining her gardening and nursing knowledge in presenting programs on safe gardening.

 

Sharon Miller is an RN. She owns and operates the SM Miller Greenhouse in Elimsport. Sharon is a member of the McEwensville Garden Club.

 

Erica Beadle Shaffer is the nursery manager at the Highland Gardens in Camp Hill, having worked there 20years. She is a PA Certified Horticulturist, landscape designer, consultant, speaker, and writer.

 

Schedule 

8:30 AM Registration - Visit Vendors and Exhibits.

9:00 AM Welcome and Announcements

9:05 AM Keynote Address  Bringing Nature Home

Doug Tallamy

10:05 Break – Visit Vendors and Exhibits

10:20 Session I:

'Green' Gardening  Products

       for the Landscape                                    OR    Adaptive Gardening

Rick Johnson                                                            Dennis and Maryann Mawhinney

11:20 Break - Visit Vendors and Exhibits

11:35 AM  Session 2:

Growing Roses                                               OR     Planning Successful Garden Designs

Bill Becker                                                                   Erica Beadle Shaffer

12:35 Box Lunch - Cafeteria   The $30 registration fee includes lunch.

Visit Vendors and Exhibits

1:35  PM  Session 3:

Bee Very Careful with Pollinators             OR      Living Succulent Wreaths

Mary Jo R. Gibson                                                     Sharon Miller                                        

2:35 PM Break

Visit Vendors and Exhibits

2:50 PM  Session 4:                                                   

Greenhouses                                                 OR    Edible Landscaping

Alan Michael                                                             Julia Marano

3:50 pm Closing remarks/Evaluations/Door prizes (You must be present to win door prize.)

 

For your viewing pleasure here is a photo gallery of previous Home Gardeners' Schools. 2010 photos will be added soon.

 

Please support our Vendors at the event. When you shop at their stores please let them know you heard about them at the Home Gardeners' School.

 

Here are the Door prize donors.  

 

All classes are held in the high school auditorium in theater seating. After the keynote address the auditorium is separated into two sections by a room divider. Each side has a separate sound system. No food or drink is permitted in the auditorium. The box lunch includes a selection of a chicken salad wrap or a ham and cheese wrap or a pre-ordered vegetarian wrap (pre-ordered on registration form); chicken noodle soup; chips, popcorn, or pretzels; and water, coffee, tea, iced tea, or lemon aid. Morning refreshments: coffee, tea, juice, pastries.

The Home Gardeners' School Committee hopes you will join us Saturday 6 March 2010. Google map

 

Cancellation: If the Mifflinburg School System is closed on 6 March our event is cancelled. The fee is non-refundable.

Please note the change in speakers and order. The previous registration form will also be accepted.

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Although there are no refunds, substitutions are accepted.