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All activities are held at the Hort Farm unless otherwise specified.
Call 864-3073 for reservations.
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JANUARY 2008
FEBRUARY 2008
February 29, Friday
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Three Seasons of Color - Hit the Easy Button!
Presenter: Kerry Mendez.
It's time to stop gazing longingly at other's ever-blooming gardens. It's your turn. Let's hit the Easy Button together. Ms. Mendez will show you the tricks of the trade for having the WOW factor in your garden month after month. And because it will also be low-maintenance, you will finally be able to 'ease' back in the 'easy' chair!
Kerry Mendez, owner of Perennially Yours in Ballston Spa, NY, is dedicated to teaching people of all ages the art of low-maintenance perennial gardening. As a garden consultant, designer, writer, teacher and lecturer, she focuses on time-saving gardening techniques and workhorse plant material as well as organic practices. Over 6,000 people have taken her classes and she has been in People, Places & Plants, Fine Gardening, How-To Gardening, Garden Gate, Better Homes and Gardens' Garden Ideas & Outdoor Living and will be in Country Gardens and Saratoga Living magazines in 2008. Mendez writes garden columns for Life@Home (inaugural issue February 2008, produced by the Times Union), The Chronicle, and Saratoga Today as well as freelance pieces for regional and national magazines. She is a self-taught gardener with over 20 years of experience and a ?passionate perennialist? that enjoys mixing humor with practical information for creating low-maintenance perennial gardens. Mendez is a member of the Perennial Plant Association, national Garden Writers Association, and a federated garden club. For more about Kerry Mendez and Perennially Yours, please visit her web site at www.pyours.com.
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MARCH
March 12, Wednesday
6 – 8 p.m.
Plant Diseases
Presenter: Ann Hazelrigg
Come learn the Basics of Plant Disease. Find out how diseases affect your plants and learn about new plant diseases that are on the rise. Get info on what you can do to minimize disease in your own gardens and landscapes.
March 18, Tuesday
6 – 8 p.m.
Moss Gardens with Moss Maven
Presenter: Christine Cook
Co- Sponsor: Green Mountain Bonsai Society
Christine Cook, APLD is an artist, lecturer, and landscape designer whose company Mossaics specializes in moss garden, wildlife habitat restoration, and contemplative gardens. Her work reflects and ecological approach to each site with an understanding of natural systems. Mossaics cultivates a sense of wonder!
March 29, Saturday
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Crabapple Pruning Workday
Pruning Guide: Mark Biercevicz, Crabapple Curator. Learn how to prune properly while sprucing up our collections.
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APRIL
April 5, Saturday
9 – 2 p.m.
Gardening Symposium: "Selecting The Best"
Bill Cullina, renowned native plant author and the Society's Horticultural Research Director discusses Native Ferns, Moss & Grasses: From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave: Serene and Sensuous Plants for the Garden-his newest book and a great selection for northern gardeners. Richard Jaynes’ talk, "Outstanding Woody Plants with a Bias Toward Kalmia" focuses on these popular woody plants for northern gardeners-by the man who made made so many of these cultivars famous. Kate Kruesi, lifelong Vermont gardener discusses "Ecological Gardening: Selecting the Best for Your Site". She focuses on matching plant with place, understanding your site, and special challenges. She shares plant selection criteria for maximum four-season beauty.
Vermont Chapter of NEWFS.
April 19, Saturday
9 – 12 p.m.
Nursery Digging Day
Coordinator: Nate Sands, Conifers Curator
April 22, Tuesday
6 – 8 p.m.
Selecting the Right Plant
Presenter: Brian Vaughan, new curator of Dr. Leonard Perry’s test gardens. This presentation will help you pick plants that are best suited for your site. Soil types, orientation, hardiness zones, microclimates, plant selection and cultural practices will be covered. This talk is for you so please bring your plant and yard questions!
April 26, Saturday
9 – 12 p.m.
Perennial Border Wake-Up
Coordinator: Brian Vaughan
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MAY
May 10, Saturday
11 – 1 p.m.
Trillium Walk & Plant Propagation
Presenter: Stephanie Solt, Proprietor for Trilliums Unlimited, trilliums seed collector and propagator. Talk and walk. Minimum 10 people, deadline for registration May 5.
May 15, Thursday
5:30 – 8 p.m.
Lilac Pruning Workday
Presenter: Jeff Young, Curator. Help spruce up the collection in preparation for the Bloom-Time Tours.
May 17, Saturday
10 – 3 p.m.
Bloom-Time Festival
Burlington Garden Club, Branch Out Burlington, and Winooski Parks Dept.
• Time TBA. Rain Gardens. Presenters: Emma Melvin and Jessica Andreoletti.
• 11 -12 p.m. Tree Walk. Presenter: Paul Wieczoreck.
• 12 - 1 p.m. Bats. Presenter: Barry Genzlinger, Chiroptera Cabin Company.
The world of bats and the important role they play today in controlling airborne pests. Talk and walk to our new bat house.
• All Day. Lilac Collection Tour. Presenter: Jeff Young, Curator.
Like to have a leisurely walk through the Hort Farm's award winning Lilac Collection? No lectures, no workshops, just a chance to smell the beautiful fragrances and admire the lilacs in full blossom. See the beautiful blush pink/white Russian 'Beauty of Moscow' considered by many to be the most beautiful lilac; the blue lilac, “President Lincoln”, the pinks 'Maiden's Blush' and 'Marie Francis'; the smallest Lilac 'Prairie Petite'; and a hundred more. Lilac Curator and VT Master Gardener Jeff Young will be on hand to walk with you and answer any questions you have. Lilacs will also be on sale to benefit the Hort Farm.
Ann Milovsoroff helps a customer at the 2007 Bloom-Time Festival sale
May 21, Wednesday
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Lilac Collection Tour
Presenter: Jeff Young
Like to have a leisurely walk through the Hort Farm's award winning Lilac Collection? No lectures, no workshops, just a chance to smell the beautiful fragrances and admire the Lilacs in full blossom. See the beautiful blush pink/white Russian 'Beauty of Moscow' considered by many to be the most beautiful Lilac; the blue Lilac, President Lincoln, the pinks 'Maiden's Blush' and 'Marie Francis'; the smallest Lilac 'Prairie Petite'; and a hundred more. Lilac Curator and VT Master Gardener Jeff Young will be on hand to walk with you and answer any questions you have. Lilacs will also be on sale to benefit the Hort Farm.
May 28, Saturday
6 – 8 p.m.
Ferns
Presenter: Dave Barrington, Professor of Plant Biology, curator of the Pringle Herbarium specializing the diversity and evolution of ferns and plants specifically in the tropics. This walk and talk will be on ferns and woodland flowers.
May 29, Thursday
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Lilac Collection Tour
Presenter: Jeff Young
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JUNE
June 7, Saturday
10 – 12 p.m.
Rhododendron Walk
Presenter: Hal Bill, Curator. Take this opportunity to tour our Rhododendrons & Eastern U.S. Native Azalea Collections in bloom. Hal will answer all your questions & lead tours, rain or shine.
June 18, Wednesday
6 – 8 p.m.
Wise on Weeds
Presenter: Rose Paul, Vermont Nature Conservancy. Rose will do a 1 hour presentation and discussion will cover why we should care about Invasives, how to identify them, the threats they cause to VT ecosystems and how landowners can control them. Invasives covered in the talk will be “Terrestrial invasives”, including upland and wetland species. The second hour will be a Hands on Demonstration including identifying invasives in the field, tools to use and various control methods. Come girdle an invasive buckthorn! Attendees are encouraged to bring their own invasive samples to ID. VNC has many years of experience controlling invasives on their major preserves all over VT.
June 28, Thursday
9 – 12 p.m. and 1 - 4 p.m.
Lilac Pruning Workday
Presenter: Jeff Young, Curator. Help Jeff prune our award winning collection while learning proper techniques.
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JULY
July 9, Wednesday
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Butterflies and Dragons
Presenter: Chip Darmstadt, North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier. Walk and slideshow, rain or shine.
July 16 and 23, Wednesday
6 - 8 p.m.
Landscapers Series 1 and 2
Details to follow.
July 27, Sunday
10 - 3 p.m.
FOHF Annual Benefit Plant Sale
Annual Plant Sale for the General Public. Select from a wide variety of ornamental trees, shrubs, perennials and other plants donated by growers and nurseries from throughout Vermont.
July 27, Sunday
10 - 3 p.m.
FOHF Annual Benefit Plant Sale
Annual Plant Sale for the General Public. Select from a wide variety of ornamental trees, shrubs, perennials and other plants donated by growers and nurseries from throughout Vermont.
July 30 and August 6, Wednesday
6 - 8 p.m.
Landscapers Series 3 and 4
Details to follow.
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AUGUST
Date TBA
6 - 8 p.m.
Plant Diseases
Presenter:Ann Hazelrigg, Lecturer, Plant Diagnostic Clinic and Pesticide Education and Safety, UVM. Come learn the Basics of Plant Disease. Find out how diseases affect your plants and learn about new plant diseases that are on the rise. Get information on what you can do to minimize disease in your own gardens and landscapes.
August 20, Wednesday
7:45 - 8:30 p.m.
Bats: Nature’s Best Pest Control
Presenter: Barry Genzlinger, Chiroptera Cabin Company.
The world of bats and the important role they play today in controlling airborne pests. Talk and walk to our new bat house.
Date and Tme TBA
Bus Tour - Montreal Botanic Gardens
Tour Guide: Dr. Leonard Perry, UVM Extension Horticulturalist. Pre-registration is required. Co-sponsored UVM Extension.
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SEPTEMBER
September 6, Saturday
9 - 12 p.m.
Leaf Casting Workshop
Presenter: Meg Foster. Create your own natural objects of art with leaf casts of your favorite large leaved plant. Limited to 12 participants. Pre-registration is required. Additional materials fee of $20.
September 13, Saturday
10 - 12 p.m.
The Healing Landscape-Horticultural Therapy and Sensory Gardening
Rachel Boyers, a Landscape Architect, will share her personal journey through the construction of a sensory/therapy garden in memory of her son and her desire to bring horticultural therapy to individuals with special needs. A slide presentation will show the construction of the garden and examples of horticultural therapy in a variety of settings.
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OCTOBER
October 11, Saturday
10 - 1 p.m.
Mushroom Walk
Guides: Robert Resnik and Stephanie Miner. A fun and informative walk & talk in the woods followed by a lively discussion of your “finds” and if lucky: tasting.
October 18, Saturday
10 - 1 p.m.
Bonsai Demonstration
Presenter: Sandy Anderson, owner Millbrook Bonsai. Slide show describing the style and and types of Bonsai during which he will discuss care, feeding, pruning and potting. A selection of plants for “show and tell” along with a selection of tools that are used in this ancient oriental art.
October 18, Saturday
10 - 1 p.m.
Annual Members Meeting
Our annual membership meeting with a tour of the Hort. Farm to show what The Friends have been doing and what the latest research on-site is. Coffee, tea and light refreshments will be served.
October 25, Saturday
10 - 1 p.m.
Night Gardens
Presenter: Ann Milovsoroff. Plant a garden that looks its best when you are at home to be in it. Let’s have a look at gardens for evening enjoyment, planted with night-blooming, night-fragrant flowers, reflecting stars in water gardens, mysterious and other worldly in moonlight, and – if you must – lit delicately and charmingly.
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NOVEMBER
November 11, Saturday
Group 1: 10 - 1 p.m.
Group 2: 1 - 3 p.m.
Holiday Floral Arrangement
Presenters: Lisa Beliveau & Joanne Guillemette. Pre-registration is required for each session. Limited to 15 participants per session. Additional materials fee of $15 per session. Create holiday evergreen wreaths and centerpieces. Bring your favorite water proof container. Evergreens, pinecones, red twig dogwood, ribbon and oasis will be provided. A show and tell of the basics during the first hour and assembly during the second hour.
DECEMBER
December 13, 11, Saturday
10 - 12 p.m.
The Politics of Food and Farming inVermont
Ron Krupp, author and VPR commentator, will speak on the importance of local sustainable food and it's impact on issues of hunger, globalization, and obesity. Talk and discussion, his latest book Lifting the Yolk: Local Solutions to America’s Farm & Food Crisis.
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