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REGIONAL NEWS & NOTES be taking a break from speaking until Sept. 10, when she presents to the Southeast Wisconsin Master Gardeners at Boerner Botanical Gardens in Hales Corners, Wisconsin. On Sept. 22, she heads south to speak to the Greater Montgomery County Master Gardeners at the Presidential Banquet Center in Dayton, Ohio. She’ ll be back north for a presentation at Pasquesi Garden Center in Lake Bluff, Illinois, Sept. 24, followed by a talk at the Cheery Cherry Festival in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Sept. 25. On Oct. 1, Melinda will join a few of the Green Bay Packers and speak at the opening of the Aurora Health Center Southern Lakes in Burlington, Wisconsin.
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Brent Heath will present“ Bulbs as Companion Plants” to the Southeast Region American Conifer Society, Aug. 26, at the Waynesboro Best Western Plus in Watertown, Tennessee. On Sept. 10, Brent will talk to the Virginia Peninsula Rose Society about“ Combining Roses with Other Plants and Bulbs.” Oct. 8, he will travel to Tyler, Texas, where he will give three presentations for Regional Master Gardeners( open to the public) at the Tyler Rose Garden Center. Oct. 13, Brent will give a seminar and workshop“ Living Flower Arrangements” to the Middle Atlantic Council PDCA in Brent and Becky’ s Bulbs’ Chesapeake Lounge in Gloucester, Virginia.
Enjoy fall in Virginia, Sept 9-11, at the 10th annual Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello near Charlottesville, Virginia. Several GWA members will be on the program: Brie Arthur will present“ Foodscaping 101.” Kirk Brown will bring to life“ John Bartram: America’ s Master Gardener.” Barbara Pleasant will present“ Your Most-Asked Questions about Composting— Answered!” Tanya Denckla Cobb will present“ Organic Homemade Pest Remedies” and“ Organic Gardening for Newbies: Avoiding Beginners Mistakes.” Ira Wallace will present“ Growing Great Garlic and Perennial Onions” and“ Extending the Harvest: Creating a Four-Season Garden.” For more info: Heritage Harvest Festival.
Jenks Farmer will present“ Naturalist Garden Design for the Deep South,” Sept. 15 in Gainesville, Florida, as part of FNGLA. Spend the morning of Oct. 8 with Jenks to learn about“ Bees, Bugs and Bulbs” at his organically managed lily farm near Augusta, Georgia. Topics include beekeeping, all the good that bugs do and what to plant this fall for attracting pollinators next spring. No cost, pre-registration required; contact Jenks Farmer.
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Bill Johnson’ s photo exhibit, Insect Pollinators, is being extended through Aug. 22, at the Sophie B. Sachs Butterfly House, part of the Missouri Botanical Garden in Chesterfield, Missouri. On Aug. 22, Bill will be presenting his“ Insect Pollinators and Insect Photography” program there. The presentations will be out in the gardens with macro-photography equipment— looking for bugs to photograph. Another of Bill’ s photo exhibits, Butterflies of North America, will be up at the Como Zoo & Conservatory in St. Paul, Minnesota, through Sept. 7.
On Aug 16, Jared Barnes will discuss“ Native and Adopted Plants for Zone 8,” featuring hot perennials for the Southeast at the Georgia Perennial Plant Association in Atlanta, Georgia. Later that week, he will travel to Houston, Texas to discuss“ Reliable and Relevant Perennials for 21st Century Horticulture” and“ Incredible Edibles for the Garden” at the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association’ s 2016 Expo. Jared will present“ Propagating Horticulturists: A Cultural Guide for Cultivating the Future of Horticulture” at Raleigh, North Carolina’ s JC Raulston Arboretum’ s 40th Anniversary Symposium on
Sept 23-24. Then on Oct. 14, he will present“ BIG Perennials for a Shrinking World” at the Perennial Plant Symposium at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
Annie Martin will present“ The Magical World of Moss Gardening” Aug. 19 at the Speaking of Gardening Symposium at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville. Also on the program: Dan Hinkley, Larry Weaner and Dan Benarcik.
Kelly Norris will speak at the Farwest Show, Aug. 25 about his book Plants With Style and follow his presentation with a book signing. Along with Maria Zampini, he will co-host“ The New Plant Roundup” at the GWA Conference & Expo, Sept. 19. He rounds out his autumn schedule with a trio of appearances in October: Oct. 7 and 8 at the Perennial Plant Association Regional Symposium at the Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Garden in Dallas, Texas and Oct. 12, speaking to the Northwest Horticultural Society in Seattle, Washington.
Please join a world of vegetable lovers for the National Heirloom Expo, Sept. 6-8, in Santa Rosa, California. Jodi Torpey is presenting“ Blue Ribbon Vegetable Gardening,” signing books and moderating an international panel of giant-vegetable growing experts. Jodi also invites GWA members to her presentations at the Mother Earth News Fairs in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania, Sept. 23-25, and Topeka, Kansas, Oct. 22-23.
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During the Los Angeles County Fair, Sept. 2-25, Nick Federoff will be presenting a display and talk titled“ Things Green: 10 Top Garden Hacks” at a stand-alone display on the fairgrounds. He will also be broadcasting his daily PBS television show live from the fair in Pomona, California. On Sept. 22, Federoff will be inducted into the Montebello( California) High School Hall of
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