62nd
Colonial Williamsburg Garden Symposium
Celebrating the American Garden: Bringing People and Plants
Together
May
4 - 7, 2008
Keynote speaker, Lynden Miller,
director of The Conservatory Garden in New York’s Central Park,
will speak about garden design with an emphasis on plants that can
be used to soften and civilize city life and change the way people
behave and treat each other. Applying Lynden’s
philosophy on a smaller scale, other symposium speakers, including
horticulturist, author, lecturer and radio personality Andre
Viette, and, Bob Lyons, director of
graduate programs at Longwood Gardens, will discuss how to create
gardens that “nourish the soul”. Topics of discussion
will include seasonal planting, mixed borders, and effective
combinations of plants.
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for brochure & registration information.
Historic
Garden Week in Virginia
April
19 - 27, 2008
This
spring, visitors will step through the gates of more than 250 of
Virginia’s most beautiful gardens, homes and historic landmarks
during “America’s Largest Open House,” April 19-27, 2008.
Three dozen Historic Garden Week tours present a rich mosaic of
some of the country’s finest properties at the peak of
Virginia’s springtime color. Sponsored by The Garden Club of
Virginia, local events are scheduled from the Atlantic Ocean to
the Allegheny Mountains and will span the centuries from the early
17th through the early 21st.
Click
here for more
information.
Hands-on
Camellia Workshop
Saturday,
April 5, 2008
9:30am to Noon
Hofheimer Camellia Garden at Norfolk Botanical Garden
Instruction on air
layering, pruning, fertilizing/maintenance. Bring pruning shears
and sharp knife or pliers. Free & open to the public. Rain
date for this event is April 12th.
For answers to questions, email info@vacamelliasociety.org.
Spring
Camellia Show & Plant Sale
Saturday,
March 22, 2008
Rose Garden Hall at Norfolk
Botanical Garden
Exhibitors enter blooms between
8:00-10:00 a.m. Novice growers are also encouraged to enter one or
more blooms. There is a novice award. You do not have to be a
Virginia Camellia Society member to enter blooms in this show.
Judging begins about 10:30 a.m. when all blooms are placed. The
show opens to the public after judging is completed (usually about
12:00 Noon.)
Camellia plant sales will BEGIN
at 10:00 a.m. - NOT before. Plant sales will END when all plants
are sold or at 4:00 p.m. Many varieties for sale this year-same
low prices for beautiful 3 gallon plants, $25; 1 gallon plants,
$12.
Attendance at the show and plant
sale is free and open to the public.
Philadelphia
Flower Show Or Bust!
Sunday,
March 2 & Monday, March 3, 2008
The
Fred Heutte Center is offering a bus tour to The
Philadelphia Flower Show which includes dinner and breakfast
as well as visits to both Longwood
Gardens and Winterthur
(the du Pont estate).
Cost
is $275.00 per person based on double room occupancy. Single
room $60.00 extra. Reservations & Pre-payment
Required!
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here for
more information
Maymont
Flower & Garden Show
Thursday,
February 21 through Sunday, February 24, 2008
Named
one of the top flower shows in the country, Richmond's Maymont
Flower and Garden Show will be brimming with glorious gardens,
great shopping and expert speakers - you can't help but be
inspired! The 2008 show theme is "The Entertaining
Garden-Party Among the Petals."
Master Gardeners Lunch ‘n’ Learn Pruning Basics
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 12:00 PM
Join the Master Gardeners as they present a Lunch ‘n’ Learn program on Pruning
Basics. Kerry Goldmeyer, a Chesapeake Master Gardener, will be discussing the ins and outs of pruning and maintaining your bushes and shrubs. The Lunch ‘n’ Learn will be at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, at the Central Library, 298 Cedar Road in Chesapeake.
Bring a bagged meal and enjoy the program with
your lunch!
This program is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Persons with disabilities are encouraged to participate in any program offered by the Chesapeake Public Library. For more information contact the Chesapeake Public Library at 382-6591.
Mid-Atlantic Home & Flower
Show
Friday,
February 15 through Sunday February 17, 2008
What do you get when you combine the Mid-Atlantic Home & Garden Show, held each March at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, with the Virginia Flower & Garden Show, held each January at the same venue?
You get the Mid-Atlantic Home & Flower
Show, a bigger and better show presented by the Tidewater Builders Association and The Virginia Horticultural Foundation.
Join us for the 2008 show at the Virginia Beach Convention Center from February 15-17, 2008.
This year will feature more vendors exhibiting and selling garden-related merchandise.
Hydroponic Gardening
& Chesapeake Master Gardener Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at 9:30 AM
On Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at 9:30 a.m., the Major Hillard Library with the Chesapeake Extension Services will co-sponsor a gardening lecture entitled, Hydroponic Gardening, at the Major Hillard Library, 824 Old George Washington Hwy, N. Mike Huff will be the guest speaker. The program should last around 45 minutes with a Question and Answer session.
Are you intrigued by the thought of soil-less gardening? Do you want to produce greater plant yield in a less amount of time? Does the prospect of fewer bug infestations, funguses, or diseases entice your interest? If these points have caught your attention, then attend this program to learn more about hydroponic gardening. During the program, the speaker will cover the following points: what is hydroponic gardening, how to set up a home hydroponic system, what you can grow easily in your home hydroponic system vs. what it more difficult to grow, common problems, basic costs vs. growing conventionally, and organic hydroponics.
This program is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Persons with disabilities are encouraged to participate in any program offered by the Chesapeake Public Library System. For more information contact the Major Hillard Library at 410-7075.
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