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Thanks to the unflagging efforts of Dr. Leonard Perry, perennials expert at the University of Vermont, we have an exciting line-up of speakers and presentations for the show, representing some of the Central Vermont Region's most influential horticultural entities. (That's fancy speak for "we've got a lot of garden-smart people right here in our own backyard.)
FRIDAY
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Day |
Start |
End |
Description |
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Friday – March 14th 2008 |
9:00:00 AM |
9:30 AM |
The Central Vermont Garden Show Opens at the Barre Civic Center. |
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Friday – March 14th 2008 |
9:30:00 AM |
10:15 AM |
Rain Gardens-Natures Way of controlling Run
Off
a presentation by the coordinator of the Barre City Rain Garden Project and UVM Extension Specialist Emma Lynn Melvin |
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Friday – March 14th 2008 |
11:00:00 AM |
11:45 AM |
How to be Your Own Garden Designer -Ideas
and Techniques That Work
by professional landscape designer, Judith Irven, Outdoor Spaces and Landscape Design, Goshen, Vt. |
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Friday – March 14th 2008 |
12:30:00 AM |
1:30 AM |
Indoor Composting With Redworms brought to you by the Wacky Worm Sisters, Lynette Courtney and Carol Schminke New Leaf Designs Eclectic Nursery Greensboro Bend, Vt |
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Friday – March 14th 2008 |
2:00:00 PM |
2:45 PM |
Disease and Pest Updates for 2008
How to recognize and control this year's 'Garden Yuckies' using the least toxic methods, by UVM plant diagnostician, Ann Hazelrigg |
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Friday – March 14th 2008 |
3:30:00 PM |
4:15 PM |
Gardening Organically”
The basics on soils, composting, and more with NOFA Organic Certification instructor, Wendy Sue Harper |
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Friday – March 14th 2008 |
6:00:00 PM |
6:45 PM |
Easy-does-it Landscaping
presenting plants, design, and construction methods guaranteed to reduce the work-load in your garden by municipal landscape designer, Jeanne Daniele of Barre Beautiful. |
SATURDAY
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Day |
Start |
End |
Description |
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Saturday - |
9:30:00 AM |
10:30 AM |
From Tired to Terrific - Rejuvenating your
existing Flower Gardens
Restoring them to their original, manageable beauty; let nursery woman Joann Darling, owner of the Gardens of Seven Gables in Barre, show you how. |
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Saturday - |
11:00:00 AM |
11:45 AM |
Put Some WOW Into Your Garden
by becoming a WOW gardener (Wise On Weeds). You can win the Weed Wars with Rose Paul of the Nature Conservancy, Montpelier, Vt |
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Saturday - |
11:00:00 AM |
12:00 PM |
Pruning Workshop
Outdoors in front of the the Civic Center, weather permitting, but do dress appropriately (this event will be held indoors if necessary) Hands-on demonstration by Kate Foreer, Outreach Specialist, UVM Extension of various pruning methods for small trees and shrubs. |
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Saturday - |
12:30:00 PM |
1:15 PM |
Oldies but Goodies – Heirloom Plants for
Today’s Gardens
A photographic presentation by a specialist grower of antique and heirloom perennials, Rachael Kane of Perennial Pleasures Nursery and Tea Garden in East Hardwick, Vt. |
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Saturday - March 15th 2008 |
2:00:00 PM |
2:45 PM |
Best Management Practices for Trees
Learn how to keep your trees healthy and thriving with environmentally sound tree-care tips from Dianelle Fitzko, program coordinator, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. |
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Saturday - |
3:30:00 PM |
4:30 PM |
Bonsai
Experience the fascinating world of bonsai culture with live specimens brought to you by experienced professions, Sandy Anderson, of Millbrook Bonsai Nursery, Jericho, Vt. |
SUNDAY
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Day |
Start |
End |
Description |
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Sunday – |
10:30:00 AM |
11:15 AM |
The Greatwood Farm Gardens Vermont's
Hidden Treasure”
Enjoy historic and current photographs and stories of the walled gardens, water features; and buildings under restoration at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vt. Presented by project designer Layne Tharp, Laynes Garden Design, Montpelier |
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Sunday – |
12:00:00 AM |
1:00 PM |
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Planting the Future – Saving People by Saving Plants A lecture/slide presentation by author/herbalist Rosemary Gladstar on the conservation, preservation, and cultivation of native medicinal plants; creating botanical sanctuaries on your own land; and the work of the United Plant Savers International, headquartered at Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat Center, East Barre, Vt |
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Sunday – |
1:30 PM |
02:15 PM |
Fabulous Rock Gardens
Learn how to design, install and care for colorful rock gardens through a slide show by Liz Krieg at Rising Sun Greenhouse and Landscape Company, Bethel Vt. |
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Sunday – |
2:30 PM |
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Silent Auction - Bidding ends and winners are announced for all the items generously donated to help raise funds for a Central Vermont YMCA |
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Sunday – |
3:00 PM |
3:45 PM |
Beautiful Gardens of Montreal
Visit the Montreal Botanic Gardens and the International Flora Festival through inspiring photos that will provide relief from the late winter blues enthusiastically presented by Sarah Kingley-Richards, UVM |
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Sunday – |
4:00:00 PM |
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The First Biennial
Central Vermont Garden Show Ends See you in 2010! |