Garden Classes Seminars etc

I get alot of info on classes, seminars etc. I thought it migh be a good idea to post them here if anyone is interested.

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Evening in the Gardens 2005
http://www.msue.msu.edu/objects/content_revision/download.cfm/revision_id.16
4604/workspace_id.-30/Evening%20in%20the%20Gardens%202005.pdf/

Wait until you see the wonderful classes being offered this
upcoming season at the Evening in the Gardens series! This
series of workshops, held at the Tollgate Education Center
in Novi, is now in its 7th year of offering interesting and
popular educational programs to Master Gardeners and the
public. The first class, on Wednesday, June 1st, will
feature the extremely talented Janet Macunovich teaching
“Garden Design”. Other classes offered this year are:
“Annuals in Your Gardens” (George Papadelis),
“Garden Photography” (Steve Nikkila),
“Rose Propagation” (Nancy Lindley),
“Native Plants in the Urban Garden” (Bill Schneider),
“Tree ID and Selection – Ash Alternatives” (Mary Wilson),
“Working with Vines and Climbers” (Kim Roth),
“Books, Flat Flowers and Memories” (Judy Cornellier), and
“Window Sill Herb Garden” (Paula Kraus).
All classes are held weekday evenings, 6:30 to 8:30
pm at Tollgate and feature low-cost workshops on practical
topics every gardener or homeowner can use. Classes are
full credit for Master Gardeners’ recertification educational
requirements. Historically this series of workshops fill
quickly, so don’t set this aside this announcement … send in
your registration and check NOW to avoid disappointment!
Classes will close when registration reaches capacity.

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EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
SmartGarden® Environmentally Friendly Gardening Practices

Here is information on a great educational opportunity for
MGVs and the general public as well:

Wojo’s Greenhouse Presents - SmartGarden® Environmentally
Friendly Gardening Practices

Learn new ways to protect the environment while you take
care of your gardens this spring and summer … it’s all
just a “click away.”

WHAT: Wojo’s 2005 Season Kick-off Event - SmartGarden®
Environmentally Friendly Practices
WHEN: Saturday afternoon, April 9th, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

WHERE: Wojo’s Greenhouse, 2570 Oakwood, Ortonville, MI

COST: $25 per person. Space is limited to 100
participants.

Pre-registration available on the Horticulture Gardening
Institute Web site, go to: www.gardeninginstitute.com
*Michigan Master Gardener Volunteers earn 3 education hours
for this event

~ ~ Event Agenda ~ ~ ~

SPEAKER
Gene Bush, co-owner of Munchkin Nursery & Garden in
Indiana, photographer, writer, and lecturer, will present
an engaging slide show and discussion, “Gardening By Accident”
based on his personal gardening experiences. His
works appear in recent issues of Gardening How-To, The
Quarterly of North American Rock Garden Society, The
American Gardener and Fine Gardening magazine.

TOUR
Participants will have a special tour of the greenhouse and
learn about new perennial plant varieties. They will be able
to purchase plants at the end of the event.

DEMONSTRATION
The Horticulture Gardening Institute will demonstrate its
new online program, The Art and Science of the SmartGarden®,
developed with the American Horticultural Society (AHS) and
sponsored by DK Publishing. This self-paced program is based
on the AHS 10 Tenets of the SmartGarden® and AHS 400-page Northeast
Regional Guide. It teaches gardeners to re-assess gardening
skills, lifestyle, daily gardening practices and landscape plans
while becoming a steward of the earth.

EARN WHILE YOU LEARN
All participants who complete the online program earn a
certificate from the Gardening Institute and AHS. Michigan
Master Gardeners will earn 5 educational credits for completing
the online program. A special opportunity for event participants
to purchase the SmartGarden® online program and 400-page Northeast
Regional Guide for $79 per person – a $99 value.

For more information call (248) 627-6498 or email:
info@gardeninginstitute.com

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Hi Paul

Tried to download the msue first page on educational opportunities and got a page error.....my question is....are these one night classes, or continuing education?? I would not mind coming down to go to a few, as it would be worth it even though I have fulfilled all of my educational hours for Master Gardener re-certification. You can never know enough.

For those of you who live in the Detroit area and can get to some of these classes, you have got to hear Janet Macunovich. She is wonderful and very informative. Also wonderful is Nancy Lindley from Great Lakes Roses. She re-educated me on Roses and now I have finally learned how to grow these temperamental beauties in Northern Michigan. Both ladies have books which I have added to my library. A must see...

Deann

Anyone interested in reading MSUE's Crop Advisory Team
(CAT) Alert newsletters on-line, can sign up to get email
notification when new issues are posted. This is the
fastest means to receive the information as issues
are posted the day they are published.

Instructions for signing up for each edition are at the
following web addresses:

For the Landscape Alert:
http://www.ipm.msu.edu/receiving_e_l.htm
For the Fruit CAT Alert:
http://www.ipm.msu.edu/receiving_e_fr.htm
For the Field Crop CAT Alert:
http://www.ipm.msu.edu/receiving_e.htm
For the Vegetable CAT Alert:
http://www.ipm.msu.edu/receiving_e_v.htm
For the Greenhouse Alert:
http://www.ipm.msu.edu/receiving_e_grn.htm

Counties: Please encourage your clientele to try this free
service (supported by additional funding from the Michigan
Department of Agriculture).

Joy Neumann Landis
Assistant IPM Coordinator and Communications Manager
Michigan State University Integrated Pest Management
Program
B18 National Food Safety & Toxicology Bldg, East Lansing,
MI 48824

Voice: (517) 353-4951 Fax: (517) 353-4995
Web: http://www.ipm.msu.edu

Iris Club of Southeast Michigan

Attn.: Calendar of Events
From: Iris Club of Southeast Michigan
Ann Cline, Publicity Chair, AnnCline@aol.col
2311 Torquay
Royal Oak, MI 48073-1117
248-280-0848

General Meeting of Iris Club of Southeast Michigan
Date: Thursday, April 28, 2005
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Royal Oak Senior Community Center
248-246-3900 (Community Center phone)
3500 Marais, Royal Oak
(3 blocks East of Crooks Road &
3 blocks North of 13 Mile Road)
Information: 248-280-0848 Ann 9am - 9pm (Please list in paper)

Program: Create Your Own GARDEN PLAQUE
With Paula Kraus

Bring your imagination and a design (8 x 10 drawing/ photo / picture)
to
create your unique terra cotta garden plaque, or bird feeder. Past
participants have brought coloring book pages (Iris or any other
pictures), or blown up copies of a plaque design found in a book,
magazine, or garden art catalog, as well as their own designs. You will
use this design to transfer the image to the clay in proportion to the
slab size. Most people trace the outline of the image on the clay. You
may
also want to bring any open top cookie cutters, rubber stamps (some
will
work, some won't), textured fabric, or found objects to imprint a
design
into the clay, which will enhance your design. Dress to play.

Cost to Iris Club members is $9.00 each, and $18.00 to non-members.
Reservations are not needed, but if you know you will be attending,
contact Margaret Perdue so we will have an idea of how much clay to
provide. 248-547-4380 margrettperdue@yahoo.com


Purple Loosestrife Project 2005 Update

To Purple Loosestrife Project Cooperators:

Many of you know that the closure of the USDA Niles lab in
July of 2004 has changed the way our project will be
conducted in the future. Without a lab colony of beetles
to support rearing projects, efforts will need to shift to
supporting field collection and release of Galerucella.
Fortunately, this comes at a time when Galerucella are
quite widely established in the state.

Our main challenge at this point is to link people who want
to cooperate with us in controlling loosestrife to the sites
where field collection is possible. We have a handful of
volunteers who are willing to host anyone who wants to
collect beetles this year. If you or anyone you know
would like to collect and distribute a new colony of
beetles, please see our website
www.miseagrant.umich.edu/pp and click on "Get Started."

This would make a great service project for youth and will
provide a wonderful opportunity to publicize the good work
of volunteers in controlling purple loosestrife.

Beetle collection day(s) will occur this coming May-June.
Purple Loosestrife Project "hosts" will provide access
to a site and some supervision. (We will be adding a few
more host locations to the website as they become
available.) The "collectors" will provide the labor and
equipment when they gather their own brood of beetles;
there are details about this on the website, too.

Thank you for your continued help in restoring our
wetlands!

Mike Klepinger and Doug Landis
PLP Coordinators

Sonia O'Connor, Michigan Sea Grant
517-353-9748 afternoons