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SATURDAY MARCH 15TH
11:00 am Make Rain Water Work for You Water from gutters and downspouts is something we usually try to get off our property. Heather Crawford will teach us how to take advantage of this amazing resource by designing rain gardens. Help keep our water clean and diversify your landscape at the same time.
12:30 pm The Four Season Garden Celebrate life on Mars! Modern lifestyle expert Mar Jennings, will take us on a tour of his enchanting Westport gardens and vine-covered garden studio.
Using a seasonal approach, Mar will teach us about garden design and how to add decorative touches, textures and details. And there you have it!
2:00 pm Smart Living—Landscaping for Energy Efficiency Who thinks landscaping costs money? Mike Gardocki, president and founder of Allspect Home Inspection Services will show us how to improve our energy conservation outside and in - through landscape design. He’ll answer our questions about energy efficiency and teach us how to save $$.
3:30 pm Bee Story: Not the Cartoon— a Real Life Mystery Affecting Our Food
Supply
Why have nearly all wild honeybees and more than half of the world’s tended honeybees been killed off in the past few years? Honeybees pollinate 1/3 of all the natural foods we eat. Win Baum is back this year and will talk about the perils honeybees are facing, probe into why they’re disappearing, what can be done and how to protect our food chain.
SUNDAY MARCH 16TH
11:30 am Low Maintenance Terrariums for the Busy Gardener We’re not talking about the terrariums of the ‘70s that required tiny tools and the steady hands of a surgeon! The terrariums Kathy Wandelmaier designs are about reproducing the warm, humid conditions that are needed to grow certain plants; conditions not found in the typical modern home.
1:00 pm Edible Crops in Containers Who needs “Whole Foods” when you can do it yourself? There’s fresh and then there’s FRESH! Stephen Gooss of Geiger’s Garden Center in Westport will demonstrate how to grow your own maximum veggies & herbs in minimum space.
2:30 pm The Four Season Garden Celebrate life on Mars! Modern lifestyle expert Mar Jennings, will take us on a tour of his enchanting Westport gardens and vine-covered garden studio. Using a seasonal approach, Mar will teach us about garden design and how to add decorative touches, textures and details. And there you have it!
Lectures Sponsored by Berkowitz, Trager and Trager, LLC
ON GOING DEMONSTRATIONS
- Chain Saw Carving- Bruce Harrison of Harrison Originals (Courtyard)
- Wheel Thrown Pottery- Trevor Youngberg of Youngberg Pottery (Gym 2)
- Live Goats- Goatboys Soaps (Front Entrance)
- Bird Carving- Phil Stein of Fairfield (Gym 2)
- Live Music- Talented local musicians (Cafeteria)
GARDEN DOCTORS
SATURDAY, MARCH 15th
11:00 am Diana Ringelheim, Master Gardener
12:00 pm Lee Ganim, Ganim Garden Center, Fairfield
1:00 pm Joe Gloria, Gilbertie's Herb Gardens, Westport
2:00 pm John Leto, Beardsley Zoo Gardeners, Bridgeport
SUNDAY MARCH 16TH 11:00 am Joan Barney, Colonial Gardens, Fairfield
12:00 pm Lee Ganim, Ganim Garden Center, Fairfield
1:00 pm Dan Holmes, Holmes Fine Gardens, Newtown
2:00 pm Brid Craddock, Holmes Fine Gardens, Newtown
3:00 pm Sarah Middeleer, Holmes Fine Gardens, Newtown
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