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Newsletter Volume 15--Issue 6 June 2011

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GARDENER PROGRAM

JUNE 2011 MONTHLY MEETING

DATE: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 PLACE: Tour of Dottie Oliff’s Garden and Covered Dish Supper 2726 Hambleton Road, Riva, MD 410-956-4400 [email protected] TIME: 6:00 P.M.

Dottie has lived here for 28 years. Her landscape, some 1.75 acres, came from humble beginnings – mostly weeds! She maintains a mostly eclectic landscape comprised of plants, trees, and shrubs she has selected over the years. She describes her collection technique as “When I see something I like, I buy it! I decide later where it will fit, and there always seems to be room. I am just not a planner.” She maintains an extensive vegetable garden which is an integral part of her landscape. Dottie says, “There is nothing I would rather do then stick my hands in soil. Note I said soil not dirt. Took me a while to remember that when I started as a Master Gardner.” Her home is a lovely traditional version of a Cape Cod, and the rear of the property hhome is picture-perfect, and she greatly enjoys entertaining. The combination of a lovely home and beautiful, immaculately maintained gardens will make your visit here enjoyable and enlightening!

Directions: Riva is south of the South river. Take Riva road to Hambleton Road. Proceed .7 mile to her driveway (#2726) on the left. Parking: Since parking will be somewhat tight, please arrange to carpool to my house if possible.

A good place to car pool from is Annapolis High school or the swim center next door. This is on Riva Rd. A few blocks from the Riva Bridge which you will be going over. It is 5 minutes from my house.

Parking is available along Hambleton Road. Debbie Werre, Sue Owens and Carol Downing will be available to guide if need be.

Covered Dish: Feel free to bring whatever you wish to share. For convenience, pre-slicing would help if any is needed.

It will be to hard to warm dishes so please bring warm if needed. Don’t forget utensils for your dish. Hope to see everyone there!

Anne Arundel Master Gardeners June 2011

In this Issue: The Coordinator’s Corner Anne Arundel Master Gardener Project Reports

• Ask a Master Gardener • Apprentice Garden • Bay-Wise • Composting & Native Gardens at Quiet Waters Park • Dairy Farm • Learning Landscape @ Crofton Library • London Town Propagation • Plant and Idea Swap Report • Specimen Tree Project at the Dairy Farm • Woodland Gardens

From the State Office

• Last Chance to Register for Shade Trees Class and Evergreen Trees & Shrubs class

• Upcoming Advanced Training Classes • Results of Quilt Auction at the Annual Training Day • International MG Conference • Stinkbugs Class • New Landscape and Horticulture Classes

Anne Arundel County Extension (410) 222-6757 FAX (410) 222-6747

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Station, and University of Maryland Extension that all persons have equal opportunity and access to programs and facilities without regard to race, color, gender, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital or parental status, or disability.


THE COORDINATOR’S CORNER

Mike Ensor, Coordinator I first want to thank Dottie Oliff, one of our own Anne Arundel Master Gardeners for her willingness to host the June Monthly Master Gardener Meeting. Everyone is in for a real treat this evening as we go on tour of Dottie’s Gardens. Please bring your favorite dish as we will begin the evening with a “pot luck” dinner. Please note that the evening will begin at 6:00 PM rather than 7:00 PM. Please watch for newsflashes concerning this evening. Also I want to thank all who were able to participate at the Maryland Master Gardener Annual Training Day at the University of Maryland. Once again Anne Arundel was well represented and stood out among the crowd with the “Wonderful Anne Arundel” red ribbons attached to the name badges. Anne Arundel County had well over 100 participants as compared to 700+ state-wide. I also want to thank all for changing logos, letterheads, etc. to our parent organization title of UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EXTENSION. As a reminder, this and the affirmative action statements need to be on everything that we do for the public. Take some “time out” to enjoy the summer with family and friends and last but not least: When all Master Gardeners educate, stand back! When all Master Gardeners help improve the quality of life, each person changes. The energy of Master Gardeners gives life to people. And isn’t giving a better quality of life the business we are all about? The energy of the Master Gardeners breaks down walls, reaches the larger community and builds bonds. These wonders happen with the Anne Arundel Master Gardeners each and every day.

Want an easy way to communicate with your fellow Master Gardeners?

If you would like an easy way to send a message out to the whole MG group or see messages sent by others, think about joining our Yahoo MG email group. This is a way for anyone to send or respond to messages or announcements (separate from the newsletter). All you need to do is to let Robin Costas

know you want to be on the list by sending her an email at [email protected]


ANNE ARUNDEL MASTER GARDENER PROJECT REPORTS ASK A MASTER GARDENER Joe Marsala, MG, Project Chair May always seems to be the month things really get rolling for our group! Due to the cooler, wet spring we are experiencing, we are seeing quite a few diseases. After a slow start, all four venues are up and running! In all, we conducted 16 plant clinics this month. Virtually all of our volunteers participated in completing 418 client educational sessions. This brings our year-to-date total to 662!

This month we are scheduled to conduct 15 clinics. As the weather warms, more folks generate questions as they are busier in their gardens. It is usually one of our busiest months. Don’t forget that we both welcome and encourage all Master Gardeners to attend one of our clinics! Your questions are encouraged! Drop by one of our clinics and stay awhile; I promise you’ll have a great time!

APPRENTICE GARDEN Anne Nourse, MG, Project Chair Activities at the Apprentice Garden in May began with a wonderful composting talk by MG Mary Beam who explained the value of composting as well as what could be put into the pile to form “black gold.” Families then enjoyed a game made and directed by MG Intern Denise Peach by deciding what item card was green or brown and could be put and not put into the pile and belonged in the regular trash bin. It was a very informative and fun evening for all. Almost all of our veggies have been planted by the illustrious families and MGs. First, eggplant and peppers were added into the warmer weather crop plots. Then, tomatoes joined the group after crushed egg shells were placed in the soil that the tomatoes sat on to prevent end blossom rot. Communal planting started with the planting of bush and trailing cucumbers, zucchini and watermelon transplants. Additional straw was spread around the path within the garden boundaries as the previous straw had been stomped down by the rain and over 25 people walking on it weekly. Unfortunately, the flea beetles have chosen to attack their favorite plants, eggplants, so a short talk was given on controlling them and flea beetle paddles were made one evening after a nature crafts project. This paddle was the creation of MG Kathy Enderle last year and is a wonderful organically fun way to capture the jumping bugs.

Cut a piece of cardboard box approximately 12” x 3-4” in size and draw a design (nature-oriented, of course) with permanent markers. Then, push a bamboo skewer (can be cut to a comfortable size) as far as you can into the short end for a handle. Next, cover both sides of the board with dispenser-type transparent tape used for packaging (mailing) placing the sticky side up. Lastly, store in aluminum foil so other objects aren’t captured before the bugs are trapped. To use, place under a leaf and gently tap it; the flea beetles will jump right onto the tape and be forever away from your eggplant! Try it; it really works! In addition to the flea beetle paddles, we are trying different organically designed ways to halt any other pests like deer, squirrels, rabbits, etc. Whirling pinwheels have been placed around our strawberry area and hanging garden objects can be seen that have bells on them. Bright blue streamers swing back and forth on the string between our posts. This all seems to work, too. No more squirrel holes or deer tracks have been seen and we’ve never had any evidence of rabbits nibbling on our plants. The most exciting news that has happened in the AG this month is that the families have pulled their first crop of radishes and their tops and have actually eaten them along with fresh greens produced by their hard work. The first strawberry from our communal patch has also now been officially tasted by all the children; not quite enough yet for parents.


On a day when rain was predicted, our families became creative decorating a painted yellow or orange piece of wood to make their unique plot plaques. All have in some fashion various types of vegetables, flowers, vines, etc. colorfully displayed. These are now hanging on the fence about the individual areas. You won’t be disappointed by this artwork if you’re able to stop by and visit our garden. The sunflower patch by the community garden water spigots are growing so nicely that several MGs and MG Interns have thinned them out and transplanted them to some of the barer areas. What a glorious display it make later in the season. Signs are being made by some of the artistically gifted families to announce this AG project. For fear of forgetting some of the MG and MG Interns helpers, I am not going to list them. However, I must say that EVERYONE has been so wonderful with helping to create the 2001 Apprentice Garden and more of you are welcome to join us on any Wednesday evening at Kinder Farm Park from 6:30pm to dusk. Just let MG Co-leader

Trish Lilek know of your interest at [email protected]. Now for an update on the Apprentice Garden/Sprouts Program at Kinder Farm Park. Seven families have been faithfully planting vegetables under the leadership of Mr. Roy Fielder (Friends Member) and MGs Jacqui Rouse and Lynda Tison. It was quite a task to have almost all of the vegetables planted on this 90’ x 90’ piece of fertile land. There will be a large harvest of beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers, squash, watermelon, cotton, tobacco (for educational use only), potatoes, and more. Corn and pumpkins still need to be put into the ground. Most families come on Wednesday evenings, however, you can see someone working on the other week days and even weekends. If you would like to help out at the Sprouts Garden, please contact me at [email protected]. We’d enjoy the extra help and fellowship. HAPPY GARDENING!!!

BAY-WISE Jim MacNicholl, MG, Project Chair

Techniques taught in the Bay-Wise program can provide both direct and in-direct cost savings. In last month’s newsletter I provided a list of Bay-Wise tips when planting your gardens. Some of these tips plus a few more mentioned below can provide actual cost savings. Based on my own experience, using commercial fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides, I calculated the cost to maintain my yard and garden. Using commercial fertilizers at the recommended rate and application schedule for an average size lot can cost up to $200 per year based on four applications of fertilizer at an estimated cost of $50 per application. Adding fertilizer for your vegetables, flowers and fruit trees ($50 per season), commercial pesticides to control insects ($50 per season), and herbicides to control crabgrass and broadleaf in your lawn ($50 per season) can bring your garden budget to over $400 per year. Don’t forget that water is another contributor to high cost. If your home is on public water and

sewer, the cost for an average size yard to keep the lawn looking rich and green all season long may run up to $500 per season. The alternative solutions have been around for hundreds of years and were practiced by our grandparents and their parents. For example, consider using compost as an alternative to commercial fertilizers. Compost may be available free in the community or you may want to create and maintain a compost pile with collected clippings, leaves and kitchen scraps. Use a self mulching mower to return the nutrients from the lawn cuttings back to your lawn. Practice using an integrated pest management procedure to control bad insects and to encourage good insects. When feasible, hand pull weeds. The choice of plants and the positioning of plantings will make your home more comfortable in the winter and summer months. Design and maintain a landscape that, once established, will survive on natural rainfall amounts by planting


trees, shrubs and perennials that are native, adapted to your area. Cost savings are hard to calculate, but you will see an indirect benefit from having more comfortable living spaces. Grass requires extensive maintenance to grow well. Where possible, replace unneeded lawn areas with beds of low or no maintenance ground covers, perennials, shrubs or trees. Mow your grass high (3 to 4 inches) to encourage a deeper, more drought and pest tolerant root system. Allow your cool

season grasses to go dormant during summer months. For a free water source, consider installing a rain barrel to collect run off from your roof. If you are doing all of the above, you earn 12 points towards the 36 points required for Bay-Wise certification. For more information contact us at [email protected]

COMPOSTING AND NATIVE GARDENS AT QUIET WATERS PARK Pam Dennison, MG, Project Chair This Spring has been very busy at the Composting and Native Gardens site at Quiet Waters Park. The compost team spoke to over 100 people at the park’s Earth Day Open House. Thanks to Betty Bryant, Debbie Werre, Denise Peach, Ginny Klocko, Malcolm Doying, Mary Beam and Susie Blackwell for helping make the day a huge success.

Members of the compost team also attended several off site events this Spring. Thanks to Susie Blackwell and Carole Fullagar for doing compost demonstrations for the elementary students and their parents at the Earth Day celebration at St. Andrews Day School in Edgewater.

Mary Beam and Denise Peach gave a special compost talk to the Apprentice Garden participants at Kinder Farm Park. Additionally, Denise Peach attended the Bodkin Elementary Fair on behalf of the Compost and Native Gardens Project.

We’ve had two regularly scheduled demonstrations since then at the park. Our next one will be Wednesday, June 1st.

If you haven’t been to one of the demonstrations recently, we invite you to join us and receive a free compost bin and goody bag complements of Anne Arundel County.

DAIRY FARM Elizabeth Matarese, MG, Project Co-Chair A Pilgrim’s Progress! Girl Scouts, an Arborist, hard working interns! A lethal combination when it comes to weeds, brush clearing, and overcoming Ailanthus. Workdays at the DF have been wonderfully successful, and results have been gratifying. The area around a stand of holly has been expanded, and the glen has taken on a wooded but groomed look: inviting and cool-looking. It has an aura that hints of a Tolkien or a Harry Potter atmosphere…Spirits of the Glen… MG interns have proved to be steady and results-oriented workers; workdays with them have been productive, and the clearing in the Glen attests to their thoroughness in removing dead branches and vines. We have removed several truckloads of debris.

We have a Wolf Tree; the Girls Scouts earning their badges, cleared the vines and weeds that obscured its stateliness, and the scene is now complete. Several other trees, one or two of them having been struck by lightning, are under the practiced eye of our arborist, Chris Coates. His knowledge of the farm over the years and his ability to advise us of caring for the trees has increased our appreciation of the potential for this beautiful piece of land. To join the list of DF workers, email Susan Knisely and add your email address so that you get updates on workdays at the Dairy Farm. Also, the Sunday Open House activities have just started. Special exhibits and workshops are featured. You don’t want to miss them!


The hardworking MGs at the Dairy Farm include: Rosemary Council (intern), Carole Fullager, Debbie Werre, Maida Bilson (intern), Sandy Patterson, and

Nancy Runk-Zeunges (intern).

MG Interns Maida Bilson and Nancy Runk-Zeunges get busy with their rakes.

Making a few judicious cuts are Keith Marnell (intern) and Noreen Krispin.

LEARNING LANDSCAPE @CROFTON LIBRARY Barbara Crispin, MG, Project Chair

Bay-wise project team members Jim MacNicholl, Robin Gill and Nancy Landers conducted the Bay-wise certification review at the Crofton Library to complete one of the goals of the Learning Landscape project.

Improvements in landscaping care and plant choices put the library over the top of the yardstick. The presentation of the plaque followed the review.

The plaque will be displayed in the lobby until a secure permanent outdoor display can be arranged.

The project team is focused on increasing the educational aspects of landscaping challenges of the property by demonstrating how homeowners can maintain and improve their property.

Rain garden installations are in the concept planning stage this summer. The next event will be Saturday October 22, 2011.

Volunteers to plan and work this event are always welcome. Meetings will be scheduled in late July or early August.

Contact Barbara Crispin [email protected] to be added to our email list.

Pictured (from left to right) are BayWise Project Chair Jim MacNicholl, Branch Manager Ruby Jaby, Library Associate Barbara Crispin, Robin Gill and Nancy Landers.


LONDON TOWN PROPAGATION Barbara MacNemar, MG, Interim Chair The group enjoyed a well-deserved Friday off after a successful plant sale the last weekend in April. London Town sold over 500 heirloom tomato plants and many other plants that we had dug or propagated from the gardens. In addition, The MGs made over 225 educational contacts with the public during the two-day sale. We all enjoyed helping the customers select the right plants for their locations.

Many of the unsold tomatoes were planted on the grounds and 55 were donated to the Apprentice Garden Committee to be planted them. In the meetings in May we brainstormed for ways to make the sale even more successful. With horticulturalist Nate Powers, we walked the gardens and identified more plants to be dug, groomed and sold in the fall sale.

PLANT AND IDEA SWAP REPORT George Lambert, MG The 2nd annual Plant and Idea Swap resulted in many plants finding appreciative new homes, and presumably many satisfied donors. For sure, many members were introduced to new plants that will enrich their gardening experiences. The original 10 volunteers (Mary Beam, Kathy Enderle, Marilyn Kinkel, Sue Lindsay, Rose Love, Bonnie Pavlak, Carol Segree, Kari Yent, Joe Marsala and I) were later supplemented by four more (Linda and Don Droneburg, Joyce Miller, and Catherine Salam). We thank them for their help. Official attendance was 72, of which 51 (70%) brought plants. There were at least 316 plants brought, an average of 6.2 by the 51 participants. Interestingly, 48% of the plants were brought by the 12 members who donated 10 or more. There were plenty available at the end for those who didn’t bring any, and those who wanted to take more than they brought. Another MG win-win! Everyone took home at least five, if not 10 plants if they wanted to. Thanks to all who participated! Members continued to arrive until 7:20 P.M., and after a brief business meeting, raffle, and explanation of swap procedures, the Plant Swap began at 7:40 P.M., with the Idea Swap starting shortly thereafter. Given the hasty sun at this time of year, we scrambled to finish at around 8:30 P.M. We need to start earlier next year. Nine plants were selected for the raffle table, raising $50. Among these terrific plants were a large blooming baptisia, a variegated hosta, a “Big

Daddy” hosta and a large “Empress” azalea donated by Carol Segree. The Idea Swap apparently progressed well inside while members waited for their group to be called to go “shopping”. Hopefully some appreciated the food for the mind, albeit others undoubtedly pined for the ice cream social we did last year. There were plenty of ideas with some left over for next year. Since last year’s inaugural swap was in August, when some were on vacation and others reticent to venture out of air conditioning, it was assumed that a Swap in May would have produced a greater attendance. In an effort to encourage better participation, I’d like to receive feedback at [email protected] from those who attended, and from those who didn’t go. Specifically:

1. If you attended, any suggestions for making it better? Was there enough time to select plants? Could the groups have been larger (or smaller), or was it too crowded? Was the Idea Swap useful?

2. If you didn’t attend, any particular reason why not? Any change that would entice you to come in the future?

3. We could ask members to report what plants they intend to bring and then publish the list before the swap. Would that make you more likely to come and/or make plant selection easier? Or would it be too much effort for little benefit?


SPECIMEN TREE PROJECT AT THE DAIRY FARM Susan Knisely, MG, Project Co-Chair The new Dairy Farm Committee has made tremendous progress this spring. Our group is working on the county new park that is being developed on the site of the old Naval Academy Dairy Farm in Gambrills. We are currently working in a wooded area next to a beautiful rolling meadow. We are clearing invasive plants and vines from large, specimen trees, adding deer resistant native plants, and creating a beautiful path through the area. This project will show homeowners how to restore and sustain their wooded areas. We have had three workdays – and it has been hard work! We have been dealing with broken and dead limbs, dense oriental bittersweet and smilax vines, poison ivy, multi flora rose, and more mile-a-minute vine than I have ever seen. However, it is amazing how quickly Master Gardeners can clear this stuff out and reveal a beautiful woodland! The intrepid Master Gardeners who have tackled this project include Sue Owens, Debbie Were, Maida Bilson, Carole Fullagar, Rosemary Council, Sander Paterson, Nancy Zeunges, Noreen Krispen, Keith Marnell, Malcom Doying, Carolyn Shenk, and Paul McCauley. We have also had help from a Girl Scout troop. One of our challenges is that the park is next to Maryland Sunrise Farm, which is all organic so we are not able to use herbicides. We are pulling and

cutting invasives and experimenting with plastic sheeting to solarize weeds at the edge of the woodlands. We are also trying a vinegar herbicide recipe that Nancy Zeunges found. We have not found an organic strategy to deal with the ailanthus, so if you have any suggestions, please let us know. All this hard work is revealing a beautiful woodland. The specimen trees in the area where we are working are tulip poplar and white oak. They are huge trees that are more than 30” in diameter. There are also large beech and holly trees that help create a peaceful, shaded woodland. We also have found a great tree to name to honor Ralph Beedle’s contribution to AAMG. Ralph made major contributions to our group including creating the data reporting system to record our volunteer hours and the directory. The tree is grand tulip poplar that is about 50” in diameter and 75’ tall. We have freed it from strangling vines and cleared away the multi flora rose. We plan to have a native garden area beneath the tree and a sign to recognize and honor Ralph. The park has scheduled open days one Sunday a month with special events and tours. Check out their website--http://www.aacounty.org/RecParks/parks/dairyfarm/index.cfm. Sue Owens, Elizabeth Matarese, and I co-chair this project. Let us know if you would like to join us for a workday. We will add you to our email list and notify you of upcoming workdays.


WOODLAND GARDENS Bonnie Pavlak, MG, Project Chair On Earth Day, April 22, 2011, we worked in the Woodland Garden, planting Eastern Red Cedar and Gray Dogwood, purchased with a grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust. They surround the TKF Bench, providing some privacy and a sense of beauty.

Trillium and Trout Lily are in bloom now. We lined the path with a fresh coating of aged woodchips and finished working just before the rain began.


NEWS FROM THE STATE MG OFFICE: MG Advanced Training Last chance to register for:

• Shade Trees - with Bob Stewart in St. Mary’s County (Registration Deadline is 5/17) o Jun 2, 9, 16

• Evergreen Trees and Shrubs - with Steve Dubik in Queen Anne’s Co (Registration Deadline is 5/27)

o June 6, 7, and 9. MG Advanced Training coming up very soon in June

• Ask a MG Practicum in Harford Co. (Reg deadline 6/7) o Jun 14, 16, 21

• Plant ID in Frederick Co. (Reg. Deadline 6/14)

o mornings Jun 21, 28 and Jul 2

• Plant ID in Baltimore City (Reg. Deadline 6/15) o evenings at Cylburn Jun 22, 29 and Jul 6

GIEI Lap Quilt Generates “Seed Money” The beautiful GIEI lap quilt made by Ellen Nixon (wife of Howard Co. MG Bob Nixon) brought in $680 in donation tickets at Advanced Training Day. Diane Brown, Carroll Co. MG, was the proud winner! The proceeds will be used to support food gardening projects for low-income youth- tools, soil amendments, fencing, plants, seeds, etc.

To get some of this money for your GIEI program send me a brief description of the project and audience, total amount of the request and an approximate cost breakdown. The deadline is June 1. International MG Conference - October 11-14 in Charleston, W.Va. West Virginia University Extension Service and the West Virginia Master Gardener Association invite you to join us at the 2011 International Master Gardener Conference, October 11 -14 in Charleston, West Virginia. Charter Bus Trip offer Carroll County MG Kathy Finch is chartering a bus to go to the International Conference (if she gets sufficient interest). If you’re interested, let her know by June 1st.

� Need 54 people for large motor coach (bathroom) $100.00 round trip, includes driver’s tip � Need 33 people for small motor coach (bathroom) $135.00 round trip, includes driver’s tip

Leaving: Monday, Oct. 11, from Carroll Co. Ag Center in Westminster (700 Agriculture Ctr, 21157) Returning: Friday, Oct. 14, to Carroll Co. Ag Center in Westminster

� You can safely leave your cars parked at the Ag Center all week

For more information about the conference go to: http://imgc.ext.wvu.edu/about_the_conference Early bird pricing for the conference will end on June 9, 2011. Contact Kathy Finch Day: 410-965-7274; Night: 443-291-6054 [email protected]


Kathy has plans to make the almost 7 hour drive to Charleston, as well as the return trip effortless and fun. Details will be forthcoming. What’s the Stink on Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs “BMSB Train the Trainer Workshop” Workshop: June 28th, from 9:00 –1:00? Location: University of MD Carroll County Extension Office Presenters: Bryan Butler, Senior Agent, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Mid-Maryland Tree Fruit Agent University of Maryland Extension Steve Allgeier, Home Horticulture & Master Gardener Coordinator, University of Maryland Extension Carroll County Get ready for the end of the summer, because BMSB questions will be rolling in and the public will be looking to the County Extension offices and Master Gardeners for information about BMSB. This workshop is designed to train Home Hort. Educators and Maryland Master Gardeners to be presenters of current information about BMSB. It will cover the biology, distribution, impact on food crops, and potential control strategies, both indoors and out, for the Homeowner. Access to a BMSB PowerPoint presentation will be made available to interested participants. RSVP: Steve Allgeier, [email protected] Landscape Horticulture: SHADE TREES Location: St. Mary’s Co. - Charlotte Hall Library Dates & Times: Thursdays Jun 2, 9, 16, 10am-1pm Presenter: Bob Stewart, UME, Retired Reg. Fee: $45.00 Reg. Deadline: 5/26 NEW: Landscape Horticulture: EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS Location: Queen Anne’s County: Wye Research and Education Ctr.,

124 Wye Narrows Rd. Queenstown

Also: Field trip to Wye Nursery and Adkins Arboretum Dates & Times: Mon 6/6; Tues 6/7; Th. 6/9; 9:30am-12:30 pm; Presenter: Steve Dubik, MG Coordinator, Montgomery Co. and

Professor, Landscape Technology Program, Montgomery College Reg. Fee: $45.00 Reg. Deadline: 5/31 How well do you know the common evergreen trees and shrubs growing in our area? Do you know their cultural requirement and common problems? If not, come join us for this class as we will go over identifying


characteristics, distinguish between confusing look-alikes, and discuss cultural requirements and use in the landscape of about 50 evergreen plants. You will be receiving the Common Landscape Plants of Maryland publication the first day of class as well as many handouts. Steve Dubik, our class instructor, brings a tremendous amount of knowledge of both plant materials and plant problems and will surely make this a most informative class. Top the classroom portion of the week off with 2 special field trips- one to Adkins Arboretum and one to Wye Nursery TO REGISTER: Send your name, address, email, phone, MG county/city you work with along with a check for $45 (made out to the University of Maryland) to MG Classes, HGIC, 12005 Homewood Road, Ellicott City, MD 21042, or use the registration form provided here on the MG State website under “Advanced Training” http://mastergardener.umd.edu.

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