Conference, workshops to cultivate growers' knowledge

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Operators of greenhouses, nurseries and garden centers can learn about new production techniques and get advice on marketing at the 2012 Indiana Flower Growers Association Bedding Plant Conference and a series of free educational workshops across the state.

The statewide IFGA conference will be Feb. 23 at Crossroads Greenhouse in Indianapolis. The Educational Series for Greenhouse and Nursery Growers and Garden Centers, funded by the Indiana Department of Agriculture, will be held at various sites beginning Jan. 18.

The conference will include sessions on temperature and light management, plant growth regulators, pest management, and marketing and economics for growers. It will begin with a tour of the greenhouses. Sessions will feature speakers from Michigan State, Ohio State and Purdue universities, along with owners of successful greenhouses and marketing operations.

BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN - FOCUS ON SCHOOL GARDENS

On Tuesday, November 15, from 6 to 8 p.m., BBG is offering a workshop, How to Grow a School Garden: Winter Planning for Spring Learning. Led by GreenBridge program manager Nina Browne and Brooklyn Urban Gardener (BUG) graduate Michelle Israel, this workshop will provide strategies to New York City parents, teachers, and administrators to ensure that a school garden program is a perennial success. The class is free, but registration is required

About Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Founded in 1910, Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) is an independent nonprofit institution committed to education, research, and the display of horticulture. Situated on 52 acres in the heart of Brooklyn, the Garden is home to over 12,000 kinds of plants and hosts more than 725,000 visitors annually. Learn more at bbg.org.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The Garden is closed on Mondays except public holidays. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for senior citizens (65 and older) and students with ID. Children under 12, all school groups, and Garden members are admitted free at all times. For directions, please visit bbg.org/visit/directions.

Learn what’s happening at Brooklyn Botanic Garden at bbg.org/visit/calendar, read the Garden’s blog at bbg.org/news, and see photos of current highlights at bbg.org/bloom.

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South Dakota State University Horticulture Club - Wreath Making Workshop

The SDSU Horticulture Club will sponsor a Wreath Making Workshop Nov. 20 at the Horticulture Forestry Building on North Campus Drive.

Reservations are required. There are four session times available starting at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. or 2:30 p.m.

 Fresh greens, frames, pine cones, wiring supplies, and hands-on instruction will be provided. A limited number of gloves, pruners, wire clippers/pliers, and adornments will be available for use, so participants are encouraged to bring their own.

 The cost is $15 per person/wreath. Space is limited so call or e-mail reservations by Thursday, Nov. 17 toKimberly.James@sdstate.edu or call 688-5553.

Minnesota: Horticultural Evening set at Legacy Gardens

Living Legacy Gardens at Central Lakes Agricultural Center in Staples will host a Horticulture Evening on Aug. 13.

Garden-related workshops and walking tours are offered and vendors will be on hand to display and discuss products and services. There will be a silent auction. A meal will be served at 4:45 p.m.Educational workshops offered from 5:30-8:30 p.m.

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Campers learn science of gardening at arboretum

By Ashley Boyd Staff Writer

Agroup of middle-school girls is getting their hands dirty this week while learning about gardening. Speakers at the DIRT campMaster gardener Betty Hardee spoke about composting.Libby Uzzell and Jean Henderson spoke about bluebirds and gave the girls tips for making birdhouses. Amanda Espy-Brown, an adjunct geography professor at UA, recently traveled to Africa and will speak today about the role African women play in agriculture in their countries.

Working in conjunction with Bama Dining and New College, the University of Alabama Arboretum is hosting a free, weeklong community service gardening workshop.
Environmentalism and sustainability are the focal points of the camp, which is called Alabama DIRT: Directed Investigations and Research for Teens.

“It’s teaching them about sustainability in terms of using our resources in a way that leaves resources for the next generation. They’re getting hands-on experience at a young age and will hopefully continue to grow plants on their own,” said Mary Jo Modica, horticulturalist for the arboretum. Read more>

New Mexico: Native Plant Society hosts noted botanist

William A. Weber, a noted botanist, world traveler and professor emeritus at the University of Colorado in Boulder, will talk about mentoring young botanists during his keynote speech at the annual meeting of the Native Plant Society of New Mexico in Taos, Aug. 6-9. The meeting also features a trip to the Aldo Leopold house, a garden walk with landscape designer Judith Phillips and other trips to explore Rio Grande riparian areas and sub-alpine sites at Wheeler Peak. Weber, who turns 91 in November, is a noted naturalist and lichen expert. He has named dozens of the little symbiotic joinings of fungi and algae or cyanobacteria. Weber, who speaks several languages, has published or edited more than 20 books and 200 scientific papers. The Native Plant Society of New Mexico works to educate people about the importance of native plants. Workshops at the annual meeting will cover such topics as seed collection and propagation, grass identification and photographing native plants. To register, contact Ann Smith at 575-737-9611. The annual meeting will be at the Best Western Kachina Lodge in Taos. Rooms are available by calling 575-758-2275.

Learn the basics of pruning in workshop

SEBASTOPOL -- Learn how, when and why to prune fruit trees and other perennials and shrubs in summer during a workshop Aug. 1 in Sebastopol. Garden educator and designer Maile Arnold teams up with Dr. Gail Dubinsky for the lecture, demonstration and hands-on learning opportunity to practice pruning cuts. Woven into the workshop will be philosophical ideas and healthy gardening tips and moves demonstrated by Dubinksy, a physician who also teaches yoga and has produced a DVD, “Yoga for Gardeners.” “Pruning can bring out the worst of overambitious attitudes and poor body mechanics, with painful and disabling results,” she said. Participants are urged to bring a yoga mat, water, sun protection and pruning shears and clippers. Cost is $20 in advance or $25 at the garden gate. For information call 829-7596 or e-mail dubinsky@rxyoga.com.

US (CO): Basalt workshop set on solar greenhouses

US (CO): Basalt workshop set on solar greenhouses The Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute in Basalt is offering a workshop Saturday, July 11, on solar greenhouse design and management. Instructor Jerome Osentowski will discuss site selection, design and construction of special greenhouses that not only collect solar energy, but store heat for use at night or during cloudy days. Participants will tour the institute's greenhouses at its campus on the sun-drenched slopes on the south side of Basalt Mountain. The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The $50 fee includes lunch and course materials. Contact Jerome Osentowski at 970-927-4158 or at jerome@crmpi.org to register. Source: aspentimes.com Publication date: 7/9/2009
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Park Commission Horticulture Workshop

Rich Reitman • Reader Submitted • June 29, 2009

Somerset County Park Commission Leonard J. Buck Garden will present "Ground Covers & Vines What You Didn't Know," a lecture by Cynthia Megill on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 from 9:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M.. The forum will take place at Leonard J. Buck Garden, 11 Layton Road in Far Hills, New Jersey.

Cynthia Megill is a former Horticultural Instructor at Suffolk Community College. She will explore the world of groundcovers and vines providing detailed descriptions of the best groundcovers for the home garden while examining the different varieties of these unique plants, their requirements, advantages, and disadvantages. A tour of the groundcovers and vines at Leonard J. Buck Garden will follow the presentation.

Fee for the session is $15. Pre-registration is required by calling 908-234-2677, ext. 21.

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Training Workshop of Propagation and Cultivation of Floriculture and MAP

Over the years, it has been noticed that people of Bhutan has developed affinity to flowers which can be gauged by the number of people visiting shops which are keeping potted plants in Trade fair and any fair organized in Thimphu. Also the numbers of requests to BAFRA for giving clearance to applicants for import permit for the import of ornamental and flower plants have gone up year after year. The export market for flowers is estimated to be worth $ 10 billion which is increasing at the rate of 6-9 % every year. The market is not only for potted plants but also includes cut flowers, dry flower and flower related products like potpouri. There is an ever increasing flower market the world over, however, almost no research and development work has been done in Bhutan so far although Bhutan is a home to numerous sources of flowers because of its vast biodiversity of flowering plants.
There is a vast potential for flowers for the domestic as well as export market especially in India. We can take advantage of the festival season in India for export of cut flowers as we have a very conducive growing climate and environment to grow flowers.

The CoRRB has been doing mainstream research on Horticulture especially on fruits and vegetable. In order to address the demand for ornamental and flower plants first within the country, CoRRB had been contemplating to carry out some research on flowers. However, due to lack of technical expertise in the field, we could not do much so far. Now, with the intention of initiating some work on floriculture, four-days training workshop on Floriculture and MAP (Medicinal and Aromatic Plants) was organized by the Council for RNR Research of Bhutan at RNRRC-Jakar from 2-5 June, 2009 with financial support from UNESCO and CFC-MAP. There were 3 resource persons namely Dr. S. Jaganath, Chief Scientific Officer from University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore; Dr. Nishritha Bopana, Science Officer, Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, New Delhi and Mr. Tshitila, MAP Specialist, RNRRC-Yusipang. The participants mainly consisted of researchers from four Research Centres, Agriculture Extension Agents and Farm Managers.

The objective of this training workshop was to make the participants aware about the various aspects of floriculture and to enhance their technical capacities on the cultivation and propagation of floriculture and MAP. It is expected that the participants will be able to take up the research on floriculture henceforth although in a small scale. For the first time, research on floriculture has featured as one of the activities of the 10th five year plan.

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