Re: master gardener class ideas?

Yes, I just thought of another.  We had one this summer on heritage
vegetables.  The presenter directs "heritage" gardens for many of the
historical sites in our area.  He also put together "victory gardens" and
gardens representing the foods of early settlers.  He had a wonderful
collection of beans that he shared.

Bonnie Zone 7/7 ETN
Remember:  The River Raisin, The Alamo, The Maine, Pearl Harbor, 9/11


> [Original Message]
> From: Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 1/14/2007 2:47:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] master gardener class ideas?
>
> We have had great luck with our members presenting programs on their 
> specific areas of interest.  For instance, two of our members are active
in 
> the Iris Society.  They did a wonderful program on their national
conference 
> in the northwest, complete with slides of the gardens they visited and
lots 
> of specifics on iris standards.  We also had a similar program given by a 
> member of the local herb society.  Our area is also in the middle of some 
> wonderful wilderness areas, and we have had experts on the fauna and
flora 
> there give great presentations.  There are so many topics to cover when
you 
> start to think of them.
> zem
> zone 7
> West TN
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "pdickson" <pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 1:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] master gardener class ideas?
>
>
> > We had a man from a nursery in OKC that is a hybridizer of day lilies
one 
> > time.  He was very interesting.  His wife works with hostas.  She came 
> > back at a later date and talked to us about finding new varieties of 
> > hostas.
> > His daylilies all have topgun in their names.  He also has iris that he 
> > works with.  I just found his web link.  www.bobscottnursery.com
> > Tricia
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: <Cersgarden@aol.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 11:12 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] master gardener class ideas?
> >
> >
> >> Thought maybe someone would be interested in a Lily program for MG or 
> >> garden
> >> club.   We just had a couple from our Regional Lily Soc speak at our 
> >> garden
> >> club Thurs eve.   One of the speakers is a great photographer as well
as 
> >> very
> >> knowledgeable regarding lilies.   The other speaker is a hybridizer. 
> >> Besides
> >> the usual infor on lily classifications, growing requirements and 
> >> wonderful
> >> photos they also showed how to start lilies from seed and from
scaling. 
> >> We have
> >> a number of gardeners who are starting to grow lilies but were doing
so 
> >> only
> >> by experimenting.
> >>     Ceres
> >>
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