Thursday, April 3, 7:30 pm
Tom
Fischer - "The Tale Your Garden Tells"
Co-sponsors: HPS/MAG and The Scott
Arboretum of Swarthmore College
Reception follows the lecture.
Tom Fischer has gardened for 18 years in Boston while on the staff
of Horticulture magazine, first as senior editor, then executive
editor, and finally editor. When he moved to Portland OR to take the
position of Editor-in-Chief of Timber press, he had to learn to
garden in a very different environment. This creative lecture will
focus on his new garden, which has a Mediterranean feel. The talk
will highlight plants that look Mediterranean, but can cope with
northeast conditions
Lang Auditorium, Swarthmore College.
Directions to Swarthmore College
For more info, click on info@hardyplant.org.
Saturday April 12, 10:00a.m.
Heirloom Vegetable Seed Propagation Workshop
Green Mansions Nursery, Downingtown
At this seed starting workshop, you can select from a wide variety of unusual
heritage vegetables (e.g., 60 different varieties of tomatoes; 20 lettuce
varieties; arugula; radicchio) and take home your own tray of odd and
wonderful unusual heirlooms to grow on and plant out in your garden.
Directions will be sent prior to the workshop to all registrants. Open to all
HPS members but you must register. There will be a small fee to cover
supplies. Check the March newsletter for details and reservation information.
Monday April 14, 7:00p.m.
Lecture - Michael Bowell - "Plant Inspirations - New for 2008"
Co-sponsored by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and HPS.
Wesley Methodist Church, Bethlehem, PA
Come and find out what is new and hot for 2008! The Hardy Plant
Society and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society are taking the
show on the road to jointly present a lecture by HPS member Michahel
Bowell on new plant introductions. Michael is a horticulturist by
vocation and by avocation. He gardens on five acres in Chester
County - 22 miles west of Philadelphia. His business, Create A
Scene, Inc., specializes in garden design, installation, and
maintenance in the Philadelphia and Shore areas, as well as interior
gardening with exotic plants. He focuses on perennials, unusual
annuals, tropicals, and orchids. Michael's garden has been featured
in Horticulture, Family Circle, and Green Scene magazines, and in
Eden on Their Minds by Starr Okenga. Michael is best known for his
bold use of color and form and for combining tropical plants and
tender perennials with hardy plants to produce exciting
combinations. This lecture is open to the public. The program is $10
for HPS and PHS members; $12 for non-members. To register, please
contact Carol Dutill at PHS, 215-988-8869 or
cdutill@pennhort.org.
Monday, April 21, 6:30 pm.
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Monday, April 21, 6:30 pm
Board Meeting
Luddington Library
Bryn Mawr, PA
Directions to the Luddington Library
Tuesday, April 22, 10:00 a.m.
Tour of Mt. Cuba
Shade Special Interest Group
Join us for a two-hour guided tour of Mt. Cuba Center. Mt. Cuba,
located in northern Delaware, is “dedicated to the study,
conservation and appreciation of plants native to the Appalachian
Piedmont Region.” We should see many spring ephemerals such as
Trillium, Arisaema, Phlox, Erythonium and Uvularia. Participation is
limited and reservations are required. For more info, click on info@hardyplant.org.
Thursday, April 24, 1:00 p.m.
Tour of Shenk's Ferry
Native Plant Special Interest Group
Travel by car and meet us for a guided tour on Thursday, April 24,
1:00 P.M. of Shenk's Ferry, one of America's foremost wildflower
preserves. Our guide will be John Geyer. Among the wide
variety of spring wildflowers are Dutchman's breeches, wild
geranium, wild ginger, Virginia bluebells, mayapple, trillium, and
spring beauty. Visit
http://paplantings.googlepages.com/shenksferry for a list
of plants. Wear suitable clothing and footwear. Free to
all HPS members. For more info, click on info@hardyplant.org.
Saturday, April 26, 9:30 a.m.
Lancaster County Nursery Tour - Tender Perennials SIG
Join us for this annual self-directed plant
shopping tour of outstanding nurseries in Lancaster Co. We meet
first at HPS member Marian Martin's nursery, then receive a detailed
list of directions and a map to stops at exceptional nurseries in
Lancaster Co. This tour is free and open to all HPS members,
however, you must register to ensure your copy of the nursery list. Directions to
Marian's will be sent to all registrants. For more info, click on info@hardyplant.org.
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