“Distinctive Ornamental Grasses (Poaceae)”
Speaker: Thom Mrazik

Fall in love with the top distinctive ornamental grasses (Poaceae) for a home garden. Learn the reasons why they are truly perennials with four season interest. Become fluent in talking about naturalistic design options, the grasses' ornamental features, and how they grow and mature. See plenty of real images of all the ornamental grasses presented.

Speaker Bio:  Horticulturist Thom Mrazik lives in Worcester Township, Montgomery County. He completed the Barnes Arboretum horticulture program and has served for over 10 years as a Penn State Extension Master Gardener. Thom has shared his home garden, Goodly Gardens, with Hardy Plant Society members on numerous occasions. It is a pleasantly attractive, naturalistic meadow in style and design, incorporating scores of ornamental grasses and wildflowers. Every year, Thom provides workshops and tours of Goodly Gardens, educating and inspiring countless gardeners in the region. In addition, his published articles on ornamental grasses and designing meadows can be found at FineGardening.com and Penn State Extension (extension.psu.edu).

This Zoom program is free to all HPS/MAG Members. $15 for Non-members. Registration is required. This event will be recorded and will be available for registrants to watch for just 2 weeks following the lecture.

Registration will open November 15^th. The deadline to register is February 22^nd.

Click here if you would like to become a member of HPS/MAG before registering for this event.

Please make sure you have Zoom installed on your computer. Plan to join 5 minutes before the start time. The talk will be followed by a 15-minute Q&A. Questions can be submitted via chat box and will be read to the speaker by the HPS/MAG moderator. Please note that all participants will be muted for the duration of the event.

Important Info regarding registration: Please make sure you hit the "submit" button after registering online. If you do not receive a confirmation e-mail, then the registration process was not completed.

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