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Welcome Spring 2014
Innovative Gardening
REGISTER Here
March 22, 2014
Southern NH University, Hooksett, NH
Open to both Master Gardeners and the Public
The daylong Welcome Spring Symposium offers topics for beginners and advanced gardeners. Register EARLY to get your choice of workshops. Registration Deadline: March 15, 2014. Registration is NON REFUNDABLE after March 15, 2014. 
Agenda
Registration8:00-9:00Welcome/Speaker Intro9:00-9:15
Keynote9:15-10:15Vendors, Coffee, Silent Auction10:15-10:45
Session 110:45-12:00Lunch, Vendors, Silent Auction12:00-1:00
Session 21:00-2:15Vendors and Coffee2:15-2:30
Session 32:30-3:45
Keynote

"It's All About The Plants" 
 
A Journey into the Future of Gardens and Landscape Design.
by Rodney Eason, Director of Horticulture and Plant Curator, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, formerly with Longwood Gardens, PA.
Choose one workshop per session.
Session 1

A. Garden Design Series:

 "Planting for a Longer Growing Season"
Carol Stocker, Gardening Columnist at The Boston Globe

B. Trees Series:
"Forest-Grown Gourmet and Medicinal Mushroom Cultivation"
Lee Gilman, Board Certified Master Arborist


C. Edibles Series: 
 
"Herb Gardening Best Practices" - What Works for Your Locale and Interests
Rita Wollmering, Founder and Manager of the Herb Farmacy
Session 2

A. Garden Design Series:

"Old Rules, New Goals: Eco-Friendly Gardening"
Ruth H. Axelrod Ph.D., UNH Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer

B. Trees Series:

"The Wonder of Bonsai Art"
Myrla and David Bryant, Proprietors of New Hampshire Bonsai.com  in Keene, NH.

C. Edibles Series: 
 
"Gardening with Unusual and Attractive Edibles"
Becky Sideman, UNH Cooperative Extension Vegetable and Berry Production Specialist


Session 3

Special Q & A Session:

"Ask Your Gardening Questions of the Experts"

Moderated by Martha Coutts-Eisenberg, Master Gardener and NHMGA Board Member

Cooperative Extension
Expert Participants:
Margaret Hagen, UNH Extension Field Specialist and host of Grow It Green on WMUR-TV

George Hamilton, UNH Extension Field Specialist, Food and Agriculture

Becky Sideman, UNH Cooperative Extension Vegetable and Berry Production Specialist


Registration Fees
To confirm your membership status, contact Jan Woodbury

*NHMGA Member  $ 45 (*Dues must be paid through 2014)
NHMGA Membership (active MG only $ 15
Non-Member $ 55
*After March 15 and walk ins $ 60 (* if space is available)


Registration Deadline: March 15, 2014. Registration is NON REFUNDABLE after March 15, 2014. 
Register Here