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Workshops
May 28 ,2009
MG ANNUAL TRAINING DAY WORKSHOPS:
When known, presentation level is indicated: (B=Beginning) (I=Intermediate) (All=All levels) (A=Advanced)
1A Fostering Seed Diversity
Miriam MacGillis, Founder, Genesis Farm
Learn how to become a guardian of seed stock and how seed saving can protect the integrity of seeds from the threats of genetic engineering. (All)
1B Tree Biology and Tree Defense
Richard Murray, Author and Arborist
Understand practical biological and structural elements of how trees function and defend themselves. Look at lots of tree samples. (I)
1C Do’s and Don’ts of Home Food Preservation
Jean Austin, MCE Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences.
Learn the basics of home food preservation, what methods are available, what equipment is needed, and how to preserve that harvest safely! Emphasis will be on the correct methods of home canning. Alternative methods such as freezing and drying will be discussed briefly. (B-I)
1D Rain Gardens
Ann English, Rainscapes Program Planning Specialist, Montgomery Co.
How to design rain gardens for residential applications (and improve habitat and stormwater runoff problems.) (A)
1E Improving Your Diagnostic Skills with Annuals and Perennials
Stanton Gill, Extension Specialist, MCE
John Speaker, IPM Scout.
Get “down and dirty” look at insects and diseases of annuals and perennials. Learn how to recognize symptoms from skilled IPM professionals. (I)
1F Community Gardens
Coleen McCarty, City Farms Coordinator, Baltimore.
What resources are necessary to set up a community garden and the what kind of organization will keep it from falling into disrepair? Find out from someone who oversees a network of 8 city “farms.” (All)
1G An Urban Potager
Cynthia Brown, Assistant Director at Green Spring Gardens.
Quit your ornamental plant obsession and consider adding edibles for your own consumption. Learn what edibles to grow, unusual ways to grow them, and how to do it all with style! (I)
1H Taking the Mystery out of Plant ID
Wanda MacLachlan, Area Educator, Environmental Management, MCE.
Learn how to use a dichotomous key to identify Maryland trees in this hands-on class. Participants will leave being able to stroll through MD’s forests and identify the trees.(B)
IJ Good Guys and Bad Guys – An Urban Safari
Mike Raupp, Ph.D., Professor and Extension Specialist.
Put on your walking shoes for a campus safari to see key pests and beneficial insects in the landscape. You will learn basic diagnostic techniques, see how natural enemies help to reduce pest problems and the roles of insects as key players in food webs. (B-I) (Limit 25) (Walk)
1K- Plant Diagnostic Walk
Mary Kay Malinoski, Extension Specialist, Entomology
Debra Ricigliano, CPH, Horticultural Consultant, HGIC.
Learn to identify and understand pest and disease problems in the landscape. (I) (Limit 20) (Walk)
12:00-1:00 PM LUNCH TRADESHOW /MARKETPLACE/ EXHIBITS
2A Designing with Native Beauties
Jenny Reed and Lauren Wheeler,Natural Resources Design.
Great native plant designs from around the country and the plant combinations that make them work. Garden designs that use native plants to their full advantage and create a sense of place. (All)
2B New Plants from the National Arboretum - An Inside Look - Margaret Pooler, Research Geneticist, USDA/ARS National Arboretum.
Find out how the arboretum develops and evaluates new plants; then see a showcase of the their newest plants and their landscape uses. (I)
2C Introduction to Green Roofs
Martha Simon Pindale, Propagation Manager, Emory Knoll Farms.
Basic introduction to green roof planning, planting and maintenance. Green roofs are beginning to take hold in American cities where they help cool urban heat islands and greatly slow down and reduce storm water run-off while greening the concrete jungle. (B)
2D Vegetable Gardening: Techniques and Tasty Varieties
Cindy Brown, Ass't. Director, Green Spring Garden.
Learn how to refine or begin a vegetable garden, overcome nature’s obstacles, pick productive seed varieties, and replace the fear with fun. (B)
2E Ow! Something Bit Me
Brian Clark, Extension Agent Prince George’s Co.
Commercial Horticulture. Biting and stinging insects and arachnids are everywhere. Learn how to identify them and prevent them and what to do when they get you. (I)
2F Knowing the Dirt about Your Soilless Potting Substrate
Andrew Ristvey, Ph.D., Regional Extension Specialist, Commercial Horticulture.
Many substrates erroneously named “potting soils”, have very little in common with true soils yet exhibit important characteristics which often allow plants to survive in stressful conditions. Learn the basic principles of these substrates and how to use them. (B-I)
2G Extending Your Gardening Season for Increased Harvests
Vinnie Bevivino, Program Coordinator, Master Peace Community Farm.
Grow more vegetables for more months of the year by learning simple season-extending techniques (even for small plots!) (I)
2H Know Your Weeds
Scott Glenn, Ph.D., Associate Professor, U. of MD.
Learn the secrets and importance of weed identification as you practice weed ID on live samples. (All)
2J Growing and Cooking with Fresh Herbs
Connie Hoge, Carroll Co. MG.
Learn the cultural requirements for favorite herbs and enjoy an entertaining and indulgent cooking demo. New recipes, techniques and imaginative combinations. (All) (Repeated in 3J.)
2K Diagnosis of Common Landscape Diseases Dave Clement, Ph.D., Extension Specialist, Plant Pathology
Karen Rane, Ph.D., Director, Plant Diagnostic Lab, UMCP.
Learn how to diagnose common landscape diseases; and differentiate problems caused by fungi, bacteria, and viruses. (Limit 25) (A) (Lab) (Repeated in 3K.)
3A Natives for Shade and Sun
Sara Tangren Ph.D., President, Chesapeake Natives.
Learn about some of Maryland’s best native plants for both sun and shade for both Piedmont and Coastal Plain. (All)
3B The Chesapeake Watershed: A sense of place and a call to action
Ned Tillman, Geologist, Author and Guide.
Ned Tillman will help us develop a better sense of place and provide a past, present and future look at the importance of our individual Bay-wise practices in restoring our ecosystem. (All)
3C Moving the Garden into the Classroom
Chrissa Carlson, Food Stamp Nutrition Educator, MCE, Baltimore.
Strategies and advice for developing youth vegetable gardening programs. Based on her successes and challenges in developing garden-based nutrition programs at over 10 sites in Baltimore, the presenter will provide insight and discuss unique needs and constraints of growing in a youth setting. (B)
3D Berries, Berries, Berries
Rryan Butler, Senior Agent in Fruits, MCE Carroll Co.
Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries are so berry good! Find out which varieties are best and how to establish, care for, prune, and train them. (B-I)
3E Weeds- Controlling the Worst of the Worst
Betty Marose, Extension Weed Specialist, MCE
How do you control those really bad invasives? Find out how to ID these weeds as well as the best and safest controls. (B-I)
3F Snakes and Turtles
Ray Bosmans, Professor Emeritus, Univ. of MD; President Mid-Atlantic Turtle and Tortoise Society
Learn about locally common snakes and turtles (reptiles and amphibians) and how to provide care and habitat for them. Live snakes and turtles that will be joining us. (B)
3G Designing an Edible Landscape
Ginny Rosencranz, Extension Educator, Commercial Horticulture.
Landscape designs don’t have to be ordinary, they can be extraordinary, beautiful and edible! Learn what and how to incorporate edible plants into the landscape. (I)
3H History of Seed Trade in America
Barbara Melera, President and CEO, The D. Landreth Seed Co.
This talk traces the story of seed trade’s history in America since 1784 including some of it’s greatest traditions, the development of seed catalogs, and why they were established. (All)
3J Growing and Cooking with Fresh Herbs
Connie Hoge, Carroll Co. MG.
Learn the cultural requirements for favorite herbs and enjoy an entertaining and indulgent cooking demo. New recipes, techniques and imaginative combinations. (All) (Repeat of 2J)
3K Diagnosis of Common Landscape Diseases
Dave Clement, Ph.D., Extension Specialist, Plant Pathology
Karen Rane, Ph.D., Director, Plant Diagnostic Lab, UMCP.
Learn how to diagnose common landscape diseases; and differentiate problems caused by fungi, bacteria, and viruses. (Limit 25) (A) (Lab) (Repeat of 2K)
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