March Garden Day - March 13, 2010 - download brochure (here)

New Location -- Grand Haven Community Center 421 Columbus Ave., Grand Haven
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Registration begins at 8:00 a.m.

Registration includes lunch

$45.00 in advance
$50.00 at the door
Space is limited to 300 people.

Schedule of Events
8:00 Registration & Check-in Visit Exhibits, Indoor Gardens & Silent Auction. Professionals available to answer your individual gardening questions.

9:00 Session 1
The Rules Stink-- High-End Horticulture vs. Garden Variety Gardening with Felder Rushing, Gardening TV Celebrity & Author.

Too many new or wannabe gardeners are daunted by all the "how-to" of horticulture, when all they want is something to grow without a lot of bells and whistles. Mr. Rushing will debunk a lot of cherished horticultural myths and rules, and make gardening more enjoyable, less lock-step.

Believing that too many would-be gardeners are intimidated by a crush of "how-to" experts ("We are daunted, not dumb," he says),?Felder uses an offbeat, "down home" approach rife with humorous anecdotes and garden-irreverent metaphors, zany observations, and stunning?photography?and?to help gardeners get past the "stinkin' rules" of horticulture.

10:30 Session 2
The Hunt for Flowering Shrubs with Tim Wood, Product Development Manager of Spring Meadow Nursery, Grand Haven.

Tim travels the world looking for new and improved flowering shrubs. He disputes that shrubs are the backbone of the garden and makes the case that new breeding has made shrubs colorful enough to place in the front of the garden.

Get a glimpse of the best new flowering shrubs and new varieties that will be coming soon.

11:45—1:15 Breakout Sessions & Lunch—Choice of Breakout Sessions:

Irrigation...Your Garden and it's Watering Needs
by Allison Jesky, Irrigation Specialist, Hope College

Helpful Pruning Tips for Ornamental Trees & Shrubs
by Ryan Bose, Bartlett Tree Experts

Soils, Compost and Planting Media
by Todd Herrick, Hort Services LLC

Eye on Design—How to Use Color, Texture, Contrast, & Form to Create Dynamic Perennial Combinations
by Susan Martin, Walters Gardens

2010 Annuals for Containers and Landscape
by Pam Cater, Hidden Grove Nursery

Herbs in the Garden AND the Landscape
by Lee Ver Schure, Westview Farms & Herbs.

1:45 Session 3
Unkillable Plants For Every Garden Style with Felder Rushing, Gardening TV Celebrity & Author.

Few people have the time or resources to coddle borderline plants. The bulk of any garden, regardless of style, can be filled with plants for all seasons - ever blooming shrub roses and other flowering shrubs, perennials, bulbs, grasses, trees, and more—that tolerate summer drought as well as winter cold.? Many are native; others are treasured "pass-along" heirlooms that make sense in even contemporary gardens.??

Call Laurel Nease at (616) 847-8955 or Email your RSVP to info@wmnla.com