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2010 Winter Lecture Series
Sponsored by Tom Nunnenkamp,
CRPC, AAMS
Financial Advisor
AVP-Investment Officer
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
Tai Chi
with Robert Bruce at the Lawrence House
Tuesdays, February 23 – March 30, 10 to 11:30 am
$90 (non-members $95)
Tai Chi has been
practiced for centuries in China to improve physical
health, reduce stress, and promote vitality. While it
incorporates martial arts movements, Tai Chi is more
commonly practiced today as a moving meditation for health
benefits. Tai Chi movements gently massage the body,
encourage the proper function of the organs, promote muscle
tone, increase blood and lymph flow, and develop joint
flexibility. Regular practice clears the mind and can
reduce stress, providing a sense of being centered and inner
peace.
Rob first began his
study of chi practices in 1996 with classes in basic chi
gong exercises and the comprehensive Eight Treasures chi
gong practice introduced to the west by Master Hua-Ching
Ni. He received his certification as a Golden Flower
Instructor in March 2004 and has taught classes in the
Golden Flower tai chi form at various locations in the
Charlotte area since the fall of 2004.
Redefining Bonsai
with Arthur Joura
Thursday, January 21 at 9:30 am
Members: $15 /Non-members: $20
The thousand year
old horticultural tradition of bonsai is thriving at the North
Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, where the emphasis is on an
artistic expression of the natural world, and orientalism
has nothing to do with it. Bonsai curator Arthur Joura will
explain how a little free thinking led to a new view of an
old idea. If your concept of bonsai is something along the
lines of "funny little Japanese trees", this program will be
a revelation.
Arthur Joura has
been the Bonsai Curator at the North Carolina
Arboretum, in Asheville, NC, since the inception of the
bonsai program in 1992. He has studied bonsai with
some of the leading bonsai authorities in the United States,
and was received as an official student to the Nippon Bonsai
Association in Japan. He has toured extensively in the
eastern US as a lecturer and teacher, and has been featured
in numerous regional and national publications for his work
with the Arboretum’s bonsai collection.
Elizabeth Lawrence’s Winter Garden
with Jeffrey Drum and Katie Mullen
at the Lawrence House
Monday, January 25 from 9:30 until 11:30 am
Members: $15 /Non-members: $20
How beautiful it is
when the pattern of the garden becomes clear again…when
hidden nests are revealed, distant treetops unveiled, and
lost vistas regained. From Gardens
in Winter by Elizabeth Lawrence.
Although many of us find that winter can be a challenge in
the garden, those of us who live and garden in Charlotte
should take advantage of our mild climate and enjoy the
winter months. During this workshop, we’ll take a cue from
Elizabeth Lawrence and discuss ways to improve your winter
garden. Topics will include garden structure, vistas, and
plants of winter interest. Lawrence’s book, Gardens in
Winter, will be available for purchase at the workshop.
Jeff Drum, Wing
Haven’s Garden Curator, has more than 25 years of gardening
experience and has worked in Charlotte’s best gardens.
Katie Mullen, BS in Horticulture from NCSU, is currently
serving as the Garden Conservancy’s 2009 Marco Polo Stufano
Fellow in the Lawrence garden. Katie has 15 years
experience in the horticulture and design industry.
Exploring Watercolor in the Lawrence Garden
with Janis Schneider at the Lawrence House
Eight Mondays: January 25 – March 15 from 1 to 4 pm
Cost: $240 (non-members $245)
Using the garden in bloom as inspiration, explore color,
paint, brushes and paper in an expressive and experimental
way to gain confidence and knowledge of the medium. This
course is intended to be “looser” than traditional botanical
painting yet based on floral subject matter. Students can
work in any way they desire, from tight to loose and from
realistic to abstract.
Janis has been drawing and painting ever since she could
hold a pencil and brush. She has studied at Bennington
College, received a B.A. in Fine Art from Queens College
(CUNY), Botanical Painting at the Horticultural Society in
NYC and privately with the past president of the American
Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA). Like many botanical
artists, she has been a textile designer for many years and
has worked as a designer for various apparel and home
furnishings companies. Her designs have sold nationally in
major department stores and upscale catalogues. She has
exhibited at the National Academy of Design in NYC and
currently teaches Illustration and Botanical Illustration at
CPCC in Charlotte and at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
in Belmont, NC.
The Year-Round Vegetable Garden
with Mary Beth and David Blackley
Tuesday, January 26 at 7:30 pm
Members: $10 /Non-members: $15
Mary Beth and David
Blackley believe that a backyard garden should provide
vegetables, herbs, fruits, and flowers of some kind 365 days
of the year. And, they maintain that it’s not hard. In fact,
they’ve taught tons of people how to do it and are ready to
teach us! They’ll have lots of information on what you can
grow in your own backyard throughout the seasons and will
even bring along some of the seasonal vegetables and herbs
from their garden. Mary Beth will share some of her
favorite recipes and will also show us how to preserve
vegetables and herbs for out-of-season use.
The Blackleys have
owned Renfrow Hardware since 1984 and enjoy growing lots of
their own food.
Efficient Maintenance
with Pat Linton
Thursday, January 28 at 9:30 am
Members: $10 /Non-members: $15
Pat Linton believes
that efficient maintenance begins with a fit gardener, and
she’ll start the morning with a review of gardening
positions to keep your actions fluid. Pat will cover the
importance of developing realistic goals and her 15-minute
method. Favorite tools and gardening techniques will be
discussed along with the annual timetable of tasks. Details
on pruning guidelines, soil preparation, planting methods
and mulching will be included in the discussion.
Pat established Living Color in 1991 offering the services
of skilled gardening, pruning, and color expression in the
garden and 19 years later her focus is still the passion for
beautiful colorful places maintained with expertise. Pat
earned a BS (CU) and a MS (UCD)in horticulture and continues
to grow her interests in the natural world by raising
chickens for eggs, beekeeping, and vermicomposting.
Designing in Elizabeth Lawrence’s Footsteps
with Edith Eddleman
Tuesday, February 2 at 9:30 am
Members: $15 /Non-members: $20
This lecture will
examine some of the design principles
embodied in the writings of Elizabeth Lawrence. She was the
first woman to graduate from the NC State College School of
Design with a degree in Landscape Architecture and was
highly regarded as one of the world’s best garden writers in
the English language. This session will familiarize you
with Elizabeth’s work as a writer and designer in the
gardening world.
Edith Eddleman has
a great interest in plants and gardens. She worked as a
volunteer on the perennial borders at the JC Raulston
Arboretum for 20 years and wrote the introduction for the 50th
anniversary edition of A Southern Garden.
Gardening in Harmony with Nature
with Carrie DeJaco
Wednesday, February 3 at 7:30 pm
Members: $10 /Non-members: $15
As more land area
is used by humankind, it becomes increasingly important that
we consider the needs of wildlife as we design our own
landscapes. Many people have native plants in their gardens
because native plants are well-adapted to our local soil and
climate. Native plants also provide food and habitat for
wildlife in ways that non-native plants cannot. Learn about
the interactions of wildlife with native and non-native
plants, and the ways in which native plants “give back” to
the communities where they live. Discover how to help your
garden provide a bit of wildlife habitat in an increasingly
developed world.
Carrie DeJaco has been a professor of botany and ecology at
Queens University of Charlotte since completing a PhD in
Ecology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in
2006. She is an active member of both the local chapter of
the NC Native Plant Society and the Mecklenburg County Soil
and Water Conservation District’s Invasive Species Task
Force.
Introducing a Water Feature to the Garden
with Johnny Massengale
Thursday, February 4 at 9:30 am
Members: $10 /Non-members: $15
Johnny Massengale
of Ponders believes that a water feature should
blend in with its surroundings and offer the homeowner a
respite from everyday life. In this lecture Johnny will
touch on a variety of subjects related to pond installation
and maintenance. Topics include location of the water
feature, style and use, filtration, algae control, and plant
tips. The presentation will be illustrated with a variety of
his installations.
Johnny began
building ponds in 1988 in Chattanooga for the Watergarden.
In 1995 he moved to Charlotte and opened Ponders with his
wife Michelle. In the last 21 years they have been involved
in the construction of nearly 1,000 water features from 50
gallon ponds to lakes of more than a million gallons. They
have received over 25 awards in recognition of excellence in
design, implementation, and artistic style.
Make your own Jewelry!
with Jill Kitamura
Saturday, February 6 from 10 am
to 2 pm
Members: $70 (non-members $75)
Just in time for
Valentine’s Day…you can make your own JEWELRY! Join Jill
for a Precious Metal Clay (PMC) workshop. PMC is a
clay-like material made of silver powder and organic
binders. It can be shaped, carved, stamped and molded. The
clay is then fired in an electric kiln. Once fired, only the
precious metal remains, durable and .999 fine silver.
Participants will learn the basics of using, manipulating
and firing PMC and will make a pair of earrings and a
pendant in this class. (Workshop fee includes all materials
and meets at the Lawrence House.)
Landscaping With Natives
with Katherine Schlosser
Tuesday, February 9 at 9:30 am
Members: $10 /Non-members: $15
From skunk cabbage in late winter to climbing aster in fall,
our North Carolina native plants (trees, shrubs, vines and
wildflowers) offer a wide variety of colors, shapes and
textures. Landscaping with Natives will cover spring
bloomers, summer flowers, and plants for fall and winter
interest as well as information on where they grow naturally
in NC and where they can be found in nurseries and seed
catalogs. The program also addresses “ecoscaping,”—creating
corridors for the safe passage of plants and pollinators
across urban landscapes.
Katherine Scholsser
is a member of the board of directors of the NC Native Plant
Society and the Friends of NC Plant Conservation. She also
serves on the board of the National Herb Garden at the US
National Arboretum in Washington DC, and as chair of the
Native Herb Conservation Committee for the Herb Society of
America. Kathy wrote the Herb Society of America’s
Essential Guide to Growing and Cooking with Herbs and
writes a regular column on native plants for the
Greensboro News & Record.
Pushing the Limits of Zone 7
with Scott McMahan
Thursday, February 11 at 9:30 am
Members: $15 /Non-members: $20
Scott McMahan is a
homegrown "Georgia boy" from Decatur and an extreme plant
fanatic. He has a Bachelor's degree in English from Wofford
College and an Associate's Degree in Horticulture from
Spartanburg Technical College. Scott was the propagator for
a large wholesale grower for 5 years as well as the nursery
manager at the Atlanta Botanical Garden for several years.
In 2003, Scott left
the garden to open his own business. Located just north of
Lake Lanier, McMahan’s Nursery specializes in hardy, unusual
perennials, shrubs and trees for the southeastern U.S.
Scott has traveled to China, Japan, Bhutan, Vietnam and many
spots in the southern and northwestern United States in
search of rare finds. He finds great joy in pushing the
limits of what will grow in zone 7.
The Reasons & Proper Seasons for Pruning
with Jeffrey Drum & Katie Mullen
at the Lawrence House
Saturday, February 13 from 10 am to 2 pm (lunch included)
Members: $55.00/Non-members: $60.00
Contrary to popular practice, pruning techniques are not
instinctive. Join Jeffrey Drum for an in-depth pruning
workshop in the Lawrence Garden. Learn the reasons for
pruning—beautification, renovation—as well as the proper
time of year to prune. Proper techniques and tools for
pruning shrubs and small ornamental trees—nandinas,
mahonias, camellias, roses, Japanese maples, boxwood,
hollies and hydrangeas—will be addressed. Participants
will have the opportunity to work with Jeff as he makes
pruning decisions in the garden. Jeff will be assisted
by Katie Mullen--our Marco Polo Stufano Fello.
Enrollment limited to 15 participants.
Jeffrey Drum is Wing Haven’s Garden Curator. With over 25
years experience, Jeff has worked in many of the finest
gardens in Charlotte.
Growing with
Vegetables
with Ellen Kirby
Thursday, February 18 at 9:30 am
Members: $15 /Non-members: $20
The workshop will
provide the basics for a home gardener and will also explore
the community garden as a site for growing one’s own
food. We will review soil preparation and composting,
choices for vegetables that grow best in the small home
garden or on a larger scale, water needs, pollination issues
and harvesting. For anyone interested in growing food for
fun or just finding ways to have fresh food for better
health, you will find this a helpful way to learn.
Ellen Kirby lives
in Winston-Salem where she is one of the volunteer managers of
the Food Bank Community Garden, a two acre community garden
at The Children's Home. The garden grows produce for the
Second Harvest Food Bank which then distributes it to soup
kitchens, food banks and Kids' Cafes in 18 counties of
northwestern NC. She also has taught courses at the
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where she worked as Director of the
Community Horticulture Program. She has her own vegetable
garden at home where she mixes vegetables into her perennial
flower border.
Private Gardens of Georgia
with Polly McLeod Mattox and Helen Mattox Bost
Friday, February 19 at 9:30 am
Members: $5 /Non-members: $10
Join Polly and Helen on a tour 30 of the most beautiful
gardens across Georgia. The largest state east of the
Mississippi River, Georgia has a rich and varied terrain
which supports a diverse mix of botanical species. These
unique gardens abound with radiant color and elegance and
provide invaluable tips for your own garden plans. Plus,
you’ll see wonderful ideas for incorporating architectural
elements such as potting sheds, greenhouses, fencing,
gazebos, and more.
With their mother-daughter collaboration on their book
The Private Gardens of Georgia, Polly McLeod Mattox and
Helen Mattox Bost have invited us to look to some of the
finest private gardens in the South for inspiration. Polly
is a native South Carolinian who has spent most of her
married life in Georgia where her daughter and coauthor
Helen was born. Mother and daughter are interior designers
and share a deep appreciation of southern gardens. Copies
of The Private Gardens of Georgia will be available
for sale at the conclusion of the lecture.
Garden and Nature Writing
with Pam Baggett
Saturday, February 20 from 9 am to 4 pm
Members: $90 /Non-members: $95
You’ve read books
and magazines that transported you to places you’ve never
seen, taught you needed skills, deepened your understanding
of gardens and nature. Learning to write like the authors
you admire allows you to document your own experiences and
unique observations. In this one-day workshop, we’ll discuss
tools for making your words as powerful and inspiring as
those that have resonated most deeply in your life, with a
special emphasis on capturing the intricate detail inherent
in plants and gardens, birds, and other aspects of nature.
We’ll talk about ways to revise your work without stamping
the life out of it, and at the end of the day, we’ll chat a
bit about getting published. Whether you’re interested in
publication or simply recording your private thoughts, this
class will help you produce work you’ll be thrilled to have
written.
Pam Baggett is the author/photographer of ¡Tropicalismo!
Spice Up Your Garden with Cannas, Bananas, and 93 Other
Eye-Catching Tropical Plants (Timber Press, 2008). A
freelance writer and photographer, she is a contributing
editor for Horticulture magazine. Pam has taught garden
writing for Longwood Gardens, Duke University, the JC
Raulston Arboretum, and other programs. She previously owned
Singing Springs Nursery, a mail-order nursery that
specialized in tender and hardy tropical plants.
Shady Characters
with Rita Mercer
Tuesday, February 23 at 9:30 am
Members: $15 /Non-members: $20
Gardening under
tall trees is a blessing in the hot summer, when the canopy
of
leaves offers a cool environment. However, growing
ornamental plants in shade can be challenging, especially
with the competition for water and nutrients from massive
trees roots. In addition, it may be difficult to find
colorful flowering plants that will bloom all summer in
minimal light conditions. In this presentation, you will be
introduced to those perennials and woody plants that enhance
the understory woodland garden for twelve months of the
year.
A self-taught
horticulturist, Rita Mercer learned to garden when she moved
onto the 2-acre woodland site in Apex, NC twenty-two years
ago. Gardening is now her passion. Rita’s garden has been
featured in Carolina Gardener magazine and in
Raleigh’s News and Observer. The garden has received
the Apex Appearance Award and is certified as a Native Plant
Habitat and also as a Backyard Wildlife Habitat.
Rita is an Accredited Gardening Consultant. She is past
president of the Raleigh Garden Club; is its current and
past Horticulture Study Group Chair; has been chair of the
club’s yearly Plant Sale for many years; and has received
its award for Outstanding Member. She recently received the
Garden Club of North Carolina’s Wildflower/Native Plants
Garden Award. Her volunteer services include the JC
Raulston Arboretum, the NC Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill,
and a Wake County Master Gardener.
Sex (and owls and mice) and the City
with
Rob Bierregaard
Tuesday, February 23 at 7:30 pm
Members: $10 /Non-members: $15
According to the text books, Barred Owls are supposed to
need large stands of old-growth forest to survive. Yet the
species is abundant throughout the older suburban
neighborhoods of many cities in the southeast. Intrigued by
this apparent contradiction, we initiated a study of Barred
Owls in the Charlotte region in the central Piedmont of
North Carolina in 2001. One of our initial questions, simply
put, was whether the books were wrong or have the local
Barred Owls simply neglected to read the books?
Over the subsequent 8 years, three graduate students, a
small flock of undergrads, and I have studied Barred Owls in
both suburban and rural habitats around Charlotte. Besides
figuring out what Barred Owls are doing in this unusual
habitat, we are comparing the natural history of the two
populations. Are the city birds reproducing as well as their
country cousins? Are territory sizes the same? How exactly
do the two habitats compare structurally? Do the city and
country birds rely on the same prey species? How far do the
young travel when they leave their natal territories?
Rob will address these questions and more in this lecture,
illustrated with photos of the owls and their habitat and
video clips from Barred Owl nest boxes.
Since 1995, Dr.
Bierregaard has been teaching Ornithology and Ecology in the
Biology Department of UNC-Charlotte, where he has been the
major advisor for 6 M.Sc. students, past and present.
Previously (1988-1993) he managed the Biological Dynamics of
Forest Fragments Project out of the Smithsonian
Institution's Museum of Natural History. Dr. Bierregaard was
the original field director of the BDFFP in Manaus, Brazil.
While running the project for 8 years, he and his students
collected data from over 50,000 mist-net captures of
understory birds in continuous and fragmented rainforest
habitat.
Dr. Bierregaard
focuses on the conservation and ecology of raptors and
Neotropical birds. His publications include Conserv. Biol.
Vol. 20: 1212-1223, J. Raptor Res. 40: 156-158, J. Raptor
Res. 32: 19-27*, Ornith. Mongr. 48: 111-128*, BioScience
42:859-866*, J Raptor Res. 42: 214-19*. Dr. Bierregaard
co-authored the Osprey account for the Birds of North
America Project, wrote the 81 species accounts for the
Neotropical Falconiformes in the Handbook of Birds of the
World, and edited Tropical Forest Remnants: Ecology,
Management and Conservation of Fragmented Communities,
and Lessons From Amazonia: The Ecology and Management of
a Fragmented Forest*.
He has presented
papers as senior author at annual meetings of the American
Ornithologists' Union, Society for Conservation Biology,
Brazilian Ornithological Society, International
Ornithological Congress, Ecological Society of America,
Raptor Research Foundation, and International Association of
Landscape Ecology.
His present
research focuses on the ecology of Barred Owls in suburban
and rural habitats in the North Carolina Piedmont, Osprey
population dynamics in southeastern New England, and the
migration of juvenile Ospreys in eastern North America.
My Formula for a Sustainable Landscape
with Tara Dillard
Tuesday, February 25 at 9:30 am
Members: $15 /Non-members: $20
Tara's landscape
design formula was created after years of observation in
America,
Europe & the Middle East—with a particular emphasis on
noticing which landscapes succeeded at beauty and survived
with little care, little money, little water, and no
chemicals. Her formula works for beginning gardeners,
experienced & professional and can be used to create a
landscape that's beautiful, attractive to birds/butterflies,
organic, sustainable, enriching to your soul, and raises
property value. Tara believes that you can create your own
unique landscape by learning the historical landscape design
rules and why breaking them is liberating.
Tara Dillard is a
nationally recognized garden designer, author, and speaker
who has hosted her own TV program, The Better Gardening
Show, on CBS. After earning degrees in engineering and
horticulture, she began designing and installing sustainable
landscapes emphasizing the balance of home-garden-life. An
award-winning author of 5 books, including Garden Paths and
Stepping Stones, Beautiful by Design, and The Garden View,
Tara writes magazine articles and maintains a landscape
design blog,
www.TaraDillard.com. Based in Atlanta, GA, she
lectures nationally. Tara knows creating a beautiful
landscape will create a beautiful life.
Design for the Do-It-Yourself Gardener
with Sharon Hockfield
Saturday, February 27 at 10 am
Members: No charge/Non-members: $5
Do you love to work in your yard, but don’t know how to get
the look of a professionally designed garden? Sharon will
share pointers on where to start, what to do and how to
avoid costly mistakes.
Sharon Hockfield of Plantin’ Plans is a garden designer in
Charlotte. As a retired teacher, she especially enjoys
coaching do-it-yourself gardeners. She has a landscape
design certificate and recently became an accredited
Landscape Design Consultant for the National Garden Clubs.
Gardening for Pollinators
with Debbie Roos
Thursday, March 4 at 9:30 am
Members: $10 /Non-members: $15
Chatham County
Agricultural Extension Agent Debbie Roos will give an
overview of North Carolina pollinators and discuss the role
of native bees and managed bees in crop pollination.
Participants will learn about the principles of planting a
pollinator garden and how to select trees, shrubs,
herbaceous perennials, herbs, vines, and grasses to attract
a diversity of pollinators.
Debbie Roos is an Agriculture Agent for the Chatham County Center
of North Carolina Cooperative Extension where she is
responsible for programming in the areas of commercial
vegetable production, organic production, alternative
agricultural enterprises, and beekeeping. Debbie worked for
three years as an agroforestry Extension agent and technical
trainer for the Peace Corps in Senegal, West Africa, and
later completed graduate degrees in applied anthropology and
horticulture at the University of Florida. Debbie delivers
educational programming to growers through regular workshops
and her award-winning Growing Small Farms website (www.growingsmallfarms.org).
She also works with area farmers’ markets and is involved in
statewide efforts to strengthen local food systems. Debbie
is passionate about pollinator conservation and has planted
demonstration habitats and developed resources to teach
others about the importance of bees and other pollinators to
our agriculture ecosystem.
Get those Skeletons Out of My Garden!
with James Burghardt
Saturday, March 6 at 10 am
Members: No charge/Non-members: $5
The bare skeleton
of an outdoor container should never happen in Charlotte,
regardless of the month. Resist overplanting your garden
pots for instant effect in May and then tattered and
overgrown mish-mash until frost and then a graveyard across
winter. Plan for four season interest so that bulbs,
succulents, seasonal annuals and houseplants join the chorus
of making a variable and interesting container composition.
Save money by starting with healthy smaller plants and allow
them to prosper with a bigger share of the container soil.
Anything can be a container planter, just as any plant can
be used to shine within it. Learn to plan for year-round
interest in a variety of container sizes, changing the color
and texture on that container skeleton with plant fashions
you like.
James (Jamie) Burghardt studied horticulture in Australia
and contributed to committees at Longwood Gardens before
professional gardening and designing in South Florida. He
was responsible for the planting design and opening
presentations of
The Orchid Conservatory
at Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens and is now a horticultural
editor with Learn2Grow.com and freelance writer living in
Lake Wylie. He has a BA in biology and MS in public
horticulture.
Charlotte: A New South Story Filled with Colorful
Personalities & Predicaments
with Mary Kratt
Thursday, March 18 at 9:30 am
Members: $10 /Non-members: $15
Founded in 1768 at
the crossing of two Indian trails, Charlotte has a rich
heritage. In her book, Charlotte: Spirit of the New
South, Mary Kratt has chronicled the history of
Charlotte from the earliest Catawba inhabitants to the
development of finance, culture and transportation. In this
program she will share with you the voices of discovery,
hardship, wars, privation, segregation and achievement that
bring to life the fascinating history of the people who made
Charlotte a queen among southern cities.
Mary Kratt is the author of more than a dozen books of
regional history and poetry. A prizewinning author, her
work includes biography, women’s history and lively stories
such as New South Women: Southern Is…; A Bird in
the House: The Story of Wing Haven Garden; The
Imaginative Spirit: Literary History of Charlotte and
Mecklenburg County; Marney; and My Dear Miss
Eva. She is the winner of the St. Andrews Writer in
Community Award, the Brockman Poetry Book Award and the Peae
History Book Prize.
Vegetable Gardening 101
with Dia Steiger
Saturday, March 20 at 10 am
Members: No Charge/Non-members $5
Growing vegetables in your backyard can be a fun, even tasty
experience…and the first day of spring is a great time to
start planning your garden. Join Dia for some tips on
how to grow and harvest fresh, delicious produce in your
garden. We’ll cover the basics of soil preparation as well
as those varieties of vegetables and herbs that perform well
in our Carolina summers.
Dia Steiger is Wing Haven’s Executive Director. Although
she’s been an avid gardener for years, she got serious about
growing veggies last summer. Join her for a look at her
successes…and she’ll even show you what didn’t end up on the
dining room table.
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