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Lunch Box Lecture Series
“Southern Turf Grasses”
by Master Gardener Bill Haye
Ward Hall, St. John’s United Methodist Church
104 Newberry Street NW, Aiken, SC (Corner of Richland and Newberry)
Monday, February 20, 2012 at Noon
| The art of growing warm season lawns: |
- Growing grass in a hostile environment
- Selecting the right grass for your location
- Warm season grass cultural practices
- How to get help when your lawn declines
The Lunch Box Lecture Series: This free series of lectures is open to the public and takes place on the third Monday of each month, January through October. Lectures start at noon usually at the Aiken County Agricultural Building and run for an hour. You are invited to bring your own lunch or snack. After the lecture, a team of Master Gardeners will be available to answer gardening questions. The Gardening Almanac for Aiken and Vicinity will also be available for sale ($15 cash or check payable to AMGA). For more information, visit www.aikenmastergardeners.org or call us at (803) 649-6297 Ext. 122 weekdays (8:30-noon). Save the date: Mar. 19, “Annuals in the Garden” by special guest speaker Andy Cabe, Garden Director, Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Gardens
About Bill Hayes:
Bill has been a Master Gardener since 2002. As a Master Gardener, Bill chose to focus his energies on warm season grasses because there is so much wrong information passed on from sources such as the Internet, garden stores and lawn services. Bill has collected information from experts through seminars but most of his best information has come from his own trial and error approach. Bill has been working to perfect the art of growing warm season grasses since 1982 when he moved from Chicago to Aiken.
Gardening Almanac for Aiken and Vicinity (5th edition, 2012): For the past five years, the Aiken Master Gardener Association has written and published a gardening almanac specifically for Aiken and vicinity. Unlike most gardening books that are written for large sections of the U.S., The Almanac offers detailed information for our local region. It is the one source of information that will increase your knowledge of our unique soil conditions, weather patterns, available plants, turf grasses, vegetables and trees. The latest edition of The Almanac will be available for purchase after the lecture. The price is $15 (cash or check only). This is the one book you should own if you do any gardening. The Almanac is also a great gift for a fellow gardener.
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IT’S CAMELLIA AUCTION TIME!
Sponsored by the Aiken Camellia Society
Thursday, February 9, 7 PM ,Aiken St. John’s Methodist Church – Room 200
Come and enjoy a fun evening bidding to buy beautiful camellias (including award-winning japonicas and other species). The plants are of high quality and good buys. (Cash and checks accepted).
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Meet A Master Gardener Will continue this year starting March 3rd
Meet a Master Gardener resumes March 3,2012. The Master Gardeners are at the Aiken Farmers Market(Williamsburg Street between Park and Richland Avenues) from 8:00 A.M. until noon on the first Saturday of each month from March through October. We are there to answer lawn and garden questions and identify plants, weeds, and any other mystery items that the public brings. This is a free service. Thanks for supporting our program , we hope it is helpful.
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Master Gardener Plant Swap and Sale a success
According to rave reviews from all participants, yesterday’s plant swap and sale was a huge success. The displays were popular with adults and children alike, the turf samples were a big hit (as always), we sold more than 10 almanacs, traded plants with friends, and sold great plants at reasonable prices. The “free to a good home” table was very popular, and you only had to set an item on the table, turn your back, and then look at the table again and your item was gone. People love free things!
Four Master Gardeners sold their own plants, and seemed to sell most (or all) of what they had. The AMGA had a few plants left, and we plan to take some of them to Banksia and sell them at the Garden Show later this month. Many thanks to the hard-working members of the event committee, including Steve Baker, Kathryn Darwin, Pam Glogowski, Susan Leith, George Montgomery, Janet Peterson, Phyllis Schultz, and Joyce Timmerman. And thank you to all the other hard-working Master Gardeners who made the morning a success!
Pam Glogowski
AMGA VP
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The 2012 Aiken Master Gardener Almanac is now available
The sixth edition of Master Gardener Almanac for Aiken and Vicinity is now available and will sell for $15 to the public. It will be sold at the Aiken County Agriculture Building at 1550 Richland Avenue, East in suite 500. It will also be sold at the Farmers Market at Richland and Williamsburg Streets on the first Saturday of each month when the Master Gardeners are present. The new almanac has been completely revised and increased in size to 82 pages.
