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Make a dried flower crystal, learn beginner beekeeping: 41 plant and garden activities to try in January | Home & Garden
It might be bitter cold outside in January, but there are plenty of workshops and talks to make things for your garden and learn something new. There are workshops to make suet for birds and planters for indoors. There are talks about Lancaster County’s tree treasures and how to manage a wild garden. There’s a yoga class inside a greenhouse and a walk to learn how to identify trees. Here’s a roundup of garden events, virtual and in-person, in the Lancaster County region this January. Tuesday, Jan. 4 (starts) Pasa Sustainable Agriculture Conference. The virtual pre-conference from Pasa Sustainable Agriculture continues through Jan. 28. Full pre-conference is $150 for adults,…
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Make a dried flower crystal, learn beginner beekeeping: 40 plant and garden activities to try in January | Home & Garden
It might be bitter cold outside in January, but there are plenty of workshops and talks to make things for your garden and learn something new. There are workshops to make suet for birds and planters for indoors. There are talks about Lancaster County’s tree treasures and how to manage a wild garden. There’s a yoga class inside a greenhouse and a walk to learn how to identify trees. Here’s a roundup of garden events, virtual and in-person, in the Lancaster County region this January. Tuesday, Jan. 4 (starts) Pasa Sustainable Agriculture Conference. The virtual pre-conference from Pasa Sustainable Agriculture continues through Jan. 28. Full pre-conference is $150 for adults,…
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YARD AND GARDEN: Change up your holiday plant tradition with amaryllis | Home & Garden
Master Gardener Juanita Sherwood introduces you to amaryllis. By now, Thanksgiving is over and your focus is on Christmas. Maybe you are one of those people who regularly buy a poinsettia or two for yourself, and some as gifts for friends and family. I like at least one for myself and have sometimes bought one of the newer varieties just for a change. I especially like the one that looks like it has been splattered with paint. While poinsettias are a great tradition, there is another holiday plant that you might not want to overlook, both for yourself and as gifts, and that is the amaryllis. Amaryllis bulbs were brought…
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Winter brings new opportunities for plant care | Home & Garden
URBANA — Wednesdays just got merrier and brighter. Each week, University of Illinois Extension educators will share holiday plant and home landscape tips for winter. The free online workshops begin Dec. 1 and include live, follow-along activities led by Extension educators Andrew Holsinger, Chris Enroth, Ken Johnson, and Katie Parker, Each hour-long session begins at 3 p.m. Register online at go.illinois.edu/GoodGrowingWinter21. YARD AND GARDEN: Change up your holiday plant tradition with amaryllis • Unique Plants for the Holidays — Wednesday, Dec. 1: Are you searching for the perfect holiday gift for that plant lover on your list, but don’t want to give them the typical poinsettia or Christmas cactus? Learn…
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Home & Garden Digest | Local plant sales are sprouting – Santa Cruz Sentinel
SANTA CRUZ The annual Joe Ghio Iris Sale is Saturday Joe Ghio of Bay Perspective Gardens is having his 16th Annual “One Hour Iris Sale” of his conclusion-of-the-season surplus irises on Saturday. The sale is from 9-10 a.m. at 1201 Bay St. in Santa Cruz. There will be a fantastic range of the newest and most well-known tall bearded iris rhizomes hybridized by Ghio and some of the top hybridizers in the area. Most rhizomes are $5 every. Are living OAK Backyard garden Exchange hosts September trade The Santa Cruz Backyard Exchange will consider a spot from 8-9 a.m. Saturday at the Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave. Santa Cruz.…
