Gardening Saturday - Gardening Spree in 2023

FEATURING:

Lisa Nunamaker
Award-winning
designer, artist and educator

PREREGISTRATION REQUIRED
Registration fee is $50.
Fee includes lunch and breaks
Walk-ins welcome day of the event.
Fee is $60.

To register by mail, download the brochure/registration form below.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

• 7:45 to 8:45 a.m. Registration
• 8:45 a.m. Welcome
• 9 a.m. Session One
• General Session – Keynote Speaker
  • How to Create an Out-of-the-Ordinary Theme Garden – Lisa Nunamaker
    This presentation will show how to add that extra spark to your landscape by designing a garden about anything and more importantly, about YOU. Warning: Traditional themes like butterfly and moon gardens (though those are nice) will not be covered. Instead, the idea of theme gardens will be stretched to a new level. Bring your creative spirit and an open mind.
• 10:10 a.m. Break and silent auction bidding
• 10:30 a.m. Session Two (Concurrent Programs)
  • Farm to Table, Flower that is! – Jan Heitmann (Limited to the first 40 to register. Class material fee $35. If registering by mail, include separate check to NDSU Extension.)
    A Make & Take modern design using cut flowers that can be easily grown in your veg or flower garden. We will also talk about growing, conditioning, care, and drying of flowers.
  • Rain Gardens for Residential Landscapes! – Eric Castle
    Learn what rain gardens are, examples of local rain gardens, and how to design a rain garden for a typical residential yard.
  • Teas and Bees: Growing a Tea Garden for Self-Care and Pollinator Welfare – April Johnson
    Harvest the benefits of herbs and edible flowers in your tea garden while enhancing foraging opportunities for native bees and butterflies. 
  • Midwestern Houseplant Gardening – Audrey Gilbraith
    Learn which plants want to stay alive in your home and how to keep them happy.
  • How to Grow Mouthwatering Watermelons, Muskmelons, and other Long-season Crops in Northern Gardens – Don Kinzler
    The program will focus on all the tips necessary to coax long-season crop like melons to ripen early and reliably within our northern growing season.
  • Not Your Grandmother’s Daylilies – An Intro to the Astonishing World of Modern – Jason Halonen
    Few gardeners have seen the mind-blowing daylily cultivars from beyond commercial growers, nor are they aware that they’re one of the easiest plants to hybridize right in one’s own garden. With nearly 100,000 daylilies registered with the American Daylily Society, the fun and possibilities are endless!
  • Growing Beautiful Annuals – Joe Bergeson
    Learn how to turn your pots and flower beds into an explosion of color with a minimum of effort. Joe will discuss bed preparation, planting, care, and his favorite annual varieties for reliable performance. You might get a sneak peek of some new varieties, as well.
• 11:30 a.m. Lunch, vendors and silent auction bidding
• 12:35 p.m. Session Three General Session – Keynote Speaker
  • Planting Design Models – Lisa Nunamaker
    The arrangement of plants is a beautiful process that can feel overwhelming. This presentation will highlight several planting models (or templates of sorts) that you can follow to arrange plants in different ways depending on the site or style you wish to convey.
• 1:45 p.m. Session Four (Concurrent Programs)
  • Rain Gardens for Residential Landscapes! – Eric Castle
    Learn what rain gardens are, examples of local rain gardens, and how to design a rain garden for a typical residential yard.
  • Growing Beautiful Annuals – Joe Bergeson
    Learn how to turn your pots and flower beds into an explosion of color with a minimum of effort. Joe will discuss bed preparation, planting, care, and his favorite annual varieties for reliable performance. You might get a sneak peek of some new varieties, as well.
  • Midwestern Houseplant Gardening – Audrey Gilbraith
    Learn which plants want to stay alive in your home and how to keep them happy.
  • Art in the Garden – Esther McGinnis
    We often consider gardens to be works of art. However, the addition of statuary, sculptures, and other objects can take your garden to the next level. Be inspired by formal gardens as well as do-it-yourself projects that can be done on a budget.
  • How to Grow Mouthwatering Watermelons, Muskmelons, and other Long-season Crops in  Northern Gardens – Don Kinzler
    The program will focus on all the tips necessary to coax long-season crop like melons to ripen early and reliably within our northern growing season.
  • Weeds, Weeds, Go Away!– Alicia Harstad
    Come learn how to identify and control common lawn and garden weeds.
  • Succulents Up North – Johannes Olwage
    Take a journey into the rich world of succulents: tricks of the trade that make growing them fun and easy year-round, even in northern latitudes.  Includes a sneak-peek of the new International Peace Garden Conservatory, due to open in the summer of 2023, and home to one of the world's largest cactus and succulent collections.
  • Drought Tolerant Perennials – Julie Schroer and Jodie Ramsay
    If the last couple of year have taught us anything, it's that drought-tolerant plants are a must in northern gardens.  In this presentation, we will provide examples of plants that love the heat and can tolerate dry soil (for both sun and shade).
  • Twisted Carrot Farm Presents: Got Veggies??? Vegetable farming in your own backyard!– Jill Patterson
    Twisted Carrot Farm grows over 80 varieties of veggies, fruit, herbs and flowers. In this presentation, Jill takes you through a virtual tour of her hobby farm operation. You will walk out armed with knowledge and energized to do a bit of the same thing in your own backyard! Come learn how you can grow veggies for your own pleasure and your own plate.
• 2:45 p.m. Break / Silent auction bidding ends at 3 p.m.
• 3:15 p.m. Session Five (Concurrent Programs)
  • Farm to Table, Flower that is! – Jan Heitmann (Limited to the first 40 to register. Class material fee $35. If registering by mail, include separate check to NDSU Extension.)
    A Make & Take modern design using cut flowers that can be easily grown in your veg or flower garden. We will also talk about growing, conditioning, care, and drying of flowers.
  • Teas and Bees: Growing a Tea Garden for Self-Care and Pollinator Welfare – April Johnson
    Harvest the benefits of herbs and edible flowers in your tea garden while enhancing foraging opportunities for native bees and butterflies. 
  • Drought Tolerant Perennials – Julie Schroer and Jodie Ramsay
    If the last couple of year have taught us anything, it's that drought-tolerant plants are a must in northern gardens.  In this presentation, we will provide examples of plants that love the heat and can tolerate dry soil (for both sun and shade).
  • Art in the Garden – Esther McGinnis
    We often consider gardens to be works of art. However, the addition of statuary, sculptures, and other objects can take your garden to the next level. Be inspired by formal gardens as well as do-it-yourself projects that can be done on a budget.
  • Twisted Carrot Farm Presents: Got Veggies??? Vegetable farming in your own backyard! – Jill Patterson
    Twisted Carrot Farm grows over 80 varieties of veggies, fruit, herbs and flowers. In this presentation, Jill takes you through a virtual tour of her hobby farm operation. You will walk out armed with knowledge and energized to do a bit of the same thing in your own backyard! Come learn how you can grow veggies for your own pleasure and your own plate.
  • Not Your Grandmother’s Daylilies – An Intro to the Astonishing World of Modern Hybrid Daylilies – Jason Halonen
    Few gardeners have seen the mind-blowing daylily cultivars from beyond commercial growers, nor are they aware that they’re one of the easiest plants to hybridize right in one’s own garden. With nearly 100,000 daylilies registered with the American Daylily Society, the fun and possibilities are endless!
  • Weeds, Weeds, Go Away!– Alicia Harstad
    Come learn how to identify and control common lawn and garden weeds.
  • Succulents Up North – Johannes Olwage
    Take a journey into the rich world of succulents: tricks of the trade that make growing them fun and easy year-round, even in northern latitudes.  Includes a sneak-peek of the new International Peace Garden Conservatory, due to open in the summer of 2023, and home to one of the world's largest cactus and succulent collections.
• 4:15 p.m.
  • Pick up and pay for silent auction items
  • Turn in evaluations; pick up free plant