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10:00 Jace Myers-Instructor, Brunswick Community College
Turf Management 101
Basic information on proper turf selection, establishment, and primary cultural practices to promote healthy warm-season turf in the southeast
11:00 Charlotte Glen-Pender County Cooperative Extension Horticulture Agent
12:00 Tom Ash-Owner, Ash's Japanese Maples
Care and Maintenance of Japanese Maples
General maintenance procedures including grafting, pruning,
planting, fertilizing, and efficient watering of Japanese Maples
1:00 David Strickland-Witherspoon Rose Culture
Successfully Growing Roses in the Southeast
Month to Month how-to as what and when to do it to successfully grow roses in the southeast
2:00 Jane Cockrell-Owner, Outdoor Illumination
Application of state-of-the-art landscape lighting techniques
Provide an overview of design strategies, installation, and maintenance issues, and energy considerations for landscape lighting
3:00 Phyllis Meole-Horticultural Therapist, The Ability Garden
Claire Hetzel-Horticultural Therapy Intern
Lifelong Gardening Made Easy
Discover unique ways to make gardening easier. Learn how the use of innovative tools, planting containers, and garden styles can promote your enjoyment of nature while making best use of physical abilities
10:30 Drew Thorndyke, Cape Fear Water Gardens
Low Maintenance Water Features
Take an in-depth look at various water feature options to beautify
your property. Discussions will include ecosystem ponds, pond less waterfalls, and disappearing fountains
11:30 Tom Ericson-Owner, The Transplanted Garden
Sasanquas, the Forgotten Camellia
12:30 Melanie Doyle-Horticulturalist, Ft. Fisher Aquarium & NC
Coordinator for the Carolina Beach Vitex Task Force
When Good Plants Go Bad
Melanie will be presenting information on exotic invasive species.
Identification of common species, their origins, the threats they pose to our ecosystem, and efforts to control them
1:30 Al Hight-Director, Brunswick County Cooperative Extension, Host of The Coastal Gardener Radio and TV Shows
No Excuses "Green" Gardening
Incorporating environmentally-friendly techniques such as rain gardens that are also great additions to the overall landscape
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