University
of Connecticut
2009 Conference for the Gardener
The University of Connecticut is sponsoring the "Garden Conference" to be held at the University of Connecticut on Friday, March 13, 2009. It will be held at the Lewis B. Rome Commons on the Storrs campus in Storrs, CT.
This all-day conference offers exciting educational opportunities for home gardeners at all interest levels from the casual gardener to the garden enthusiast to the Advanced Master Gardener.
This year's featured speaker is William Cullina, a nationally recognized speaker, expert on native plants and author of numerous gardening books on native plants. Bill will be speaking on Dancing Under a Curtain of Trees.
Mary Meyer from the University of Minnesota will be speaking on Winning Combinations with Ornamental Grasses.
Lee Reich, will be speaking on My Weedless Garden.
Steve Aitken, editor of Fine Gardening, will be speaking on Plant Combinations that Work.
Len Giddix will be speaking on The Geometrics of Successful Vegetable Gardening.
There is a pre-registration fee of $80 per person if post marked on or before March 6th. 2009. The fee is $90 per person if post marked after March 6th. Please make checks payable to the University of Connecticut. Registration is limited and nonrefundable.
Please send checks to Richard McAvoy, Department of Plant Science, Unit 4067, University of Connecticut, 1376 Storrs Road, Storrs, CT 06269-4067. Included in the cost of admission are lunch, snacks, and beverages, opportunities to purchase selected autographed books, plus a wide array of gardening books.
For more information contact Dr. Richard McAvoy at 860-486-0627 or email: richard.mcavoy@uconn.edu or visit our web site: http://www.hort.uconn.edu/2009garden/Richard McAvoy
Department of Plant
Science, Unit 4067
University of
Connecticut
1376 Storrs Road
Storrs, CT 06269-4067
Phone: 860-486-0627
Fax: 860-486-0534
Email: richard.mcavoy@uconn.edu
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/2009garden/
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