Gardeners Digging Deeper-Fall Seminar, Gardening Hot Topics

Whether you are gardening from an apartment balcony or you plant acres of land, gardeners at all levels of interest and experience are invited to a first ever virtual seminar presented by Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Westmoreland County.

Three nationally acclaimed speakers will present some of the latest trends in gardening and landscape design during the fall garden seminar, Gardeners Digging Deeper. The half-day webinar will be held from 8;30 am - 1 pm on Saturday, October 2.

Benjamin Vogt -A New Garden Ethic
Benjamin Vogt headlines the day with a provocative insight on how to embrace gardens as places to create empowering social and cultural change. Vogt is ardent in his belief that, "Gardens are not Art. They are a place for us to defy the environmental destruction all around us, challenge the social norms in landscaping, and create a place for people to deeply reconnect to nature."

Kelly Orzel -Digging Deep into the Soil - Organically
Kelly Orzel will share how the "no-dig" philosophy and practice will help attendees grow their most productive garden yet, arm them with new and exciting organic homegrown (free!) fertilizers and tell everyone why all the hype around mycorrhizae is spot on!

Kim Eierman - The Pollinator Victory Garden
Kim Eiermann, author of the new book The Pollinator Victory Garden: Winning the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening will discuss simple strategies to attract and support not just bees, but an array of pollinators to your garden.

Patti Schildkamp- Harvesting and Saving Seeds
Schildkamp is a Penn State Extension Master Gardener from Westmoreland County will discuss how to harvest, process and store seeds from flowering annual plants and native perennials.

Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/886877-2?pid=176 

Price:
Registration: USD 40.00

Time: 8:30 am - 1:00 pm