Perry's Perennial Pages
Vermont Garden Events 2013
Garden related events will be posted here regularly for Vermont and nearby areas for non-profit groups, and educational seminars for garden stores. You are encouraged to call prior to preregister or to check for more details (numbers are area code 802 unless otherwise noted), with some seminar requiring preregistration. Many garden stores also offer periodic seminars, so please also check with ones in your area. A good place to start is the listing of Vermont Perennial Display Gardens. If you have an event, or know of one, that should be listed, please let us know the event, date and contact phone number (leonard.perry@uvm.edu). latest additions and updates 05/10/13
check back for more coming soon
Spring Classes (ongoing, multi-week)UVM Extension Master Gardener Program, begins Feb., 800-639-2230
January
19 Seed Starting, 9:30am, Gardeners Supply, 660-3505
20 Indoor vegetable gardening, 11am, Grow Your Own series, City Market Coop, Burlington, 861-9700
26 Soils 101, 9:30am, Gardeners Supply, 660-3505
February
2 Vegetables from an Italian Garden, Charlie Nardozzi,
9:30, Gardeners Supply, 660-3505
2 Integrated Pest Management for Home Gardens, Colleen Armstrong, 10am, Hort. Research Center, 864-3073
9 Create a Cozy Cavity for Kestrels, 1pm, Hort. Research Center, 864-3073
9 Three Seasons of Outrageous Color, Kerry Mendez, 9:30, Gardeners Supply, 660-3505
9 Shade Gardening, Kerry Mendez, 11:30, Gardeners Supply, 660-3505
13 Fences, Walls and Hedges, 6pm, Hort. Research Center, 864-3073
16 Composting, 9:30, Gardeners Supply, 660-3505
16-17 Winter Conference, NOFA-VT, 434-4122
17 Permaculture and the Edible Landscape, TBA, Branch Out Burlington, 656-5440
23 Child's Play, Building Gardens for Kids, Charlotte Albers, 9:30, Gardeners Supply, 660-3505
March
1-3 Vermont Flower Show, Champlain Expo, Essex Jct (802-425-5117)
9 Basic Concepts in Landscape Design, Silvia Jope and Forrest White, 9:30, Gardeners Supply, 660-3505
16 Water Gardening, Dave Hamlen, 9:30, Gardeners Supply, 660-3505
16 UVM Greenhouse tour, 11am, UVM campus, Friends of the Hort Farm, 864-3073
16 Fearless Pruning, Lee Reich, EC Brown Nursery, Thetford, 785-2167
17 Boston Flower and Garden Show, Green Mountain tours hosted by Dave Hamlen, (800) 877-4311
20 Turning Lawn into Eden (fruits), David Fried, 6-8pm, Hort. Research Center, Friends of the Hort Farm, 864-3073
23 Garden Plants with Medicinal Interest, Heather Irvine, 9:30, Gardeners Supply, 660-3505
23 Intro to Square Foot Gardening, Peter Burke, 11:30, Gardeners Supply, 660-3505
30 Protect your Garden, Charlie Nardozzi, 9:30, Gardeners Supply, 660-3505
April
6 Magic of Fruit Trees, Charlie Nardozzi, 9:30, Gardeners Supply, 660-3505
6 Pruning 101, Charlie Nardozzi, 9:30, Gardeners Supply, 660-3505
12-14 Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium, Equinox Inn, Manchester, 518-885-3471
13 New England Wildflower symposium, VTC Randolph, 508-877-7630
13 Garden and Landscape Symposium, Fort Ticonderoga, 518-585-2821
13 the Art of Growing Food, Ellen Ogden, 9:30, Gardeners Supply, 660-3505
13 Container Gardening, Angela Clapp, 11:30, Gardeners Supply, 660-3505
20 Lilacs, Jeff Young, 9am, Hort. Research Center, Friends of the Hort Farm, 864-3073
20 No Mow Lawns, Evelyn Hadden, EC Brown Nursery, Thetford, 785-2167
27 Rustic Cedar Workshop, 8am, Hort. Research Center, Friends of the Hort Farm, 864-3073
May
4 Annual Tree Sale (order in advance), So. Burlington, Branch Out Burlington, 656-5440
9 Container Gardening, Sabrina Joy Milbury, VIT Interactive, 728-1455
11
Vermont Community Garden Network Spring Plant Sale, 10am-3pm, (garden design
consults by Charlie Nardozzi and Ellen Ecker Ogden,
11-2), IAA/HO Wheeler School,
Burlington, www.vcgn.org,
861-4769
11 Bloom Time Festival, Hort. Research Center, Friends of the Hort Farm, 864-3073
14 Hardy Roses, Charlie Nardozzi, VIT Interactive, 728-1455
17-18 Seeds, Shovels, Buckets and Boots festival, Manchester, 362-4144
18 Spring plant sale, King's Garden, Fort Ticonderoga NY, 518-585-2821
22 Edible Landscaping, Mark Krawczyk, VIT Interactive, 728-1455
22 Rhododendron walk, 6pm, Hort. Research Center, Friends of the Hort Farm, 864-3073
25 Upper CT Valley NH gardens, Garden Conservancy, 888-842-2442
25 Bird Walk, 8am, Hort. Research Center, Friends of the Hort Farm, 864-3073
25 Restoring Morrill's historic landscape, 9am, Morrill homestead, Strafford, 765-4288
28 Choosing and Caring for Trees, VJ Comai, VIT Interactive, 728-1455
June
1 Rhododendron walk, 10am (see May 22)
2 Lilacs, 9am, (see April 20)
4 Planning and Planting the Medicinal Garden, King's Garden, Fort Ticonderoga NY, 518-585-2821
8 Hostas, author Mike Shadrack, EC Brown Nursery, Thetford, 785-2167
8 Birch Bark creations, 9am, Hort. Research Center, Friends of the Hort Farm, 864-3073
8 Annual Tree Walk, Burlington, Branch Out Burlington, 656-5440
15 Edible and Medicinal use of non-native species, 9am, Hort. Research Center, Friends of the Hort Farm, 864-3073
15 Rustic Trellis workshop, 10-5, Justin Morrill Homestead, Strafford, 765-4288
15-16 Rustic trellis workshops, 10-5, Morrill homestead, Strafford, 765-4288
22,23 Lake Champlain gardens, Garden Conservancy, 888-842-2442
July
8 Green Works and UVM Extension Montreal Botanic Gardens and Mosaicultures tour, 656-2630
8 Hand-on Horticulture, weekdays at 1:30, King's Garden, Fort Ticonderoga NY, 518-585-2821
9 Sow, Grow and Know for children, King's Garden, Fort Ticonderoga NY, 518-585-2821
12 Herb harvesting, and other summer Fridays, King's Garden, Fort Ticonderoga NY, 518-585-2821
14 Garden Party, King's Garden, Fort Ticonderoga NY, 518-585-2821
16 Montreal Botanic Gardens and Mosaicultures, Green Mountain tours hosted by Dave Hamlen, (800) 877-4311
20 Equinox Valley gardens, Garden Conservancy, 888-842-2442
20 New Perennials, Dr. Leonard Perry, 10am, Justin Morrill Homestead, Strafford, 765-4288
21 FHF Annual plant sale, 10am, Hort. Research Center, Friends of the Hort Farm, 864-3073
23 Sow, Grow and Know for children, King's Garden, Fort Ticonderoga NY, 518-585-2821
29-31 Gardens of Greater Boston tour, Kings Garden at Fort Ticonderoga and UVM Extension, 656-2630
August
3 Dragonflies and Damselflies, 11am, Hort. Research Center, Friends of the Hort Farm, 864-3073
6 Sow, Grow and Know for children, King's Garden, Fort Ticonderoga NY, 518-585-2821
17 Leaf casting workshop, 9am, Hort. Research Center, Friends of the Hort Farm, 864-3073
20 Sow, Grow and Know for children, King's Garden, Fort Ticonderoga NY, 518-585-2821
20 Corn maze by moonlight, King's Garden, Fort Ticonderoga NY, 518-585-2821
20 Upper CT Valley VT gardens, Garden Conservancy, 888-842-2442
September
10 Harvesting and Preserving herbs, King's Garden, Fort Ticonderoga NY, 518-585-2821
11 Four seasons on a cut flower farm, 6pm, Hort. Research Center, Friends of the Hort Farm, 864-3073
15 Mushroom walk, 10am, Hort. Research Center, Friends of the Hort Farm, 864-3073
16 Montreal Botanic Gardens and Chinese lanterns, Green Works and UVM Extension (more this coming summer)
22 Wild Edibles, medicinals and poisonous plants, 1pm, Morrill homestead, Strafford, 765-4288
28 Heritage harvest and horse festival, King's Garden, Fort Ticonderoga NY, 518-585-2821
October
1 Grapevine wreath workshop, King's Garden, Fort Ticonderoga NY, 518-585-2821
6 19th century apple and harvest festival, 11am, Morrill homestead, Strafford, 765-4288
8 Native nut workshop, 6pm, Hort. Research Center, Friends of the Hort Farm, 864-3073
November
23 Herbal stocking stuffers, 10am, Hort. Research Center, Friends of the Hort Farm, 864-3073
December