“Live Life in Full Bloom” Garden Symposium
Sponsored by the Leavenworth County Master Gardeners It all began with, “there was a speaker from Iowa from a Master Gardener conference at K-State that was so interesting I could have listened to him for the entire day. Do you think Ward would be able to find out who he was?” The Committee was sitting around a table brainstorming who to get for speakers for the first Leavenworth Master Gardener Garden Symposium. We were discussing who we wanted and what we wanted to learn about. We thought, what can we do with the gardens and landscapes at our homes that are established or need refreshing? Can we add to them or do we take out every one of the Barberries and Japanese Yews or the overgrown spiraea that surrounds all the homes in our area? How can we convert our landscapes to native plantings without the dreaded “maintenance”? Now that our weather and seasons are changing how do we adapt with the new shrubs, trees and perennials and annuals that are available? Stop! What about the people who garden with containers only? Is it possible to change up our plantings as we go from season to season? Our Keynote Speaker is Kelly D Norris who hails from the Des Moines area and lives on Three Oaks Garden, where he lives where he gardens. His topic for this symposium is, New Naturalism Designing and Planting a Resilient, Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden. (This is also the title of his newest book, which will be available and signed!) Crystal Miles, is our second speaker and we also snagged her to join our group as a Master Gardener. Crystal spent her 40 plus year career as a Horticulturist and Arborist with design and maintenance in private, commercial and public landscaping. Landscaping with trees and shrubs in our landscapes and gardens is her love and specialty. Jonah Nelson is widely known as an owner/manager of Family Tree Nursery and will show us hands on how to update your containers with fall and winter coming. It is possible to keep your home and landscapes looking good through the seasons ahead. Please join us on September 17, 2022 at the Riverfront Community Center, 123 Esplanade, Leavenworth, KS 66048 8:30-4:00 pm. Download and print a ticket at https://www. leavenworth.k-state.edu/lawn-garden/master-gardeners. Questions? leavenworthmastergardeners@yahoo.com; Or Mikey Stafford 913-426-3794 or Anne Rielly 913-683-4646.
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