Bangor's Garden Show Demonstration Series
FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2012
Pest Management Tips for a Healthy Maine
Create and maintain healthy landscapes through ecologically based practices that minimize reliance on water, fertilizer and pesticides. Gary Fish, from the Maine Board of Pesticides Control, hopes to inspire Maine people to grow & maintain ecologically friendly landscapes. An Entomologist from birth, Gary was inspired to love plants by his Mother who always grew beautiful roses and rock gardens. He is also an aspiring landscape and nature photographer. He is a practicing Licensed Professional Forester since 1985, and 10 year member and former Chairman of Arborist Examining Board, and is currently the Manager, of Pesticide Programs for Board of Pesticides Control since September of 1988. Go to www.yardscaping.org for more information.
Friday, April 6, 2012 12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Soak up the Rain in Maine –Win a Rain Barrel
Win a free rain barrel! More and more of your neighbors are talking about rain water, flooding, and how it affects the quality of our streams and rivers. This presentation will provide homeowners and small business owners various examples for collecting, storing, soaking in, or reusing the rain using rain barrels, cisterns, rain gardens and more. Attendees will have a chance to win a free rain barrel and installation by the Bangor Area Stormwater Group.
Friday, April 6, 2012 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Meet the Honeybee – An Introduction to Beekeeping
Live bees will be on display as Dr. William Dorrity demonstrates the joys of beekeeping and the healthful benefits of making your own honey. From prevention of allergies to increasing the pollination of fruit and flower, there are lots of good reasons to become a beekeeper. With over 40 years of experience to share, Dr. Dorrity will discuss how to get started and provide some fun facts about bees that will surprise and entertain you. Dr. William Dorrity is a lifelong hobby beekeeper. He is a full time instructor at EMCC and lives in Winterport.
Friday, April 6, 2012 2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Gardening with Physical Limitations
Physical therapy experts from St. Joseph HomeCare & Hospice will offer advice on gardening for those with physical limitations. Don’t let a disability hold you back from a hobby you once enjoyed. Learn what kind of changes you can make and the many adaptive tools available to keep your hands in the dirt all summer long! For more healthy ideas and information, go to www.stjoeshealing.org.
Friday, April 6, 2012 3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Farmers Markets, Cooperatives, and Community Supported Farms
Fresh, locally grown veggies, herbs, fruits, cheeses, and flowers are not only good for your health, they are good for our economic climate, our social fabric, and our planet. New markets, co-ops, and community supported farms (CSAs) are popping up all around Maine. Find out where they are located, how they work, and why they are so important in today’s economic climate. You may find that buying local as a way of life, may change your life.
Friday, April 6, 2012 4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Kids Program – To be announced
Friday, April 6, 2012 5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2012
Soak up the Rain in Maine
Win a free rain barrel! More and more of your neighbors are talking about rain water, flooding, and how it affects the quality of our streams and rivers. This presentation will provide homeowners and small business owners various examples for collecting, storing, soaking in, or reusing the rain using rain barrels, cisterns, rain gardens and more. Attendees will have a chance to win a free rain barrel and installation by the Bangor Area Stormwater Group.
Saturday, April 7, 2012 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
St. Joseph’s Healthy Cooking Demonstration
Stop by to meet nutrition and diabetes experts from St. Joseph Healthcare as they prepare a diabetic friendly recipe using food straight from the garden. Our Chef will offer a live cooking demonstration and samples for taste testing! A St. Joseph Healthcare Nutritionist and an expert from our Diabetes & Nutrition Center will be on hand to offer healthy eating tips and answer your questions. Discover what foods you should and shouldn’t be eating, and take home great recipes to test in your own kitchen! Perfect for everyone looking for new ways to use the delicious food you grow in your own backyard.
Saturday, April 7, 2012 12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Farmers Markets, Cooperatives, and Community Supported Farms
Fresh, locally grown veggies, herbs, fruits, cheeses, and flowers are not only good for your health, they are good for our economic climate, our social fabric, and our planet. New markets, co-ops, and community supported farms (CSAs) are popping up all around Maine. Find out where they are located, how they work, and why they are so important in today’s economic climate. You may find that buying local as a way of life, may change your life.
Saturday, April 7, 2012 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
INSIDER SECRETS from Maine People Who Love to Dig in the Dirt
We are pleased to welcome back our most popular Garden Show speaker, Lisa Colburn, to present highlights from her recently published book, The Maine Garden Journal - Insider secrets from Maine people who love to dig in the dirt. Most gardening books focus on the expertise of one person, but each gardener faces a different set of challenges and delights. This book is a compilation of the fascinating knowledge gathered from over one hundred folks throughout Maine who do their own ornamental gardening and really put their hands in the dirt. Not only is buying local and eating local increasingly recognized as important, but learning local applies when it comes to gardening. This book is social networking at its best. Lisa’s book will be available in the vendor section of the Garden Show and you may have it signed after the presentation.
Saturday, April 7, 2012 2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Let Your Inner Floral Designer Bloom! Hands-on Flower Arranging
Come learn easy tricks and tips to turn any room of your house into a “Garden Show”. This hands-on demonstration will show you how to make beautiful arrangements using containers and vases you already have. Covering a variety of fresh and silk flowers, the presentation will show you start-to-finish how to construct a vase arrangement. Floral Design instructor, Annemarie Rutherford, simplifies the craft of floral arranging using experience garnered over her 13 years in the industry and years of teaching Floral Design at Bangor Adult Education.
Saturday, April 7, 2012 3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Urban Landscaping Tips
Imagining and creating beautiful landscapes in small spaces are what you will learn in this informative and fun presentation by the Windswept Gardens owner and landscape extraordinaire, Bob Bangs. Bob will offer examples of water features and appropriate plants to provide interest and beauty in your very own urban landscape.
Saturday, April 7, 2012 4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Extend Your Homegrown Harvest – Grow Your Own Veggies February to December!
Robin Follette left her office job behind and moved to northern Washington County in 1990. Her small back yard garden grew to a one acre market garden. She’s sold herbs, fruits and vegetables from a road side stand in front of her home, at farmers market and to local schools and restaurants. She has 2,500 square feet of garden under high tunnels and a 300 square foot greenhouse. Robin uses season extensions to stretch her growing season from mid February through mid December. She’ll share her knowledge of season extension through photos, a list of vegetables you can grow in the “off” season and a Q&A session at the end of the presentation. Robin’s website is http://robinfollette.com. She writes for Bangor Daily News and Lancaster Farming newspaper and publishes Maine Nature News. Robin and her husband Steve live on Seasons Eatings Farm in Talmadge, Maine.
Saturday, April 7, 2012 5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2012
Peony Society Tea
Come and enjoy a cup of tea with local Peony expert, Ken Liberty, and members of the Peony Society of Maine for an informal discussion about everything you ever wanted to know about Peonies! Ken will explain to the audience how to plant, divide, and why they sometimes don’t flower. Bring your questions, like, “Why those doggone ants crawl all over the buds?” He will answer your questions and expound on varieties such as herbaceous, tree, and intersectional, and help you decide which would be best for your garden.
Sunday, April 8, 2012 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Birding in Bangor and Beyond
There are over a hundred different species of birds within 30 minutes of the Bangor Garden Show. The Bangor Land Trust will team up with Representative Bob Duchesne, founder of the official guidebook, Maine Birding Trail http://www.mainebirdingtrail.com/index.htm , will reveal where all the birds are hiding in Bangor. You will learn where to go to see and hear your favorite birds, how to identify them, and how to get started "birding". The Bangor Land Trust http://www.bangorlandtrust.org/ will share their vast array of trail adventures in the Bangor area that are available for the public to enjoy birding, hiking, biking, and other great outdoor activities.
Sunday, April 8, 2012 12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Grow Edible Mushrooms in Your Backyard!
Candice Heydon, proprietor of Oyster Creek Mushrooms, will introduce the audience to the magical world of mushroom growing. Candice will provide instructions and share her tips for growing wonderful delicious mushrooms in your very own backyard or dooryard, your choice! This successful passionate woman began a small business in 1992 that now harvests and ships 11,000 pounds a year to restaurants and markets all over the region. Get your very own mushroom growing starter kits, available for sale during the presentation.
Sunday, April 8, 2012 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Bonsai Basics – Pruning Your Beloved Bonsai
Ernie Glabau will guide us through the several different tropical, temperate and evergreen species of Bonsai, showing the similarities and differences when pruning each type of bonsai tree. Examples of the trees will be pruned during this lecture/demo. There will be a question & answer session at the conclusion of “Pruning Your Bonsai.” Ernie is the Nursery Manager of Entwood Farm & Nursery, the largest and oldest commercial bonsai nursery in Maine. Pick out your very own Bonsai at the Entwood Farm & Nursery booth in the vendor section of the Garden Show.
Sunday, April 8, 2012 2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Kids Program – Kids Grow Too!
Master Gardeners will offer an interactive program where kids can connect with plants and how to grow them. More information to come.
Sunday, April 8, 2012 3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
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For more information
please contact:
Wendy Warren
73 Harlow St.
Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 992-4255