Saturday, April 19, 2008 Schedule

Executive Auditorium

10:15-11:30   A Tour of English Gardens
You won’t need a passport! Join Larry and Connie Dean, an award winning photographer and his Master Gardener wife, on a musical photo-image tour through a dozen of England’s most beautiful and breathtaking gardens. Sit back,relax and enjoy.

11:45-1:00   Organic Answers to All Your Garden Questions
Your bring the problems, and Mike McGrath, our featured speaker, will help you with chemical-free answers in this lively Q & A session. Weeds, disease, shade, invasive insects, malicious mammals, black spot on roses…whatever your problem, bring it on.

2:00-3:15   Mission Possible: Avoiding Problems in Landscape
Wythe Morris, Horticulture specialist, Virginia Cooperative Extension. Have you ever begun a landscape project to find out that things aren't always like they are on Home and Garden TV? This presentation will discuss the most important points in developing a successful landscape.

3:30-4:45   Grow Your Best Tasting Tomatoes Ever!
Tired of tasteless tomatoes? Envious of your neighbor’s big juicy Love Apples? Mike McGrath, author of “You Bet Your Tomatoes”, will reveal the tricks and tips you need to know.

Room 240

10:15-11:30   Lavender – More Than Just a Color
Debbie Cook, owner of Springbrook Meadows Lavender Farm in Hillsboro, Ohio, will discuss cooking, growing, harvesting, drying and distillation of lavender, the “universal herb.”

11:45-1:00   Attracting Bluebirds to Your Yard
Anne Little, President of the Virginia Bluebird Society, will show you how to provide food and a safe habitat to attract these beauties to your yard.

2:00-3:15   Weeding Out Those Aches and Pains
exercise physiologist at Wellmont Holston Valley Regional Medical Center, and learn simple techniques that may help reduce the physical stress of gardening.

3:30-4:45   Favorite Native Plants for Low Maintenance Landscaping
Christy Shivell of Shy Valley Native Habitat Nursery and Herbary of Fall Branch, TN, shares her favorite native plant “workhorses” for establishing beautiful landscapes with a minimum of effort.