Sunday, February 23, 2020

High Elevation Gardening Event

Join us on Saturday April 4, 2020 for the High Elevation Gardening event from 9am to 1pm at the Historic Homestake Opera House, 313 W Main St, Lead SD.   A collaboration event sponsored by the Northern Hills Master Gardeners and the Historic Homestake Opera House. 

o Lots of seating in the theater.

o $5 donation suggested.

o Free city parking lots in Lead southwest on Main St across from the opera house and bechind the opera house to the south


Presentations by Northern Hills Master Gardeners will include:

    9 to 9:50am          Plants for Special Habitats

    10 to 10:50am      Identifying Plants

    11 to 11:50am      Pollinators:  Plants, Bees and Bugs

    12 to 12:50am      Get Smarter than your Weeds  


Plants for Special Habitats 
                 Richard Wells
                 What to plant in those special locations such as full shade, drainage, hottest sun, bog,                    sandy, rocky, etc.
Identifying Plants
                 Barb Kuhlman
                 Barb walks us through her process to identify plants.
Pollinators:  Plants, Bees & Bugs 
                 Becky Olmstead and Sharon Henry
                 Learn about how pollination is synchronized in nature
Get Smarter than your Weeds
                 Linda Wiley 
                 Black Hills weeds - what are their strengths and weaknesses.  (Also at the event you                     can sign up for a free spreadsheet on when and what to do for fifty weeds in our area)   





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