Friday, May 11, 2012
Free public gardening workshops will be a featured attraction when the Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Centre County hold their annual Garden Fair and Plant Sale, May 19. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Ag Progress Days grounds at Rock Springs, nine miles southwest of State College on state Route 45. (more)
Friday, May 04, 2012
Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Centre County will hold their annual Garden Fair and Plant Sale, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 19. The event will take place at the Ag Progress Days grounds at Rock Springs, 2710 W. Pine Grove Road, Pennsylvania Furnace, Pa., 9 miles southwest of State College on state Route 45. (more)
Thursday, July 28, 2011
If things seem all aflutter around the garden demonstration plots at Penn State's Ag Progress Days, to be held Aug. 16-18 at Rock Springs, it may be because the huge number of flowers and plantings within the plots will be celebrating their third year of attracting and nourishing the native bees, butterflies and other pollinators for which they are intended. (more)
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
The garden demonstration plots at Penn State's Ag Progress Days, Aug. 17-19 at Rock Springs, will be abuzz this year not just with gardeners championing the importance of pollinators, but with many of the actual pollinators themselves, drawn to the vicinity by the specialized plantings designed to do just that. (more)
Monday, August 17, 2009
Penn State master gardeners team up with Penn State professor Dennis vanEngelsdorp and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture to track local bee activity. Their goal: to make recommendations to gardeners about types of plants they should include in their gardens to make them pollinator-friendly. See them (and the bees!) in a slideshow at http://www.rps.psu.edu/pennsylvania/nativebees/ online. (more)
Friday, April 17, 2009
Whether you are a seasoned gardener or a novice green thumb, you can join the fight to save the honeybees by planting your own pollinator-friendly garden this spring, according to a horticulture specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. (more)
Thursday, February 26, 2009
They're alluring, they're glossy and they're filling up your mailbox. The flower and vegetable gardening catalogs have arrived, and a specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has tips to avoid being seduced by a pretty picture while harvesting useful information. The expensively photographed catalogs are meant to mesmerize gardeners who are planning their spring plots while winter's snow still covers the ground. But Ginger Pryor, state coordinator for Penn State's Master Gardeners program, says before immersing yourself in the catalog, take a minute to decide whether you want lots of pretty flowers, a bountiful harvest for canning or a season-long supply of fresh vegetables. (more)
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
As Pennsylvania's dry season arrives, many gardeners fear that their lush landscape will wither under scorching heat. However, a gardening expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences says smart landscaping practices can both save water and ensure the garden's survival. (more)
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Gardening enthusiasts attending Penn State's Ag Progress Days, Aug. 19-21, can learn from the masters. Penn State Master Gardeners will be on hand at the Lawn and Garden Tent to provide information on a wide range of green-thumb topics. "Each year brings a new wave of landscape questions and concerns," said Ginger Pryor, extension associate in horticulture and state Master Gardener coordinator. "Master Gardeners are prepared with information about local growing conditions to give them insights into this year's hot topics." (more)
