2013 Garden Expo

Thank you to all who took part in our 9th Annual Garden Education Expo held on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at the Big Lake High School! We had well over 200 gardening enthusiasts take part in the educational sessions and shopping the vendors.

Our 2013 event featured Keynote speaker "The Renegade Gardener" Don Engebretson a well-known Northern Gardener columnist, author and Master Gardener. Don shared ideas on the "Top 10 Gardening Blunders, and How to Avoid Them." A gardening blunder must be common, major, and one that Don himself has made at least three times in his 30 years of gardening.

Participants also attended three informative and educational sessions from Master Gardeners and local garden experts on a variety of yard and garden topics. 2013 topics included:

Concurrent Session I
1A __ Straw Bale Gardening
1B __ Growing & Cooking with Herbs
1C __ Really Cool Plants for Northern Gardens

Concurrent Session II
2A __ Straw Bale Gardening
2B __ Common Garden Myths and the Mayhem They Cause
2C __ Shade Perennials to Enhance Your Landscape

Concurrent Session III
3A __ Creating Outdoor Rooms
3B __ Echinaceas
3C __ Beyond Apples--Other Fruit Tree Options for Minnesota

If you were unable to attend the 9th Annual Garden Education Expo but were interested in some of the topics; all of the handouts are now available online by clicking here.

The event also featured garden vendor booths, educational displays, and an opportunity to talk with Master Gardeners.
2013 event brochure.

2013 Garden Expo Vendors and Educational Displays:

Ambergate Gardens - plants
Amy Lea 'n Me - handmade garden markers
Busse Gardens - plants and planters
Carla Abrahamson - gnome doors
Caroldon Soap - handmade soaps and herbal bath products
Cat Tail Farm - canned jams, jellies and pickled produce
Claud's Clay - handmade pottery items
DeBirdman Bird Houses - handcrafted bird houses and feeders
Dick's Designs - recycled metal garden art
Don Engebretson - speaker, author, books
Evergreen Woods - arbors, birdhouses and feeders
Green Valley Greenhouse - plants and more
Garden Gems - flowers made from glassware
Hartle/Gilman Gardens - lily bulbs
Hollyhock Farm Alpacas - all things made from alpaca
Joel Karston - speaker, author, books
Little Farm Hands
Mid Northern Contracting - organic fertilizer
Minnesota Tree Care Advisors - info booth
Minnesota Water Garden Society - info booth
Nature Redone - rhubarb leaf molded bird baths
Notebooks and Journals by Nancy -handcrafted journals, notebooks
Photos by Bob and Val - garden and nature photography
Reading Frenzy Book Shop
The Teashoppe Gallery - herbal teas and accessories
Thor's Perch - bird feeders and photo art
Toad Lady Pottery - ceramic toad houses
Tom Potvin - barn wood items
Treasures & Trowels - garden art and perennials
TSE, Inc - stepping stones
Wild About Birds - houses, feeders, food
Scentsy - scented candles and waxes, warmers
Sherburne County Master Gardeners

The Sherburne County Master Gardeners look forward to hosting you again in 2014!

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Posted by thbrown on February 7, 2013 10:00 PM in Events