GardenFest 2010

APRIL 10th GARDENFEST at MCC

Sponsored by MCC and the Master Gardeners

April 10, 2010 at McHenry County College from 7:30am - 4:00pm.

Trudi Temple, founder of Market Day, author, and extraordinary gardener, presented a keynote address titled "Order and Creativity in the Garden".

There was a jam-packed agenda of workshops :

  • Bonsai (all morning session, limited to 20)
  • Gardening Basics 1
  • Designing a Sound Lawn Care Program
  • What's New in Perennials
  • Culinary Herbs Revisited
  • Alliums are More Than Onions
  • Healthy Soil, Healthy Plants
  • Gardening Basics 2
  • Essentials of Ornamental Grasses
  • Heirlooms and Seed Saving
  • The Green Kitchen
  • Small Fruits in the Home Garden
  • Restoring the Woodland Garden
  • Container Gardening
  • Gardening Basics 3
  • Understanding Insect Pests
  • Sustainable Landscaping with Style
  • Using Shrubs in the Garden
  • Roses, Roses, and Old Roses
  • There's Poison in the Garden
  • Garden Journaling
  • Gardening Basics 4
  • Blooms on a Budget
  • Houseplants
  • Hardscape Landscape Design
  • Weed ID and Control
  • Beekeeping 101