Meeting Programs |
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2010 Meeting
Programs
All meetings take place at Planting Fields. Driving directions
can be found on the Planting
Fields website.
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2010 |
1:00pm: Deirdre Larkin
Plant historian and horticulturalist |
Herbs into Weeds: Medieval Medicinals Naturalized in New York |
2:00pm: Marie Stella
Landscape Historian |
Color in the Landscape |
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2010 |
1:00pm: Polly Weigand
District Soil Technician
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Long Island Native Grass Initiative |
2:00pm: Dr. Jonathan Lehrer
Professor of Ornamental Horticulture, Farmingdale State College |
Alternatives to Invasive Plants |
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SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 2010 |
1:00pm: Bob Weschler
LIHS member, Poet, Lecturer, Avid Gardener |
Propagation |
2:00pm: Sandy Prior, Master Gardener and Consulting Rosarian. Sandy maintains the rose garden at the Vanderbilt Museum.
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Roses for Long Island |
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010 |
7:00pm: June Stoyer
Educator, Environmentalist
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Dandelions: Enemy of the Lawn or Splendor in the Grass? |
8:00pm: Laura Weill & Angelika Swantek
Garden Coaches, Long Island Garden Gurus |
Common Garden Myths & Mistakes |
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2010 |
| 6:30pm: MEMBERS SPRING PLANT SALE |
No speaker, competition, or raffle |
8:00pm: Marion Simpson
Master Gardener, Horticulture Graduate of Farmingdale State College |
Plants & Their History |
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2010 |
7:00pm: Steve Nowotarski
Past President of Mid Island Dahlia Society
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Growing Dahlias the Organic Way |
8:00pm: Dennis Schrader
Landcraft Environment |
Developing Gardens at Landcraft |
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 |
7:00pm: Horticulture Q&A with our
panel of experts: Richard Weir III,
Donna Moramarco, Vinnie Simeone,
and Judy Rizzo |
Horticulture Q & A |
8:00pm: Tamsen Yeh
Entomologist, Cornell Cooperative |
Ground Covers A - Z |
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2010 |
1:00pm: Millie Hendricks
Lecturer, Naturalist |
TBA |
2:00pm: Richard Iverson
Professor of Ornamental Horticulture, Farmingdale State College
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Perennials for the Fall Garden:
Sun & Shade Suggestions |
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2010 |
1:00pm: Bill Titus
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TBA |
2:00pm: Jenny Ulsheimer,
Director of Horticulture, Clark Botanical Gardens |
Reflectioins on This Past Season: Successes & Failures |
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 |
1:00pm: Barbara Levine
Master Gardener, LIHS Past President
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Shade Gardening |
2:00pm: Irene Virag
Journalist; Fellow, Garden Writers of America
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Glories of the Late Season Garden |
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