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Plant Talks
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Growing Tropical Orchids at Home
Slide and hands-on presentation covering some of the major types of orchids available, growing strategies, defeating pests, and re-potting. Features a live re-potting demonstration. Club members are invited to bring an orchid from their homes to be used for the demonstration.
Spring Wildflowers of New England
Slide presentation featuring a week by week discovery of the short-lived spring wildflowers. Photographs primarily taken around the Greater Hartford Area in public parks and trails.
Hunting Native Orchids
Slide presentation and stories about researching locations for native orchids and the stories behind actually finding and photographing them. Ranges from Maine to New York, California and Nevada.
Hunting Native Orchids in New England
Slide presentation and stories about researching locations for native orchids and the stories behind actually finding and photographing them. Includes investigations of several specialized bogs in MA and CT, the Northernmost outpost of the Orange Fringed Orchid, and how & why to be sure you get permits for restricted areas in parks!
The Community Garden at Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.
Slide presentation and discussion about the community garden beds at Fort Mason, with emphasis on the creativity and charm that individual gardeners employ in using their spaces.
Creativity and Humor in the Garden
Slide presentation and stories about people who go far beyond Garden Trolls. Arbors made from ladders. Candelabras hung from the trees over a linen set dining table. Old shoes and boots gone green, and vegetable beds complete with headboards and footboards. Including some practical tips for your own home enjoyment.
Building a Bog Garden
Slide presentation on the creation of an artificial bog, including legal plant sources.
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