Summer Garden Experience
Take the Family to the Summer Garden Experience
Date: Saturday, July 28, 2007
Location: Penn State Southeast Research and Extension Center
Experience the fragrance and flavor of our summer gardens down on the farm…the Penn State research farm at Landisville, that is. Mark your calendars now for our second annual Summer Garden Experience on Saturday, July 28, 2007, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 PM at Penn State’s Southeastern Agricultural Research and Extension Center near Landisville, PA, located just seven miles northwest of downtown Lancaster. Admission to all events is covered by a $5 per vehicle parking fee, plus $1 for each passenger. Come rain or shine, the experience goes on.
While Mom and Dad experience the highlights of Penn State horticulture research through demonstration plots, speakers, variety trials, and farm tours, children ages 5 to 12 can safely join in the fun of a 4-H day camp right on the farm. Pre-registration and a fee are required for the 4-H day camp, contact the Penn State Dauphin County Cooperative Extension office to reserve space in the 4-H day camp, 717-921-8803.
Seminar topics include: Native plants in the landscape, Decorative Vegetable Gardening, Creating a Meadow, Weed ID and control, Flower arranging, Excellent landscapes with minimal pesticides, & Getting the most vegetables with the least inputs, Better Turf, and much more.
Take a tractor-pulled wagon tour and visit demonstration plots and variety trials to experience up close the results of Penn State horticulture & agricultural research and how it can help you to have a healthier and more successful garden and landscape.
Savor the flavor of more than 20 varieties of heirloom and hybrid tomatoes. Have your gardening questions and problems answered by Penn State Master Gardeners. Other activities include visiting the cut flower variety trials, examining the flower container combination demonstration and learning the finer points on using fruit trees as artistic elements in the landscape.
The research farm is also the site for variety trials, testing new varieties of some of your favorite flowers for quality and performance in the garden. Experience a colorful array of over 1200 of the newest varieties of annual flowers for bedding and containers. For directions to Landisville and more information about the Summer Garden Experience, contact Connie Schmotzer, Consumer Horticulture Educator, Penn State Cooperative Extension, the at 717-840-7408 or visit the Capital Region Horticulture Team web site at: http://capitalhort.cas.psu.edu/Default.html. Experience the best that summer has to offer from the garden down on the farm…the Penn State research farm at Landisville.
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