Spring Gardening Extravaganza
Color Your World
March 16, 2024
9 am - 4 pm (check-in begins at 8:15 am)
St. Louis County Depot in Duluth
$35 per person
Explore the science and beauty of color in your garden! This year's series of seminars and workshops will focus on color in your flower gardens and landscape. Let noted local artist Adam Swanson inspire you to design with color. Learn more about nutritional impacts of color in your vegetable garden. Find out what to expect with weather in 2024 and implementing weather resilient gardening practices. Attendees receive the 2024 SGE Resource Book. Lunch and refreshments are included.
We'll have amazing speakers and presenters including dahlia and orchid expert, Robert-Jan Quene, County Horticulturist Bob Olen, Extension Agriculture Educator, Troy Salzer, and the Extension Master Gardeners.
Participants will be able to attend THREE of the following workshop/seminars (subject to change):
- Container Gardening
- Pollinator Gardens
- Growing Dahlias
- Growing Orchids
- Growing Blueberries
- Propagating Houseplants
- Constructing Bee Houses & Habitats
- Growing and pruning apples
- Growing great northern lawns
- Bee lawns and alternatives
- Basic Soil Fertility/Soil testing
- Making vegetables taste great
Mail your registration and payment to St. Louis County Extension:
2503 Rice Lake Road
Duluth, MN 55811
Make checks payable to "St. Louis County."
To register online and pay with check or cash, use code "Pay by check" and either mail or drop off your payment at the Extension Office in Duluth.
To register by phone, please call 218-733-2870.
Spring Gardening Spectacular
Grow your Gardening Knowledge
March 28, 2024
9:45 am - 3:30 pm (check-in begins at 9 am)
Mountain Iron Community Center
Early bird special - $20 per person; after February 25th - $30 per person
Registration includes the program, the 2024 Fruit and Vegetable variety lists, reference materials, coffee, refreshments, and a hot lunch.
Topics for the day's program include (subject to change):
- Gardening While Embracing Weather Extremes
- Growing Great Garlic
- Growing Onions
- Update on Tomato & Pepper Varieties
- Basic Soil Fertility
- Growing Blueberries
- Cut Flowers
- Selecting Hardy Zone 3 Apples
- Planting, Pruning, and Protecting Apple Trees
Mail your registration and payment to St. Louis County Extension:
201 S. 3rd Ave. W.
Virginia, MN 55792
Make checks payable to "St. Louis County."
To register online and pay with check or cash, use code "Pay by check" and either mail or drop off your payment at the Extension Office in Virginia.
To register by phone, please call 218-749-7120.