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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 11,1978
Home gardening highlighted at Longwoodin Feb
KENNETT SQUARE -
February hosts a wide array
of programs and displays for
the home gardener and
landscaper at Longwood
Gardens, here.
On February 14 a new
balcony garden exhibit will
be unveiled to the public.
Then on Feb. 15, well known
turf authority from The
Lawn Institute Dr. Robert
W. Schery will present a
lecture on lawn keeping.
And, beginning Feb. 25 the
first of three special short
courses on home gardening
will be presented.
Garden ExMbit
Longwood’s balcony
gardens exhibit is designed
to offer specific educational
information and ideas to
townhouse and apartment
dwellers. Constructed inside
the heated conservatories,
the display contains five
balconies raised above the
Azalea House floor. A
walkway permits viewing
the 2000-square-foot exhibit
from “inside" as well as
from “outside.”
Visitors attending the
opening should park in the
main lot and proceed to the
conservatories. The
Example Gardens are
located in the honeycombed
Azalea House.
Turf Lecture
Schery’s lecture on the
15th will offer an ecological
backdrop against which to
evaluate lawn making and
lawn keeping procedures.
Options range from the
intensive turf management
of a golf course to complete
abandonment, with greatest
efficiency for today’s
lifestyles lying somewhere
in between.
Longwood’s con
servatories which contain
thousands of flowers in
cluding Longwood’s famous
acacias are open one hour
before and one hour after the
8:30 p.m. lecture. The
acacias are now in their
prime and fill the Azalea
House and Acacia Passage
with millions of golden
blossoms.
Short Courses
Home gardeners can get
an early start on Spring by
attending special Saturday
morning programs from 10
a.m. to 12 noon at Longwood
Gardens near Kennett
Square, Pa. Topics to be
covered are: Feb. 25, “An
Introduction to Vegetable
Gardening”; March 4,
“Small Equipment Main
tenance for the Home
Gardener”; and March 11,
“Growing Plants in Con
tainers.” Registration for
each session is $5. For more
information, contact “Short
Courses”, Longwood Gar-
dens, Kennett Square, Pa,
19348.
“An Introduction to
Vegetable Gardening”
presents the basics of
growing vegetables in the
home garden. Visual aids
will illustrate tune-honored
practices and new ideas for
better production. David J.
Foresman, Longwood in
structor, is the lecturer.
David F. Melrose, from
the Scott Horticultural
Foundation at Swathmore
College, leads the March 4
meeting on “Small Equip
ment Maintenance for the
Home Gardener.” The
selection, maintenance, and
use of small equipment will
be discussed.
Container gardens can add
a special touch to home,
patio, or balcony. “Growing
Plants in Containers,”
scheduled for March 11, will
teach some of the techniques
used in selecting and
maintaining plants and
containers. F. Joseph Car
stens, Longwood
floriculturist, is the in
structor.
All programs begin at 10
a.m. in the auditorium ad
jacent to the mam parking
lot. Registered participants
have free access to the
gardens and conservatories
the day of the lecture.
To register for the
Saturday morning sessions,
send name, address, and
telephone number along with
check or money order for $5
for each class made payable
to Longwood Gardens, Inc.,
to “Short Courses,”
Longwood Gardens, Kennett
Square, Pa 19348. Please
designate the course by title.
Longwood Gardens is
located on U.S. Highway 1,
30 miles southwest of
Philadelphia and 12 miles
north of Wilmington, Del.
The gardens are open every
day of the year.
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