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in popularity among homeowners. Step by step Instruc
tions on planning, Installing, stocking, and maintaining a
water garden will be taught at the symposium.
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Don’t be fooled by
the snow-covered ground, spring is almost here. Although
it’s too early to plant, it’s definitely time to plan your flow
er garden.
If you are one of those hodgepodge gardeners who
would like to bring some order and design into your land
scaping efforts or if you are perplexed when it comes to
choosing the most appropriate shrubs, trees, and plants for
the soil and climate conditions, help is on the way.
The Penn Stale Garden Symposium, scheduled at die
Farm and Home Center, Lancaster, on March 19, prom
ises to instruct and inspire both novice and professional
gardeners.
H. Bruce Helletick, horticulture agent for the county,
planned the program by inviting guest speakers who are
experts in a variety of gardening techniques.
Dr. Irwin Richman, Penn Slate horticulture professor,
will kick off the pace for the day-long program by show
ing slides of gardens with a special emphasis on paradise
gardens, where the perfect landscape looks like eternal
spring with masses of color.
Richman said that his theory is that western culture
desire to attain perfection in gardening has roots going
back to the Garden of Eden, known as perfection.
“Art and gardening is intertwined in design and the aes
thetic pleasure provided in relation to form, texture, and
color,” Richman said.
“Even if a person does not have a natural eye for design,
one can learn the basics of landscape design,” he said.
Richman said that the best gardening books are written
in England. “They show all these great examples, but most
the plants don’t thrive in this locality. A gardener should
make certain that plants selected can grow and thrive in
the climate and soil for which it is chosen.”
Brent and Becky Heath, who raise more than 2,000 var
ieties of daffodils, tulips, alliums, anemones, crocus,
dutch iris, and other bulbs, will share the “tricks of the
trade" on growing bulbs and offer ideas on using bulbs as
companion plants in landscaping. The Heaths are the
fourth generation of bulb growers and owners of the Daf
fodil Mart in Gloucester, Va.
Water gardening is one of the most exciting and popular
directions attracting gardeners. Virginia Crum of the fam
ous Lilypons Water Gardens in Buckeysville. Md., will
offer step-by-step instructions on planning, installing,
stocking, and maintaining a water garden. Special empha
sis will be placed on planning and construction with man
made products such as flexible rubber pond liners and pre
formed fiberglass pools.
The selection and use of shrubs in gardening will be
taught by David Sanford, horticulture professor and an
expert in ornamental tree and shrub identification.
Losing trees to disease is a major setback to homeow
ners not only financially but also aesthetically. Alan
Michael, Penn State multicounty extension agent, has
done major research on disease resistance and will speak
on improving flowering crabapples and dogwoods.
Internationally recognized landscape architect James
Anthony van Sweden, who has created exquisite gardens
throughout the world, is another speaker who will share
his expertise.
Garden Symposium For
These crabapple trees at Penn State University’s Landisville trial gardens are used
for research in order to find ways to Improve flowering and resistance to disease.
Hellerich said that this is the The cost of the symposium is with name, full address, and phone
first symposium planned for the $35 and includes speaker’s fees, number, to nn State Garden
area. “It’s a program that novice handouts, lunch, and refreshments. Symposium, Penn State Coopera
and professional gardeners won’t Make checks payable to Agricul- !* ve Extension, 1383 Arcadia Rd.
want to miss.” tural Extension and mail check ,° m „ 1 ’ Lancaster, PA
17601-3149.
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