Seed Savers

	Title:	Seed Savers
	Date:	Jul 16, 2014
	Time:	11:00 AM - Noon
	Calendar:	Horticultural, Cooperative Extension Service
	Contact:	Kathy Hepler
	Description:	Eric Jackson of Old Salem Museums and Gardens will provide an overview of the fundamentals of growing and saving your own seed using examples from the heritage gardens at Old Salem. Registration required. Space is limited. Please contact Kitrinka Gordon with the Forsyth County Cooperative Extension office to register for this lecture. Phone: 336-703-2850 or email gordonkl@forsyth.cc
	Location:	Arboretum Office at Tanglewood Park, behind the Manor House
	Location:	4201 Manor House Circle, Clemmons, NC 27012

Seeding

	Title:	Seed Saving
	Date:	May 27, 2014
	Time:	7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
	Calendar:	Horticultural, Cooperative Extension Service
	Contact:
	Description:	Join Pam Stewart, Extension Master Gardener Volunteer, as she gives a presentation on Seed Saving. Open pollination is the key to seed saving. This program will help you to be successful in saving seeds from your garden for use in the next growing season. The differences in heirloom and hybrid seeds as well as all the positives and negatives of both types of seeds will be discussed. For registration information, please contact the library at 336-703-2970.
	Location:	Rural Hall Library
	Location:	7125 Broad Street, Rural Hall

Master Gardener Volunteers to Hold Statewide Conference

The 2014 North Carolina Extension Master Gardener Conference, Picture the Piedmont, invites you to come enjoy the beauty and the bounty of Piedmont North Carolina in early May. The conference officially opens Monday evening with an informal reception at the Red Barn at Tanglewood Park and a self­guided tour of the park’s Arboretum and Gardens. But please come early for one of the optional pre­conference tours and workshops offered during the day on Monday.

We’ll get down to business with advanced training all day Tuesday and continuing Wednesday morning with a variety of general and concurrent educational sessions that promise to boost your enthusiasm and expand your gardening knowledge. Please plan to join us in May for a memorable experience!

For more information about the conference including cost, registration and educational sessions, please visit the 2014 North Carolina Extension Master Gardener Conference website

Stokes Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Plant (& Garage) Sale

The Stokes Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Association will present a plant and garage sale at King Recreation Acres on April 26 from 8:30 am - 1:30 pm
The Master Gardeners will develop a demonstration garden at Recreation Acres this spring, and will hold the plant and garage sale on the site of the future garden, just southeast of the Community Center building.

The purpose of the sale is to provide shoppers with a variety of house and outdoor plants, garden items, and general household items for sale at great prices, while raising funds to support the initial establishment of the garden.

The Extension Master Gardener Volunteers are also accepting donations for cash or materials to be used in the construction of the garden.

Come out on April 26 to King Recreation Acres for great selection and great bargains!

Want to Be a Master Gardener?

Join the Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program of Stokes County!

Informational Meeting
When: Thursday, Jan. 23 at 2:00 PM
Where: Shelton Room at the King Public Library...
101 Pilot View Drive, King, NC 27021

Do you-

Have a passion for plants and gardening?
Have the time and desire to participate in a practical and intense training program?
Want to share your knowledge with people in the community?
Have the time to serve as an Extension volunteer?

If your answer is YES, the Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program may be for you!

The Extension Master Gardener Training Course includes 16 weeks of intensive Horticulture training

Contact: Randy Fulk- Horticulture Extension Agent
(336) 593-8179