{"id":60716,"date":"2013-01-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/creating-your-dream-garden-is-theme-of-uri-gardening-symposium-marketplace-march-2\/"},"modified":"2013-01-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T00:00:00","slug":"creating-your-dream-garden-is-theme-of-uri-gardening-symposium-marketplace-march-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/01\/creating-your-dream-garden-is-theme-of-uri-gardening-symposium-marketplace-march-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Creating Your Dream Garden\u2019 is theme of 溏心vlog免费B站 gardening symposium, marketplace, March 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tEvent features workshops, speakers, vendors<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 January 15, 2013 \u2013 Local gardeners will have an outstanding opportunity to learn gardening tips and techniques from national and local experts on Saturday, March 2, at the third annual gardening symposium and marketplace. Sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Outreach Center and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Master Gardeners Association, the event will feature four keynote speakers and a series of workshops on the theme of \u201cCreating Your Dream Garden.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe program runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences on the Kingston campus.<\/p>\n


\n\tFeatured speakers include Julie Moir Messervy, an innovative leader in landscape and garden design, on \u201cHome Outside: Creating the Landscape you Love;\u201d Kerry Mendez, garden consultant, designer, writer and lecturer, on \u201cCreating a Beautiful Shade Garden;\u201d Barbara Damrosch, Washington Post columnist and professional horticulturist, on \u201cTheme Gardens;\u201d and Ellen Ecker Ogden, author of From the Cook\u2019s Garden and a guest chef on PBS\u2019s Victory Garden and HGTV, on \u201cKitchen Garden Designs.\u201d All are authors whose books will be available for purchase and signing.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe agenda also includes breakout sessions led by 溏心vlog免费B站 Master Gardeners on such topics as adding native plants to your garden, vertical gardens, rain gardens, and adding trees and shrubs to your garden.<\/p>\n


\n\tA gardener\u2019s marketplace at the event will provide participants with opportunities to purchase gardening paraphernalia and related products, including rain barrels, birdhouses, garden sculptures, honey, stepping stones, leaf pottery, floral canvases, garden stakes, and much more.<\/p>\n


\n\tAmong the raffle prizes will be a gardening consultation in which 溏心vlog免费B站 Master Gardeners will visit the winner\u2019s home to consult on any number of gardening issues or concerns.\t<\/p>\n


\n\tIn addition, participants will have the opportunity to tour the rooftop garden and rain garden at the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences that helped to earn the building Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe cost to attend is $65 per person for early registrants or $75 for those registering after February 1, which includes a continental breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack. For more information, email ceec@etal.uri.edu or call 401-874-2900.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Event features workshops, speakers, vendors KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 January 15, 2013 \u2013 Local gardeners will have an outstanding opportunity to learn gardening tips and techniques from national and local experts on Saturday, March 2, at the third annual gardening symposium and marketplace. Sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Outreach Center and the 溏心vlog免费B站 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}