Linn County Master Gardeners Winter Gardening Fair
Paid Event Public Welcome Registration Required Program/Speaker Presentation Hands-On/How-To Workshop Conference/Symposium Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking
The Winter Gardening Fair is the signature educational event of the Master Gardeners of Linn County. The day-long event offers more than 75 gardening classes over 6 sessions taught by local Master Gardeners and experts from organizations including Xerces Society, Monarch Watch, and Seed Savers.
Wild Ones Cedar Rapids Iowa City Chapter will have a display table, and Secretary Eric Miller will teach Spring Ephemerals for the Shade Garden at 2:30.
While Eric is our “official” Wild Ones-affiliated speaker, the following classes are also led by Chapter members:
8:30 - 9:45
• Beaded Chicken Wire Suncatcher, Speaker: Wanda Ohrt
• Gardening with Bambi, Speaker: Karla McGrail
• Micro-Prairie Gardening, Speaker: Lisa Hinzman Howard
10:00 - 11:00
• Vegetable Gardening for All Seasons, Speaker: Lisa Hinzman Howard
11:15 - 12:15
• Native Bees, Speaker: Karla McGrail
• Native Plants - Every Square Foot Counts, Speaker: Wanda Ohrt
12:00 - 1:00
• Invasive Species and Their Native Replacements, Speaker: Nick McGrath
3:45 - 4:45
• Native Plants - Top Ten Things I Have Learned, Speaker: Wanda Ohrt
• Our Bumblebees, Speaker: Karla McGrail (LCMG)