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Feb
21

Linn County Master Gardeners Winter Gardening Fair

Saturday, February 21st, 2026
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Kirkwood Linn County Regional Center, 1770 Boyson Rd, Hiawatha, IA, 52233 Map

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)

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