Art of Gardening

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Muscatine Community College’s Continuing Education Department is again offering its popular Art of Gardening daylong seminar.

This year’s seminar will be held:

Saturday, March 17,
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

MCC Strahan Hall
152 Colorado Street.

The seminar traditionally covers a wide spectrum of topics including florals, gardening, landscaping and more.

Master gardener Craig Hignight is this year's keynote speaker. He has a degree in Horticulture from Western Illinois University. For over 27 years, Craig has answered your gardening questions and given plant tips on WQAD-TV.

Born and raised in the greenhouse business, Craig is glad to never be more than a phone call away when someone has a plant or gardening question. Craig sold his business, Hignight Valley Market and Green House, and now you will find him at Wallace's Garden Center.

A total of 23 breakout sessions are scheduled for the day as well as vendor exhibits. A partial list of the session is below.

List of Sessions (click on Art of Gardening Brochure link for more)

The Wonderful World of Beekeeping
Blueberries
Starting Garden Plants at Home
Freezing and Drying your Bounty
Designing a Garden for a Small Area
Ornamentals: Trees and Shrubs for the Iowa Landscape
Ornamental Grasses and Complemetary Plants
Color your World with New Annuals
The Cutting Garden
Gardening with Children: A Sprouting Opportunity
Using Native Plants to Attract Butterflies to your Iowa Garden
Landscaping in Layers for All-Season Color
Exploring Heirloom Vegetables
Ring my Bells for Coral Bells!
Perennials 101
Terra Cotta Fountain
Creating a Living Miniature World
Swinging Succulents
Creative Cooking With Honey
Organic Vegetable Gardening
Certifying Your Wildlife Habitat

Cost for the seminar is $40. A registration form and complete list of activities can be found in the Art of Gardening Brochure (just click on the link to the right.)

Art of Gardening
Brochure

For more information, contact Cynthia Kress in Muscatine Community College’s Continuing Education Department, 563-288-6161 or toll free 1-888-351-4669.