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Queen Anne’s County Master Gardener Newsletter
The Watering Can I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
Coordinators
Corner
2
Kent County Mid-
dle School Garden
2
Monthly Meetings 3
Advanced Training 3
Ask a Master
Gardener
4
City in a Garden 5
Volunteer
Opportunities 6
QAC 4-H Fair 7
Dig Day 8
Crow Vineyards
Tour 8
Bay-Wise 9
Centreville
Library Demo
Garden
9
Tucker House 9
Puss Moth Cater-
pillar 10
Advanced Training
Certificates 10
Maryland Grows
Blog 10
Sustainable Land-
scaping 11
Calendar 12-13
City in a Garden Submitted by: MG Betty McAtee
In the heart of downtown Chicago, there is a 2.5 acre “rooftop” public garden built on top of a city parking garage, part of Millennium Park, and conceived in 2000 by landscape architects Gustafson Guth-rie Nichol, LLC and landscape designer Piet Oudolf from the Netherlands. It is called Lurie Garden, and is sustained by the Ann and Robert Lurie Foundation. It was completed in 2004. Owned by the city, it is a vibrant, four-season display of nature, providing a chemical-free habitat for large numbers of plants and wildlife. Sixty-five percent of the plants species are native. It is a spectacular show of 200 perennial species, 14 species of woody plants, and many, many thousands of bulbs. Beehives in the garden produced about 70 lbs of honey in last year’s har-vest. A wooden footbridge separates the “Light Plate” section, described as a col-orful, well orchestrated portrayal of a perennial midwest prairie in full sun rep-resenting the modern artistic side of Chi-cago, from the “Dark Plate” section,
where woody, roughly textures plants shaded by flowering trees represent the original historic site of marshy, wild shoreline along Lake Michigan. The perennial prai-rie garden is protected on two sides by a 15 foot hedge, which represents the “Big Shoulders” of the city. Lurie Garden exemplifies an element of garden design called “plant size. Important in the plan-
ning of a mixed perennial garden, plant size includes the following parts: height, spread, density, and footprint. Heights of plants control the exposure to light, taller plants serving to shade nearby plants, while shorter ones increase expo-sure to light. Also, using a variety of plant sizes will induce your eyes to move from one area of the garden to another. There are three categories of plant heights: 1. Base - This
includes low growing plants, 30 cm or less tall. These plants prevent weed growth, ero-
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COORDINATOR’S CORNER
Hello Everyone! I hope that you are all getting ready for fall. Looking ahead for the next few months we will be working on several things. We will have a booth at Corsica Awareness Day on Saturday, September
17th Our September meeting will be in the evening, Dorchester’s MG Coordi-
nator, Emily Zobel will be speaking about spiders. Sabine has worked really hard planning the Sustainable Landscaping Ad-
vanced Training Class on September 23rd at Chesapeake College. There are still plenty of spots left open. Registration closes on Friday, Septem-ber 15th.
If you would like to help plan our Holiday Party please let me know. Best, Rachel
Kent County Middle School Garden Submitted by: MG Sabine Harvey
part! Imagine how many rotting toma-toes I encountered. Although the planting beds at WES are rather over grown, the weeds are actual-ly not too bad. I will see if either the High School or the Alternative School is interested in taking over this garden. I'll keep you posted.
Thank you to Barb Flook who came out on Labor Day to help with at the Mid-dle School garden. Students return to school today so hopefully, they will take over looking after the garden. Since the garden did not yield a whole lot of produce, I decided to go to (the now closed) Worton Elemen-tary School and see what might be left of the garden there. I am not sure whether that was a good or a bad idea. The bad part was that I stayed there for quite some time. The good part was, that I ended up giving 13 pounds of grape and cherry tomatoes to the Community Din-ner. And that was the usable
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Date Topic Time Place
Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Topic: The Itsy Bitsy Spider Speaker: Emily Zobel
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Centreville Library
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Topic: State of the Bay Speaker: Eric Buehl, UME Sea
Grant
9:30am to 11:30 am Centreville Library
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Topic: Aronia Speaker: Chester River Aronia
9:30am to 11:30 am Centreville Library
Wednesday, December 13, 2017 * Week early due to Holiday*
Holiday Luncheon TBD TBD
ADVANCED MG TRAINING Event Name Event Date* County Location
Native Plant Essentials Online Class Ongoing N/A
Native Plant Essentials (link is external) Saturday, September 9 Allegany Co
Ornamental Plant Diseases (link is external) Wednesday, September 13 Montgomery Co
Ornamental Plant Diseases (link is external) Thursday, September 14 Wicomico Co
Sustainable Landscaping on the Eastern Shore (link is external)
Saturday, September 23 Talbot Co
Gardening in a Changing Climate (link is external)
Thursday, October 19 Howard Co
Our monthly meeting will be on Tuesday, September 19th at 5:30 P.M. Our speaker will be MG Coordinator and Ag Educator, Dor-chester County Emily Zobel. She will talking about our 8 legged friends-Spiders.
The Itsy Bitsy Spider-
September Monthly Meeting
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The August Kent Island Plant Clinic fea-tured a display centered around, “Is Your Garden Sick?” We had a display board of pests and diseases which can attack your veggies, and Deane brought a set of mag-nifying containers with various insects inside them. He also made a matching game for the kiddies to match the insects with a chart, and we handed out rain gauges and soy-based crayons to the chil-dren who attempted to match up the little critters. Karen Wimsatt brought a tomato horn worm that had parasitic wasp cocoons attached to it and a black swallowtail caterpillar. These displays were a big hit! Parents and others got handouts on keeping your plants healthy and disease free and other gardening tips. In addition to Deane, Liz, and Karen, Jackie Kelly, Suzanne Easton, and Barbara Graham came to help us. We also saw Cindy Riegal and Nick Stoer who stopped by. The next plant clinic will be Thursday, September 14, from 3:30 to 6:30. We
Ask a Master Gardener
Kent Island Farmers Market
Submitted by: MG Liz Hammond &
Deane Horowitz, KI Plant Clinic Chair
welcome all master gardeners and interns who would like to help out and have some fun with us – so please join us! For further information contact: Liz Hammond 410-758-2992 [email protected] Deane Horowitz 410-604-0969 [email protected] Kent Island Farmers Market “Ask a
MG” Schedule:
Thursday, September 14 (Need 2 People)
Thursday, October 12 (Need 2 People)
Thursday, November 9 (Need 2 People)
Thursday, December 14 (Need 2 People)
Chestertown Farmers Market
The Chestertown Farmers Market “Ask a Master Gardener” Plant Clinic has come to a close. Thank you to all of our volun-teers who helped make this a successful year. We’ll be back at it next May!
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City in a Garden Continued Submitted by: MG Betty McAtee
sion, and dehydration of the soil. They make up about 50% of the garden. Examples of base plants are Pennsylvania sedge and moor grass.
2. Seasonal theme - This includes colorful, blos-soming perennials for each season and meas-ure up to 90 cm. They make up about 30-40 % of the garden. Tulips, salvia, and milkweeds would provide seasonal theme colors.
3. Structural - These plants add special interest to certain areas of the garden and are up to 120 cm in height. Five to 15% of the garden is occupied by these taller perennials, like switchgrass, coneflowers, rattlesnake mas-ter, and false indigo. A harmonious garden scene pleasing to the eye requires much re-
search and planning. Creating a garden de-sign is, however, an experimental process, which can lead to both successes and failures. However, a dedicated, passionate gardener will plant and replant, with an endless number of possible designs to pick from.
“City in a Garden” is the motto of Chicago, from the Latin “Urbs in horto.” To learn more about Lurie Garden, check out the video by Oudolf at www.luriegarden.org
Images from “Lurie Garden Chicago” website/Millennium Park Foundation
Images by MG Betty McAtee
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Centreville Library Demo Garden: If you would like to participate in any of the times please remember to bring your gar-dening tools, gloves, and water. All are welcome!!!
September: Tuesday, September 5st 6-7 P.M. (2-3 people needed) and Thursday, September 21th 8 A.M.
Ask a Master Gardener: Kent Island- Please come out and join us from 3:30-6:30 at 830 Romancoke Rd, Stevensville, MD 21666. The plant clinic booth is usually located inside. To sign up contact: Liz Hammond 410-758-2992 [email protected] or Deane Horowitz 410-604-0969 [email protected] Thursday, September 14 2 people need-ed) Thursday, October 12 (2 people needed) Thursday, November 9 (2 people need-ed) Thursday, December 14 (2 people need-ed)
Kennard Alumni Historical Museum Me-morial Garden: Some time ago MG Shelia Shorter took on the project of designing and implementing a garden at the Kennard Alumni Historical Museum next to Kennard Elementary School. A planning meeting will take place on Monday, September 25th at 10 A.M. at the UME-QAC Office
Sustainable Landscaping CE Volunteers: If you have registered for the event and would like to help we will need several vol-unteers. If you are interested in helping with setting up refreshments, helping the authors with book signing, etc please con-
tact Sabine at: [email protected]
Holiday Luncheon: Our holiday luncheon is slated for Wednesday, December 13th if you would like to help plan this event please contact Rachel [email protected]
2018 Monthly Speakers: I am on the hunt of speakers for our 2018 meetings if you have any special re-quests please let me know!
Demo garden at the 4-H Park: We will be setting up a day in Mid-October to redo this garden please stay tuned for details.
Tucker House Garden: MG Intern Elaine Studley is looking for volun-teers to help work on the design of this garden. If you’d like to help please let her know: (301-655-2857) or [email protected]
Graphic Designers: Do we have any graphic designers that are MG’s??? If so I’d love some help with the 2018 MG class flier, the 20th Anniversary and 2018 Plant Sale.
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Unlike normal August weather this year fair was un-seasonable cool and mild. This beautiful oasis of sum-mer brought out the fair crowds. Everyone really seemed to enjoy the monarch and swallowtail cater-pillars. We had a nasty storm on Monday and the tent collapsed. But other than that no real hiccups. Special thanks to Jack and Linda Doub for helping me set up the tent twice and to those MG’s who helped “take the booth inside” on Monday. Also, special thanks to Dean Horowitz for bringing his beautiful bug display and game for the kiddos! Thank you to all of our volunteers who helped with the booth and to all of the mentors who made sure that they volun-teered with their intern!
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Crow Vineyards Tour
Dig Day at the Jelich’s Submitted by: MG Carol Jelich
On Wednesday, September 20, be-tween 9:00 a.m. and 12 noon, Master Gar-deners are invited to dig and take plants from my garden. I have many plants that have seeded throughout the garden that are out of place and need to be removed, as well as clumps that need thinning. I need to tame my exuberant gardens before putting the house up for sale in the spring. I would rather you come and give the plants a new home, than consign them to the compost pile. Plants include tall coneflower, moun-tain mint, verbena, bee balm, cup plant and other perennials; strawberry; woodies - sassafras, shrub dogwood, pines, red cedar, sumac, jasmine vine. I have many plastic pots. Come if you can and bring a trowel or shovel.
The Queen Anne’s County Master Gardner’s will be touring Crow Vineyards (12441 Vansants
Corner Rd. Kennedyville, MD 21645) on Saturday, October 14th at 3 P.M. The cost of the tour is $15 and is open to spouses/guests. After the tour there will be light refreshments. Checks should be made payable to QAC-EAC. If you would like to do a wine tasting after the tour there will be an additional charge of $8 paid directly to Crow Vineyards and will not be included as a Master Gardener Activity. Please RSVP by Friday, October 6th http://crowvineyardandwinery.com/
Crow Vineyard Tour RSVP NAME:_____________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS:___________________________________________________________________ TELEPHONE: ( ) ______- ___________ E-MAIL: _____________________________ COUNTY: ___________________________
R.S.V.P and Payment due by Friday, October 6th 505 Railroad Ave, Suite 4
Centreville, MD 21617
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We have continued to be busy trying to schedule Bay-Wise vis-its. The heat and rainy weather as well as vacation schedules has
made it a little more difficult this past month. Now that the weather is turning cooler we’ll pick up the pace again. Certifications this month included a beautiful property on the Wye River and Senior Agriculture Agent Jenny Rhodes’ property which included her residence and poultry farm operation. Jenny’s property, Deerfield Farm, is also recognized as a Certified Agricultural Conservation Steward. It was no surprise that she easily qualified for Bay-Wise certification as well. We are looking forward to certifying at least two more public areas as well as numerous private properties. Anyone is welcome to join us if space is availa-ble. Our next meeting will be in September, date to be determined.
Bay-Wise Committee Updates Submitted by: MG Debbie Pusey
Tucker House Gentlemen’s Garden Submitted by: MG Intern Elaine Studley
Centreville Library Demo Garden Updates Submitted by: MG Debbie Pusey
The Centreville Library rain garden continues to flourish. In spite of the hot summer temperatures, we had more than enough rainfall to keep everything green and growing! Having two work groups has eased the burden for all. Thank you to Laura Rocco and Liz Sipala for working the evening session and to Judy Geggis, Cheryl Huyck and Liz Sipala for working the Thursday morning session. Liz pulled double duty working both sessions. We con-tinue to work on eradicating the dogbane – we’ve been able to keep it under control. And the weeds are just as lush as the natives so that keeps us busy pulling them. In September, we’ll start to think about what we need to seriously prune for the winter months. We’ll continue with the first Tuesday at 6:00pm and the third Thursday at 8:30am in September. We also need to think about revamping the bed at the 4-H Park in September or October. We will need new plants as nothing is salvageable from the old garden. The bed is approximately 8 feet by 8 feet. If you have native plants you will be dividing this fall consider donating some for this garden.
For Centuries kings and commoners alike have found joy and solace in their family gardens. Tucker House (c.1794) is one of the oldest homes in Centreville and a jewel of 18th century life in Queen Anne’s County. In 1996 to Commemorate the Bicen-tennial of Centreville, Queen Anne’s Garden Club designed a “Gentleman’s Garden” for Tucker House which would have served a post-Revolutionary family for afternoon walks and family gatherings. For many years, Byron Luna has been the caretaker of the garden. Mrs. Luna is a neighbor of Tucker House and a member of the Society. We are very grateful for all the hard work she puts into maintaining the garden. During 2017 the Queen Anne’s County Historical Society will begin the process of restoring Tucker House and the beautiful “Gentleman’s Garden”. One of the goals for the project is to make this a communi-ty garden for visitors, events and educational programs. In July and August volunteers weeded nearly 800 square feet of garden, to find many of the beautiful plants originally placed for the bicentennial celebration. Anyone who would like to join and support the Tucker House Restoration project please call Elaine Studley (301-655-2857).
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The Puss Moth Caterpillar Submitted by: Rachel Rhodes
Advanced Training Certificates Did you know that you can earn Advanced Training Certificates? Here’s a complete list of Certificates that you can earn as a UME Master Gardener:
Landscape Design for Water Management Certification Master Composter Certification Native Plants Certification Plant Diagnostics Certification Vegetable Gardening Certification Woody Plants Certification To receive a certificate, a Master Gardener must have attended at least 75% of the re-quired classes, and also completed any of the assigned coursework. For more information visit: http://extension.umd.edu/mg/training/advanced-training-certificates
The Puss Moth Caterpillar (Megalopyge opercularis) is active right now, this is one of the most venomous cat-erpillars in the United States, DO NOT TOUCH. Contact with this caterpillar may pro-duce severe reactions with severe burning of the skin. Some people report severe pain. The hairs can cause reddened flesh and inflammation. Some people develop le-sions and swellings on the skin exposed to the caterpillars People who come into con-tact with the caterpillars report pain that persists from one to several hours. http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/Creatures/MISC/MOTHS/puss.htm
Maryland Grows is the blog of the Home & Garden Information Center (HGIC), a program of
the University of Maryland Extension (UME). We educate Maryland residents about lawn care and ornamental plants, food gardening, and the services provided by our statewide Master Gardener Program. Through our website, online Ask an Expert service, and network of 1,700 Master Gardeners, HGIC delivers science-based sustainable garden-ing and integrated pest management education for better human and environmental health. https://marylandgrows.umd.edu/
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There is still plenty of room in this class. Make sure you sign up by Friday, September 15th. To register go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sustainable-landscaping-on-the-eastern-shore-registration-34112657878
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September 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 Plant Clinic,
Chestertown
3 4 5 6 7 Galilee Gar-
den Meeting 7 P.M.
8 9
10 11 12 13 14 KI Plant
Clinic, 3:30-6:30pm
15 16
17 Corsica
River Aware-ness Day Noon
18 19 Mentor-
ing Meeting 2:30, MG Meeting Cen-treville Library 5:30 P.M.
20 Dig Day,
9 A.M.
21 Centre-
ville Library Rain garden cleanup, 8 am
22 23Sustainab
le Landscaping Chesapeake College, 9:30
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October 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 UME
Office
Closed
10 11 12 KI Plant
Clinic, 3:30-6:30pm
13 14 Crow
Vineyards Tour 3 P.M.
15 16 17 18 MG
Meeting Cen-treville Library 9:30 A.M.
19 Centre-
ville Library Rain garden cleanup, 8 am
20 21
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Phone: (410) 758-0166
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