Via Zoom, our monthly meeting on January 18th featured Sam Landes sharing his lifelong interest – “Edible Mushrooms: Foraging, Identifying and Growing”. Sam explained why fungi deserves such attention. He identified many mushrooms explaining the differences between them and shared stories of finding fungi all over the USA. Sam belongs to the educational organization, The Mushroom Club of Georgia. Related Images:
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October 2020 Zoom Meeting
Bestselling author and horticulturist, Brie Arthur was our speaker for our October Zoom meeting. What a delightful presentation full of great information. Her enthusiasm for new ideas and practices with out of the box gardening advice was contagious! We shared her expertise as an advocate for consumer horticulture and home gardening. Some members benefited from forager wheat seed gifts as well as her latest book which were well received. Related Images:
September 2020 Meeting
Our Zoom monthly meeting showcased the gardens that our own Lynda Pollock visited with husband Bob when she attended the International Master Gardeners Conference in Philadelphia in 2019. Philadelphia is known as America’s Garden Capital and Lynda details each garden they visited and added the links. Chanticlear: A Pleasure Garden. The Chanticleer Foundation owns 47 acres, 35 of which are open to the public. The remaining acreage is in agriculture, woodland, service areas, and staff housing. The main path is just under a mile in length. The garden has evolved greatly since the death of the owner in 1990. As the home of the Rosengartens, Chanticleer was beautiful and green with impressive trees and lawns. http://www.chanticleergarden.org/ Arboretum of the Barnes Foundation at St. Joseph’s University Just eight miles from the Philadelphia campus of the Barnes Foundation, you’ll find the Barnes Arboretum at Saint Joseph’s University, home to a horticulture school. The…