Get a jump on the season by starting your own plants from seeds – less expensive than buying transplants, starting your own also gives you a much broader selection of interesting varieties to try!

Master Gardener Gretel Anspach will discuss seed choices, start times, and growing methods, including windowsill and grow-light gardening. Whether you are interested in annuals, perennials, edibles, or even shrubs and trees, this lecture will give you the information you need to go from starting a seed to planting it in the ground.  The event will take place Thursday, April 14 at 7 pm at The Gardens at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley.  $12 for Mass Hort members, $20 for nonmembers.  Register at www.masshort.org or by calling 617-933-4973.  Image from www.parisfarmersunion.net.