Daily Archives: May 7, 2021

Friday, May 7 – Sunday, May 16 – GO Public Garden Days 2021 – Virtual Garden Profiles

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Got the travel itch? Looking for some inspiration and motivation to visit some amazing gardens across the nation? Look no further! Join The American Public Gardens Association from the comfort of your home for FREE virtual profiles from the gardens listed below, where they showcase ongoing research, amazing history and collections, and other incredible features, via easy and convenient Zoom webinars. Participants can register for as many programs as they choose, and tune in and out as they like – though many presenters are doing Q&As after their live program! Since all presentations will be recorded, a Youtube video will be posted afterwards for those who are unable to attend the live program, and videos will be available the duration of GO Public Gardens Days, as well as some time after.

On May 7 at 6 Eastern time, look across almost 85 years of history and horticulture at the Norfolk Botanical Garden with Alexandra Cantwell, followed at 7 by a 30 minute presentation by Erin Smaldone on the Wild and Wonderful West Virginia Botanic Garden at Tibbs Run Preserve. At 7:30 Mark Miller will speak on From Black to Green: The Story of Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, and Becky Mallison will present Becky Mallison on Bok Tower Gardens.

Monday, May 10’s lectures will begin at 6 with Molly Davis and Dawn Bailey on The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky, followed by Tim Gould on The Arboretum at Penn State, and Seth Hamby, Head Gardener of the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center, on Know Your Natives. Stick around for ecologist Michelle Bertelsen speaking on 20 Years of Land Restoration Research at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

Tuesday, May 11 brings Jamie Burghardt from the Waterfront Botanical Gardens in Louisville on Louisville Landfill to Louisville Landmark, Jessica Farmer of the University of Washington Botanic Gardens, Executive Director Scott Lafleur from Sherman Library and Gardens with A Walk Through the Sherman Library. and Bradley Evans from the US National Arboretum Water Garden.

Wednesday, May 12 begins with Cindy Brown from Smithsonian Gardens on its Collections and Greenhouse, a talk on the Rebirth of Ventura Botanical Gardens, and Brian Kemble of Ruth Bancroft Gardens & Nursery on Iconic Plants of the Ruth Bancroft Garden.

Thursday, May 13 will spotlight Tim Boland of the Polly Hill Arboretum on Plants are Powerful! at 6 pm. Jennie Ciborowski from Haverford College Arboretum follows with The History of Haverford College Arboretum, and Steve Huddleston from the Fort Worth Botanic Garden with Erin Starr White of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas on Together and Growing.

Friday, May 14 starts with Allyson Whalley and Katie McCarthy on Tudor Place Garden: Over 200 Years of Growth in Washington, DC, then continues with Jim Salyards and Erika Frank on Inspiration from a Garden: Culture and Community at Filoli, 30 miles south of San Francisco, and Sandi Polyakov, head gardener, on Elements of Japanese Gardens of Shofuso, a 17th century style Japanese house and garden in Philadelphia’s West Fairmount Park.

Saturday, May 15 the programs continue with Kathryn Masuda of the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Sue Watts of the South Carolina Botanical Garden, and Ashley Krueger on The Gardens on Spring Creek.

All programs are free. Register at https://norfolkbotanicalgarden.org/go-public-gardens-days-2021-virtual-garden-profiles/

Tuesday, May 11, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm – Growing Knock-out Tomatoes, Online

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Gardener Ron Kujawski shares his tips for getting the most out of your tomatoes in this virtual Berkshire Botanical Garden class on May 11. He’ll cover tomato varieties, planting for success and care throughout the season. Pest and disease management will be addressed. He’ll also share his tips for harvest and preservation. Ron personally grows over 40 tomato plants in his home garden each year! $10 for BBG members, $15 for nonmembers. Register at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/growing-knock-out-tomatoes

Ron Kujawski spent his formative years working on the family onion farm in Florida, New York.  From there he went on to earn his BS, MS, and PhD in Biological Sciences from the State University of New York at Albany. After five years of developing and directing the Environmental Studies program at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, MA, he moved on to the University of Massachusetts Extension Service as a specialist in landscape, nursery and urban forestry.  Now retired, when he is not tending to his vegetable garden, he spends time as a horticultural writer and lecturer. His weekly columns appear in the Berkshire Eagle during the growing season and The Berkshire Edge throughout the year. Ron and his daughter Jennifer Kujawski co-authored the book: Week-by-Week Vegetable Gardeners Handbook. Their weekly gardening tips can be found on Instagram at weekbyweekvegetablegardeners and Facebook at Week-by-Week Vegetable Gardener’s Handbook.