As plants blossom and trees bloom, Sumner County Master Gardeners are getting ready for the 7th annual garden show. The event will be this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Raymond Frye Complex.
The theme this year is "Victory Gardens.” Victory gardens were first planted during World War II to help sustain Americans during wartime, Master Gardener Keala Timko said.
Teaching Sumner County residents to make their own victory gardens now in a bad economy will not only sustain them physically, but financially and mentally as well, she said.
“You can grow them for a tenth of what you get them at the store for and you know they will be fresher and exactly what they have in them,” Timko said.
The garden show is to introduce the community to the different concepts of gardening and to answer some questions lingering in the minds of local green thumbs, Timko said.
“There will be vegetables and fruit there, ornamental grasses, flowers, there will be a little bit of everything there,” Timko said.
The garden show is the main fundraiser for the group, which takes on community growing and planting projects around the county — including teaching local growers how to maintain their gardens and landscaping public places.
Admission is free and demonstrations will be held throughout the event on hydroponics, self-watering containers, turning waste into garden soil, and making your own rain barrel.
Demonstrations will be held every hour, Timko said.
Questions are encouraged and Master Gardeners will be on hand to solve your plant dilemma, Timko said.
“They might even get the opportunity to show them hands on,” she said. “We can tell them what soil to use, what conditions are best...and what will make the plant thrive.”
Vendors will also be available, selling everything from plants to gardening tools to decorative signs for the garden, Timko said.
Part of getting greener is getting rid of trash properly, Timko says.
Caldwell Recycling Center, Inc. will be coming to the Gardens in Bloom Garden Show in Wellington to collect e-waste. A truck will be parked at the south end of the Raymond Frye Complex parking lot from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
E-waste includes computers, TVs, cell phones and small appliances such as sweepers and toasters. Basically anything that plugs in to an electrical outlet, the recycling truck will accept, with the exception of bigger appliances such as refrigerators, stoves, freezers and air conditioners.
If you have delicate information on your hard drive you can dump it or simply punch a hole in the hard drive before bringing it to the truck. You may also want to delete or reset your cell phones, Timko says.
Because of the high cost of transporting these items to be recycled there will be a charge for TVs 19 inches or smaller of $10 and $20 for larger TVs. The Caldwell Recycling Center is non-profit and asks for a small donation for all other items.
Timko says this event is perfect for everyone of all gardening abilities — from your avid green thumb to those just thinking about planting a garden.
“If they have an interest in growing anything, even if they haven’t had a success in the past to come out and learn some simple techniques and start trying,” she said.
For more information on the garden show, contact the Extension office at 326-7477 or MaryAnn Hennig at 326-9933 or go to www.oznet.ksu.edu and click on mastergardeners.
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As plants blossom and trees bloom, Sumner County Master Gardeners are getting ready for the 7th annual garden show. The event will be this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Raymond Frye Complex.
The theme this year is "Victory Gardens.” Victory gardens were first planted during World War II to help sustain Americans during wartime, Master Gardener Keala Timko said.
Teaching Sumner County residents to make their own victory gardens now in a bad economy will not only sustain them physically, but financially and mentally as well, she said.
“You can grow them for a tenth of what you get them at the store for and you know they will be fresher and exactly what they have in them,” Timko said.
The garden show is to introduce the community to the different concepts of gardening and to answer some questions lingering in the minds of local green thumbs, Timko said.
“There will be vegetables and fruit there, ornamental grasses, flowers, there will be a little bit of everything there,” Timko said.
The garden show is the main fundraiser for the group, which takes on community growing and planting projects around the county — including teaching local growers how to maintain their gardens and landscaping public places.
Admission is free and demonstrations will be held throughout the event on hydroponics, self-watering containers, turning waste into garden soil, and making your own rain barrel.
Demonstrations will be held every hour, Timko said.
Questions are encouraged and Master Gardeners will be on hand to solve your plant dilemma, Timko said.
“They might even get the opportunity to show them hands on,” she said. “We can tell them what soil to use, what conditions are best...and what will make the plant thrive.”
Vendors will also be available, selling everything from plants to gardening tools to decorative signs for the garden, Timko said.
Part of getting greener is getting rid of trash properly, Timko says.
Caldwell Recycling Center, Inc. will be coming to the Gardens in Bloom Garden Show in Wellington to collect e-waste. A truck will be parked at the south end of the Raymond Frye Complex parking lot from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
E-waste includes computers, TVs, cell phones and small appliances such as sweepers and toasters. Basically anything that plugs in to an electrical outlet, the recycling truck will accept, with the exception of bigger appliances such as refrigerators, stoves, freezers and air conditioners.
If you have delicate information on your hard drive you can dump it or simply punch a hole in the hard drive before bringing it to the truck. You may also want to delete or reset your cell phones, Timko says.
Because of the high cost of transporting these items to be recycled there will be a charge for TVs 19 inches or smaller of $10 and $20 for larger TVs. The Caldwell Recycling Center is non-profit and asks for a small donation for all other items.
Timko says this event is perfect for everyone of all gardening abilities — from your avid green thumb to those just thinking about planting a garden.
“If they have an interest in growing anything, even if they haven’t had a success in the past to come out and learn some simple techniques and start trying,” she said.
For more information on the garden show, contact the Extension office at 326-7477 or MaryAnn Hennig at 326-9933 or go to www.oznet.ksu.edu and click on mastergardeners.
