A note from NACAA Horticulture National Chair - Stacey Bealmear
As we get closer to this years
AM/PIC, I'd like to remind you about the 2013 horticulture tour. It will be held as a post tour this year
(September
20th and 21st 2013) due to Galaxy. Our
Pennsylvania hosts have put together an OUTSTANDING tour that includes
horticulture, local foods, turf and more. If you are interested in attending,
please see the information below.
September
20th-
Stop 1) Bob O'Connor Golf Course at Schenley Park.
This course is Audubon certified to enhance wildlife habitat, reduce pesticide
use and other possible harmful impacts.
Stop 2) Master Gardener demonstration garden
followed by lunch with the Master Gardeners.
Stop 3)
Harvest Valley Farms, a fourth generation family
farm that provides produce through CSAs, farm markets, and roadside
stands.
Stop 4) Quality Gardens of Valencia. This nursery/garden
center offers landscaping services, educational seminars and a farmers
market.
September
21st-
Stop
1) Janoski's Farm and Greenhouse is a
200 acre farm that grows vegetables and fruits for sale year round in their
farmers market. They offer sessionally available produce along with freshly
baked goods made on site. They also have a greenhouse where they grow a variety
of plants from Easter flowers, spring bedding plants, fall mums and Christmas
flowers.
Stop
2) Gardens of Ogelby Resort and
Conference Center for lunch and a garden tour. The gardens are a re-creation of
many that existed in Oglebay in the early 1900s. Visitors are enticed to wander
on red brick paths through the ever-changing flower displays, hanging baskets
and majestic trees. These lovely sites are made even more memorable by the
addition of soft landscape lighting and water
displays.
Sponsorship for the tour has been attained from
EcoScraps thanks to Jim Hruskoci, a former NACAA member and extension educator.
With the sponsorship we hope to pay for most of the tour expenses (hotel, food,
and tour transportation) for NACAA members. Non-members are welcome if room
permits but their costs will not be covered.
The application will be excepted until August
1, 2013 or earlier if the tour fills
up. For more information about registration please see page 7 of December issue
of The County Agent. http://www.nacaa.com/countyagent/2012-12.pdf
For more information on the tour stops please see the
following links.
Harvest Valley Farms- http://harvestvalleyfarms.com/
Quality Gardens of Valencia- www.quality-gardens.com)
Gardens of Ogelby Resort and
Conference Center- http://www.oglebay-resort.com/gardens.htm
For more information on EcoScraps- http://ecoscraps.com/
If you have any
questions, please feel free to let me know!
Stacey
Bealmear
Urban Horticulture
Agent
Yuma County Cooperative
Extension
928-726-3904
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