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Second Annual

Southwest Vermont Spring Garden Symposium

Hiland Hall Farmhouse Garden

North Bennington, Vermont

March 27, 9:00am – 3:00pm

Presented by Friends of Highland Hall Gardens, New England Tropical Conservatory, and the Walloomsac Farmers’ Market

Program:

Please note that, during some time slots, there will be two workshops occurring at the same time.

9:00am- 9:30am	Coffee and Registration North Bennington Graded School students display their Winter Grapery Growing Projects
9:30am-10:10am	Growing Great Tomatoes and Exploring Heirloom Varieties Gail Fraser, author of the Lumby series and The Potting Shed–Heirloom Tomatoes.
10:20am-11:00am	Growing Great Garlic Alan Baker, co-chair of Bennington County UVM Extension Master Gardener Association	Rain Gardens Sadie Puglisi, Director of Programs, NETC
11:00-Lunch	Keynote Presentation by Dr. Ward Stone, Wildlife Pathologist, NY Department of Environmental Conservation
Izabella’s Eatery presents LUNCHa sustainable menu of fresh, seasonal and local organic ingredients
1:30pm-2:10pm	Indoor Composting with RedwormsCarol Schminke and Lynette Courtney “The Wacky Worm Sisters” of Down To Earth Worm Farm	Pruning Ornamental Shrubs and Trees Annie Miller, Dirt Diva
2:20pm-3:00pm	Preserving Your Harvest Dianne Lamb, University of Vermont Extension	Growing in tunnels and cold frames Chuck Currie, Mighty Food Farm, Pownal, VT

Ward Stone is a nationally recognized pathologist and environmentalist. His radio show “In Our Backyard”

is a weekly, half-hour program exploring a wide range of environmental topics and can be heard Saturday

mornings on WAMC Northeast Public Radio.

Cost: $25 per person. Includes lunch,  morning refreshments, and take home materials from speakers. Friends of NETC, and members of the Walloomsac Farmers’ Market receive a reduced price of $21.50.

Pre-Registration is required by March 19. Register here online or call 802-447-7419. Please be ready to chose the workshops you would like to attend.

Location: The symposium will be presented in the warm and inviting Historic Park McCullough Carriage Barn, located on park Street off Route 67 in North Bennington, VT.

We welcome you to explore the beautiful the Park McCullough grounds and the Hiland Hall Farmhouse Gardens, where restoration is underway, and The Grapery, home to the Kids’ Winter Growing projects, today during lunch and after the program.

We thank the people and organizations who volunteered to make this event possible, including Bennington County UVM Extension Master Gardeners, Dirt Diva’s, Down to Earth Worm Farm, Mighty Food Farm, Ward Stone, Gail Fraser and the Historic Park McCullough.

Other spring programs at NETC