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    Rock Gardens and Small-Space Gardens: An Organic Gardening Guide

    Rock Gardens and Small-Space Gardens: An Organic Gardening Guide

    Presented by Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania at Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania

    October 5, 2010


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    Ron will provide tips for creating a rock garden or an attractive small-space garden. He will introduce you to organic gardening principles and low maintenance strategies that require no synthetic chemicals. Good plants, many of them native, will be recommended and tips will be provided on plants to avoid. Ron will review cultural requirements, bloom times, and flower colors. Basic gardening principles and a month-by-month guide of garden tasks will be reviewed. Ron will discuss sources for seeds, plants, gardening tools and supplies.Copies of his book, A Year in a Rock Garden: An Organic Gardening Guide, will be available for purchase. Instructor Ron Kushner Master Gardener and PA Certified Horticulturist
     


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        Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania

        100 E. Northwestern Avenue
        Philadelphia, PA 19118

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets:

        Member Fee: $22
        Non-Member Fee: $24

        Info Phone: 215-247-5777

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        October 5, 2010

        Times:

        10:30 am – 12 noon


         

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