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Mark your calendars for the Friends of the Hort Farm annual festival of flowers, fun and facts.Speaker Topics
Saffron: A Medicinal Plant, Culinary Herb and Beautiful
Garden Flower--Margaret Skinner, Research Professor and UVM Extension Entomologist, established the North American Center for Saffron Research and Development at UVM in 2017. She will talk about what saffron is and how to grow, harvest and dry saffron
Deer Tick Management: What can YOU do for Protection
and Prevention -- Presented by Somi Ghasemzadeh, Post doc, and Margaret Skinner, Research Professor, Somi will describe practices to protect yourself from encountering ticks and creating a landscape around your home that is unfriendly to ticks and their
hosts.
Creating a Mini Meadow: Grow a Little Patch of Colorful Flowers Anywhere Around Your Yard--Mike Lizotte, known as The Seed Man, is a Master Gardener, an author, and owner and managing partner of American Meadows where he has worked his entire career.
Curators
The curators of our collections—Lilacs, Rhododendrons, Conifers, Cary Garden, and Pollinator Garden—will be on hand to talk with you and answer questions about growing and taking care of your plants.
Kids Activities
The Kids Activities will be booming with lots of fun —
a Discovery Walk with Mr. K, making seed bombs, building terrariums and fairy houses, plus, “Little Artsy Faces” face painter from 11 to 1.
Guest Exhibitors
Guest exhibitors will be here with information about their organizations:
Branch Out Burlington, NOFA-VT, Urban and Community Forest Program, Grow Wild, Master Gardeners and SoilSHOP where gardeners can get their soils screened for lead. The screening is free. Visit https://go.uvm.edu/gardensoilleadscreening for information.
And More...
Plein Air Artists will be painting around the farm, tractor rides, and the Swing Peepers will return with their fun music. Bring a picnic to enjoy under the trees. We’ll supply the water, lemonade, and popsicles. See you there. FREE
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
65 Green Mountain Dr, South Burlington, VT, United States, Vermont 05403
