{"id":66855,"date":"2006-03-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-cooperative-extension-to-host-seminar-on-the-different-worlds-of-gardening-march-25\/"},"modified":"2006-03-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-07T00:00:00","slug":"uri-cooperative-extension-to-host-seminar-on-the-different-worlds-of-gardening-march-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2006\/03\/uri-cooperative-extension-to-host-seminar-on-the-different-worlds-of-gardening-march-25\/","title":{"rendered":"URI Cooperative Extension to host seminar on \u2018The Different Worlds of Gardening\u2019 March 25"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — March 7, 2006 — Gardeners interested in getting their gardens off to the right start this spring should plan to attend a day-long gardening seminar on March 25 entitled \u201cThe Different Worlds of Gardening.\u201d Sponsored by the University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension and the URI Master Gardener Association, the event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Chafee Hall on URI\u2019s Kingston Campus.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe seminar will feature a dozen speakers \u2013 all Master Gardeners — addressing such popular topics as rain gardens, composting, container gardening, perennials, potted vegetables, organic gardening, landscape design, and water gardens.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cEarly spring is the perfect time to gather new ideas on how to start a new garden or improve an existing one,\u201d said Rosanne Sherry, URI Master Gardener coordinator and organizer of the workshop.<\/p>\n


\n \u201cTime is precious to everyone, and using your time wisely in the garden makes a big difference in the amount of enjoyment you get from it. Every session in our workshop will give you many ideas you can take home and use right away.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe complete list of speakers and topics is as follows:<\/p>\n


\n– Rain Gardens for Water Quality and Conservation, Beverly O\u2019Keefe;

\n– Composting, Nan Quinlan;

\n– Interpreting Your Soil Test Results, Robert Rafka;

\n– Specialty Gardens with Perennials, Pat Davis and Mary Mason;

\n– Perennials in Containers: A Gardening Investment, Ann Perkins;

\n– The Impossible Dream: Continual Bloom in the Perennial Garden, Rosanne Sherry

\n– Potted Veggies, Margaret Carlotto;

\n– Don\u2019t Spray or Sprinkle \u2013 Drip!, Dick Perreault;

\n– Organic Veggies, Susan Estabrook;

\n– Basic Landscape Design Simplified, Rosanne Sherry;

\n– Hardscapes in the Landscape, Earle Perkins; and

\n– Design and Care of Water Features, Suzanne Frechette.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe workshop fee is $45 for URI Master Gardeners and $50 for the general public. Registration is required by visiting www.urimga.org, or calling 401-874-2900 or 1-800-448-1011. Snow date is April 1.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. — March 7, 2006 — Gardeners interested in getting their gardens off to the right start this spring should plan to attend a day-long gardening seminar on March 25 entitled \u201cThe Different Worlds of Gardening.\u201d Sponsored by the University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension and the URI Master Gardener Association, the event will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}