MADISON - Feed your soul, your soil, and your family by incorporating beautiful, edible plants into any type of garden or replace the entire front lawn with an edible garden. Hands-on gardening experts from around the Midwest will come together Thursday, Feb. 19, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., for the Midwest Gardening Symposium: Incredible, Edible Gardens, at Olbrich Botanical Gardens, 3330 Atwood Avenue in Madison.
The all-day symposium, will show, from a regional and local perspective, how sustainable, edible gardens can help conserve non-renewable resources, reclaim the health of your soil, provide safe and flavorful foods, and create low-maintenance home landscapes.
Learn how to design an edible front yard and a seasonal kitchen garden; find out how heirloom flowers, fruits, and vegetables offer unique color, flavor, and fragrance; learn about building more color into perennial gardens; and find out how to beautifully incorporate ornamental, edible plants into existing gardens, even small ones.
This symposium, co-sponsored by Olbrich Botanical Gardens and Allen Centennial Gardens, should be of interest to the public, Olbrich members, master gardeners and horticulture students.
The fee includes a sandwich buffet for lunch. To register, call (608) 246-4550. Registration deadline is Feb. 16.
The all-day symposium, will show, from a regional and local perspective, how sustainable, edible gardens can help conserve non-renewable resources, reclaim the health of your soil, provide safe and flavorful foods, and create low-maintenance home landscapes.
Learn how to design an edible front yard and a seasonal kitchen garden; find out how heirloom flowers, fruits, and vegetables offer unique color, flavor, and fragrance; learn about building more color into perennial gardens; and find out how to beautifully incorporate ornamental, edible plants into existing gardens, even small ones.
This symposium, co-sponsored by Olbrich Botanical Gardens and Allen Centennial Gardens, should be of interest to the public, Olbrich members, master gardeners and horticulture students.
The fee includes a sandwich buffet for lunch. To register, call (608) 246-4550. Registration deadline is Feb. 16.
