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Sandwich Park District gets ready for annual spring gardening workshop · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Sandwich Park District gets ready for annual Spring Gardening Workshop.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Marcus Jackson. This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. The Sandwich
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  Speaker 1: Park District will host its eighteenth annual Spring Gardening Workshop
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday, March twenty eighth. The free workshop, held at
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  Speaker 1: at the David of Francis Community Center without guard Line,
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  Speaker 1: Latham Saint is open to experience gardeners and beginners interested
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  Speaker 1: in learning about horticulture and spring gardening. The Sandwich Park
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  Speaker 1: District has offered this community program annually except twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: to help gardeners improve their knowledge and encourage first time gardeners.
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  Speaker 1: This year's workshop features the following three speakers. Beginning at
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  Speaker 1: eight thirty am. Selecting, Planting and Caring for True Trees.
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  Speaker 1: Tyler Perkins Winding Creek Nursery and Garden Center will discuss
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  Speaker 1: shade tree options for homeowners, including recommendations for various sites
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  Speaker 1: and planting tips. The presentation will cover tree sizes, small, medium, large, forms,
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  Speaker 1: potted or bald in burlap, and the benefits trees provide
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  Speaker 1: to homeowners and the community ecosystem. Common Midwest weeds Richard Henchel,
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  Speaker 1: retired horticulture educator University of Illinois Extension, will go over
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  Speaker 1: learning to identify different weed types grassy or broadleaf, annual,
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  Speaker 1: biennial or perennial, and the best treatment methods and timing
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  Speaker 1: for control success with vegetable gardening. Steve Woolf, a master
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  Speaker 1: gardener with the Kendall County Extension and more than fifty
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  Speaker 1: years of gardening experience, will cover vegetable gardening basics from
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  Speaker 1: winter planting through spring planting and summer and fall harvesting.
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  Speaker 1: The session is suitable for both new and experienced gardeners.
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  Speaker 1: There is still no admission charge for the Spring Gardening
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  Speaker 1: Workshop event. Walkins are welcome if space is available after
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  Speaker 1: pre registered guests are seated. Register in advance at a
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  Speaker 1: www dot Sandwich Parkdistrict dot org or call eight one
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  Speaker 1: five seven eight six eight zero four four. The doors
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  Speaker 1: will open at eight am, with concessions available for purchase
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  Speaker 1: at that time. The program will conclude at twelve thirty pm,
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  Speaker 1: when the names of the winners of the door prizes
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  Speaker 1: for the day will be drawn. Consider joining in the
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  Speaker 1: Gogreen on Saturday, March twenty eighth to help make your
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  Speaker 1: home and our communities, more beautiful and more environmentally friendly.