Monday, June 12, 2006

General Meeting Speakers

Bryce Lane …was a terrific speaker – he was a lot of fun, very informative and very interesting – he brought a lot of plants and some pots and soil and gave us a great demo on container gardening. And we had a full house for him – it was good to see so many MGs come out for this program.

David Barkley and Shirley Waggoner-Eisenman have the following programs lined up for the rest of the year:

June 22 – Dr. Jeannie Davis, Associate Professor, Extension Specialist, Horticulture Science. Her subject will be Herbs and Other Interesting Specialty Crops for North Carolina.

July 27 – David Nash, Area Specialized Agent, Coastal Management, New Hanover County, will give an overview of the dunes and dune vegetation in Brunswick County. He has co-authored a book on this subject.

August 24 – Dr. Kenneth Sorensen, Professor, Entomology, NCSU, will give a PowerPoint presentation with posters and handouts on Fruit and Vegetable Pests Around the Home and Their Management.

September 28 – Don Gilbert will talk about Hydroponically Grown Fruits and Vegetables.

On October 26, we will hear from Rick Morris re Soil Science and on November 30, Ozzie Coor will discuss Native Plants.