Spring into plants and gardens!
Spring into plants and gardens!Get your green thumbs (black thumbs are invited as well) ready for the upcoming gardening season.
Spring Foraging: Learn to Identify and Locate Wild Mushrooms & Edible PlantsThursday, May 2, 6:30-8:00 PM
For adults | Register here
Spend an evening with MaryJo Lane of MJ Creative Gardens as your guide to finding wild edibles in your springtime surroundings. Follow along a colorful PowerPoint with tips and techniques to find choice fungal favorites such as the elusive morel, oyster, and chicken of the woods mushrooms. Learn about fiddlehead ferns, ramps, spring flowers, and more to add to your culinary creations, teas, and herbal medicinals. This fun evening will include a demonstration and free raffle drawings of herbal and mushroom gifts! You are invited to bring a sample or photo of any recently “foraged find” you would like to share with the group.
Garden-Worthy Native PlantsThursday, May 16, 6:00-7:30 PM
For adults | Program will be located in the Penfield Community Center Senior Lounge | Register here
Megan Meyer of Healthy Yards Monroe County and Color Penfield Green will discuss native plants, including how to start a native pollinator garden, like the new garden planted in the spring of 2023 in front of the library, and where the best places are to purchase native plants. Megan will also offer a colorful photo presentation of these plants in bloom and their benefits to wildlife and ourselves. Suggestions on adding these special native plants to existing gardens or starting a small native pollinator garden from scratch will also be discussed.
Healthy Soils, Healthy Gardens: Our Living Soil and Regenerative GardeningSaturday, May 18, 10:00-11:30 AM
For adults | Program will be located in the Penfield Community Center Senior Lounge | Register here
Master Gardener Laura Weller Brophy will talk about her experiences learning how to care for lawns and gardens through soil health in a more ecologically friendly way.