Flagstaff's Home and Garden Show

The Coconino Master Gardeners will have a booth again this year at the Home and Garden Show. The dates are April 10-12. The show is at NAU Fieldhouse and is free all 3 days this year. We will be doing our usual garden lectures each day. Here is the schedule:

Friday – April 10                                                              

Noon         Ed Skiba                   One Hole at a Time: Proven preparation tips for planting

1:00 PM    Jim Mast                  Just Tomatoes: Tips and techniques for growing tomatoes in Flagstaff

2:00 PM    Dorothy Lamm      Invasive Plants: Learn to identify and deal with invasive weeds

3:00 PM    Linda Guarino        Plant Propagation: How to multiply your plants through stem cuttings

4:00 PM    Matt Schmechtig  Pruning Trees, Shrubs and Perennials: Landscape pruning tips

                                                    and  techniques for the home gardener

Saturday – April 11                                                         

11:00 PM Cindy Murray         Landscaping with Native Plants: Here's what you can do to bring        

                                                   native plants into your landscape

Noon         Sue Madden          Veggies in a Bag: Anywhere and everywhere, you can grow veggies

1:00 PM    Peggy Pollak          Season Extenders: How to extend the growing season in your garden

2:00 PM    Hattie Braun          Berries for Northern Arizona: Learn how to grow tasty strawberries

                                                    and raspberries

3:00 PM    Matt Schmechtig  Pruning Trees, Shrubs and Perennials: Landscape pruning tips and

                                                    techniques for the home gardener

4:00 PM    Hattie Braun           Small Shrubs for Northern Arizona Landscapes: Great choices for small 

                                                     spaces                                                                             

Sunday – April 12                                                            

Noon         Ron Hiebert            How to Start a Vegetable Garden: So you want to start growing

                                                    vegetables?  Here's how

1:00 PM    Willa McAuliffe     Composting: Home composting made easy

2:00 PM    Willa McAuliffe     Gardening with Raised Beds: Tips and techniques for growing using

                                                   raised beds

3:00 PM    Nichole Gregory   Seed Starting Indoors: Get a head start on gardening and learn how to

                                                   grow your own transplants