FEDERATED GARDEN CLUBS OF IOWA
GARDENING STUDY COURSE I --SESSION 10
IOWA ARBORETUM, LUTHER, IOWA
APRIL 4-5, 2013
APRIL 4, 2013 (Thursday)
8:15 A.M.
Coffee and Registration
8:30 –10:30
*SOILS
2.0 hrs
Lee Burras, Professor, Agronomy, ISU
10:30
BREAK
10:45 – 11:45
COPING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
1.0 hrs
Dr. Dennis Keeney, first Director of the Leopold Center
for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
11:45 – 12:15 P.M.
LUNCH (Please bring sack lunch)
12:15 – 1:45
PLANT PROPAGATION (from seed)
1.5 hrs
Marcia Leeper, Garden Gate magazine
1:45
BREAK
2:00 – 3:30
PLANT PROPAGATION ACTIVITY (from cuttings)
1.5 hrs
(con’t) Marcia Leeper
APRIL 5, 2013 (Friday)
8:15 A.M.
COFFEE
8:30 – 11:00
**BASIC BOTANY
Lynnette Carpenter, Horticulturist
11:00-11:15
BREAK
11:15 – 12:45
*HOUSEPLANT BASICS
2.5 hrs
1.5 hrs
12:45
LUNCH (Please bring sack lunch)
1:15
EXAM
*TESTED TOPIC
**OPEN BOOK TEST
RECOMMENDED READING: National Gardener; LIVING WITH PLANTS by Schumann,
Chpts 1-4, 8 [Plant Anatomy and Growth; Plant Propagation; Soil Management]. Available
through National Garden Clubs, Inc, 1-800-550-6007.
NATIONAL GARDENER MAILING LABEL IF TAKING FINAL TEST
Master Gardeners may be awarded 1 hour CEU for each 1 hour class time.
FGCI Registration – Gardening Study Course I, Session 10, April 4-5, 2013
-----------------------------------------------------------------GARDENING STUDY COURSE I, Session 10
April 4-5, 2013, Iowa Arboretum, 1875 Peach Avenue, Madrid IA,
I am planning to attend Gardening Study Course I on April 4-5, 2013.
Recommended reading: LIVING WITH PLANTS by Schumann, Chps 1-4, 8.
REGISTRATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL March 28, 2013, NO REFUNDS AFTER MARCH 28.
Emergency refunds after 3-28-13 subject to 25% processing fee.
WALK-INS ALWAYS WELCOME, BUT HANDOUTS MAY BE LIMITED
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