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Posted July 23, 2019
Chemical-Free Lawns at Mt. Cuba Center
Class: Chemical-Free Lawns at Mt. Cuba Center with Scott Freedman Saturday, August 17 10 am – 12 pm; $29 Is your lawn safe for children, pets, and the environment? Scott Freedman, a NOFA certified organic lawn care technician, focuses on eco-friendly cultural practices to create attractive lawns that are safe for us to use. Along…
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Posted July 23, 2019
Ecosystems and Plant Communities at Mt. Cuba Center
Class: Ecosystems and Plant Communities at Mt. Cuba Center with Lynn Mahaffy, PhD and William McAvoy Three Wednesdays, August 14 to 28 10 am – 4 pm; $269 for a three-session course Explore the dynamic and diverse plant communities present in our area. Learn how ecology, geology, hydrology, plants, and animals, all interact to create…
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Posted July 23, 2019
Instant Rain Garden at Mt. Cuba Center
Class: Instant Rain Garden at Mt. Cuba Center with Eileen Boyle 10:30 am – 12 pm; $59 (plants included) Transform your landscape from a potential source of runoff pollution to a buffer against it. Eileen Boyle, our Conservation and Research Director, presents the basic elements of rain garden installation and maintenance, a list of native…
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Posted July 15, 2019
Garden Design Clinic at Mt.Cuba Center
Garden Design Clinic at Mt. Cuba Center With Annie Guilfoyle Tuesday, August 6: 1 pm – 4 pm Wednesday, August 7: 10 am – 4 pm (lunch included) $199 (entire program) Don’t miss this rare opportunity to work with Annie Guilfoyle, an award-winning garden designer from London, England. In this information-filled, two-day workshop, Annie introduces…
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Posted July 15, 2019
Plant Disease Management at Mt. Cuba Center
Plant Disease Management at Mt. Cuba Center Two Thursdays: August 1 & 8, 2019 10 am – 2:30 pm; $139 With Nancy Gregory Gardening with nature requires knowledge of the various pathogenic fungi, bacteria, and viruses that affect native plants and the environmental conditions that lead to infection. Become your own plant health detective and…
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Posted July 11, 2019
Transforming Habitat Restoration: Planning with Technology
Transforming Habitat Restoration: Planning with Technology Class at Mt. Cuba Center Tuesday, July 16 10 am – 2:30 pm $69; lunch included With Nate Shampine, CERP and Jeff Allenby New and exciting applications for GIS technology and other state-of-the-art analytic tools are making landscape restoration projects easier. Through case studies, first-hand experience, and a variety…
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Posted July 3, 2019
Class: Integrated Pest Management at Mt. Cuba Center
Integrated Pest Management at Mt. Cuba Center Three Thursdays: July 11 to 25, 2019 10 am – 2:30 pm with Mike Leventry Every garden is home to a host of life. Unfortunately, some of the six- and eight legged inhabitants are detrimental to the health and survival of plants. Learn how to manage insect pests…
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Posted July 3, 2019
Milkweeds and Their Natural Plant Communities at Mt. Cuba Center
Milkweeds and Their Natural Plant Communities at Mt. Cuba Center Friday, July 12, 2019 10 am – 12 pm with Rochelle Bartolomei and Becky Melzer Milkweeds, host plants to the famous monarch butterfly, support a variety of insects, making them power players in pollinator meadows. Rochelle and Becky, native plant specialists with the Maryland-National Capital…
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Posted July 3, 2019
Wicked Plants of the Northeast at Mt. Cuba Center
Wicked Plants of the Northeast at Mt. Cuba Center Saturday, July 13, 2019 9:30 am – 11:30 am with Mark Manning Watch out for wicked plants! Gardening, hiking, and foraging are rewarding and enjoyable activities, but be warned: there are plants out there that are potentially deadly! Mark Manning presents the basics of identification, natural…
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Posted June 12, 2019
Lecture: Essential Native Trees & Shrubs for Your Garden
Lecture at Mt. Cuba Center Essential Native Trees & Shrubs for Your Garden With Ginger Woolridge Friday, June 14, 2019 5:30 pm – 7 pm; $19 Do you need to make quick and confident native plant choices for your landscape? Ginger Woolridge, co-author of Essential Native Trees and Shrubs for the Eastern United States, presents a…
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Posted June 12, 2019
Lecture: Untangling Viny Clematis Viorna
Lecture at Mt. Cuba Center Untangling Viny Clematis Viorna With Dwayne Estes, PhD and Amy Highland Thursday, June 27 10 am – 12 pm; $29 Coming to your garden center soon: native clematis! Current research shows there is a lot of potential for these beautiful flowering vines. Dr. Dwayne Estes overviews the genus Clematis, presents…
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Posted May 28, 2019
Instant Pollinator Garden Class
Instant Pollinator Garden Class at Mt. Cuba Center Saturday, June 1, 2019 10:30 am – 12 pm; $59 (plants included) with Eileen Boyle Transform your garden into an ecologically diverse paradise for beetles, butterflies, and other pollinators. Learn which plants provide pollen and nectar to our native pollinators, how to site the garden, and the…
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Posted January 17, 2019
Lecture: Stormwater Ecology: A New Paradigm in Landscape Design
LECTURE at Mt. Cuba Center Stormwater Ecology: A New Paradigm in Landscape Design with Scott Scarfone Saturday, February 16, 2019 11 am – 12:15 pm; $20 Register online Here Design trends in landscape development have been migrating toward a more holistic approach, one that creates functional ecological systems that mimic nature, especially as it pertains…
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Posted April 13, 2018
Class on Edible Invasive Plants at Mt. Cuba Center
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Eat ‘Em! with Kevin Popowich and Diana Thornton Wednesday, May 2, 2018: 1:30 pm – 3 pm; $20 Want to help the environment? Grab some plates and start feasting on invasive plants! There are many tasty recipes utilizing nonnative plants as their star ingredients. Join plant foragers Kevin and Diana…
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Posted April 13, 2018
Class on Invasive Plants at Mt. Cuba Center
Plant This – Not That with Nancy Bell Section A: Friday, April 20, 2018: 10 am – 12 pm; $30 Section B: Thursday, May 3, 2018: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm; $30 Many non-native plants once considered tame garden dwellers have escaped cultivation and become invasive. These plants often out-compete native species for necessary resources…
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Posted March 9, 2018
New & Noteworthy Natives for 2018
Lecture: New & Noteworthy Natives for 2018 Mt. Cuba Center Saturday, March 17, 2018 11 am – 12: 15 pm Plants are the backbone of all life on Earth and an essential resource for human well-being. They also work in harmony with indigenous wildlife by providing ecologically rich habitats that sustain them. It is the…
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Posted March 9, 2018
A Burning Ring of Fire: Habitat Renewal
Class: A Burning Ring of Fire: Habitat Renewal Mt. Cuba Center Wednesday, March 21, 2018 10 am – 1 pm Properly managed and controlled burns not only shape desired plant communities, they also establish favorable conditions for wildlife and create biologically diverse habitats. Learn how frequent, low-intensity fires influence many ecological processes, and experience a…
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Posted March 2, 2018
The Front Yard Revolution Lecture
Lecture at Mt. Cuba Center: The Front Yard Revolution Saturday, March 10, 2018 1 pm – 3 pm with Renee Kemmerer, Mt. Cuba Center’s Upper Naturalistic Gardens Horticulturist Move beyond boring, look-alike foundation plantings of Japanese barberry, burning bush, and Bradford pear. Substitute these invasive plants with native trees, shrubs, and perennials that feature multi-seasonal…
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Posted January 2, 2018
Winter Lecture at Mt. Cuba Center: The Quintessential Shade Garden
Saturday, January 20, 2018 (snow date: Saturday, January 27) 11 am – 12:15 pm, $20 Location: Mt. Cuba Center, Hockessin, DE In this richly illustrated lecture, Jenny Rose Carey, Director of Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Meadowbrook Farm, presents the delights and benefits of gardening in shade using her favorite native plants. She provides design ideas for personalizing…
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Posted September 8, 2017
Ecology for Gardeners with Sylvan Kaufman: Conservation Class at Mt. Cuba Center
Mt. Cuba Center Class: Ecology for Gardeners with Sylvan Kaufman, PhD Thursday, September 21, 2017 10 am – 2:30 pm $60 Registration link: https://education.mtcubacenter.org/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?&course=173CON231 Your garden is a critical piece of an ecosystem that supports wildlife, provides important food webs, and contributes to clean water and healthy soil. Through lectures, on-site walks, and outdoor activities, learn…
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Posted January 9, 2017
Winter Lecture Series at Mt. Cuba Center
Mt. Cuba Center is pleased to present its Winter Lecture Series. Discover how new technologies are revolutionizing plant conservation; explore the roles of native woodland wildflowers in our local ecology; and learn how to follow nature’s cues to achieve striking, sustainable landscapes that will persist for decades to come. $20 per lecture or all three…