Events
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Start: 10:00 am
End: 4:00 pm
Our annual sale of cool season vegetables takes place at the Harvest Festival in Prusch Farm Park! The festival is packed with entertainment and offers cooking classes, pony rides, hay wagon rides and a variety of foods for sale. See pruschfarmpark.org for a great description of the Harvest Festival. October is a great time to plant - choose among many varieties of cool season vegetables the Master Gardeners have grown from seed. Plants on sale include Broccoli (Green Goliath , Packman Hybrid , Spigariello Leaf, Purple Peacock); Cauliflower (Graffiti (purple) , Cheddar (orange) , Romanesco (green and fractal) , Early Snowball (white) ); Cabbage (Early Jersey, Wakefield ); Peas ( Renee's Super Sugar Snap Peas , Mammoth Melting Sugar Snow peas ); Lettuce ( Butterhead Capitaine, Butterhead Red Ridinghood, Batavian Sierra , Batavian Nevada , Batavian Cardinale , Romaine Cosmo Savoy , Romaine Sucrine , Looseleaf Flame , Looseleaf Lettuce Mix, Renee's Italian Arugula); Mustard (Giant Red, Florida Broadleaf India , Green Wave ); Chard ( Bright Lights, French White, Golden Sunrise ); Kohlrabi ; Fennel; Frisée (Curled Green Ruffec ); Escarole (Bionda ); Chicory (Heading, Orchidea Rossa , Heading, Sugarloaf, Leafy, Catalogna Pugliese ); Cress (Belle Isle Upland cress ); Spinach (Oriental Giant , Viroflay); Kale (Lacinato , Red Russian ); Beets (Cylindra (red) , Golden ). Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Master Gardener Susan Zaslaw will share her growing tips for beautiful edible and ornamental alliums. The allium family includes onions, shallots, garlic, leeks, chives and many varieties grown as ornamental flowers. Learn how to select the best varieties for our area, how to prepare the soil, plant and harvest delectable onions and garlic from your own garden. Please email ritab@metroed.net or phone the office at (408) 723-6450 during regular business hours if you would like to attend. The talk is free but registration is required. Start: 10:00 am
End: 11:00 am
Get ready for next spring and summer by saving seeds and cuttings of your favorite plants now! Followed by Open Garden and tours of the gardens with Master Gardeners, from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. | ||
