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| Displaying events for the week following July 8, 2010. |
| | Thursday, July 8, 2010 | 10:00am - Noon
In the Garden: Falcon Turn Daylily Garden
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Presented by Jane Guillard
Open to the public and members
Falcon Turn Daylily Garden is a private collection of more than 1,200 hybrid daylilies and species. Its flower beds are filled with a wide variety of daylilies, from old classics to newer hybrids. The large display beds include all colors, single and double flowers, re-bloomers, spiders, and several of the garden’s own creations...
Falcon Turn Daylily Garden
Southampton, NJ
|  | 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Chanticleer Walk: Botany for Beginners
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Presented by Robert Herald
Open to the public and members
Have you ever wondered how lilies differ from daylilies and how they are related, or why abutilon is related to rose-of Sharon? Using Chanticleer’s flower gardens as a laboratory, Robert Herald will discuss basic facts of plant morphology and how this relates to classification and identification. During this hands-on class, we will learn how to look at garden plants with a botanist’s eye...
Chanticleer
786 Church Road
Wayne, PA
| | | Tuesday, July 13, 2010 | 10:00am - Noon
In the Garden: Keeping the Summer Flower Garden Fresh at Hedgleigh Spring
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Presented by Charles Cresson
Open to the public and members
Remember those glorious days in May when every week brought new colors and fragrance into your garden and landscape? In June the flower border is alive with brilliant color and beautifully orchestrated textural contrasts. Then July sets in, and in many gardens there seems to be a lull. Charles Cresson will share his suggestions and maintenance techniques to help you lift your flower garden out of the summer doldrums and keep it fresh during late summer and into the fall...
Hedgleigh Spring
Swarthmore, PA
| | 7:00pm - 8:00pm
PHS Gardening Series: Plant Combinations - Ideas for Container Gardens
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Presented by Charlotte Kidd
Open to the public and members
Horticulturist Charlotte Kidd gives tips and design ideas for gardening in containers using a variety of plants.
Falls of Schuylkill Branch, Free Library of Phila.
3501 Midvale Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Wednesday, July 14, 2010 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Chanticleer Walk: House and Garden
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Presented by Anne Sims and Joe Henderson
Open to the public and members
Built in 1913, Chanticleer was part of the Country Place Era of the late 1800s and early 1900s, when many businessmen and industrialists built expansive country estates away from the noise and congestion of cities. Designed initially as a summer home close to railroad transportation from Philadelphia, the house was enlarged in 1924 to become a year-round residence...
Chanticleer
786 Church Road
Wayne, PA
| | | Thursday, July 15, 2010 | 8:30am - 3:00pm
PHS Gardening Series: Bus Trip to Valentine Gardens
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Presented by Pat Valentine
Open to the public and members
Join us for a trip through the Chester County countryside to Valentine Gardens, where owner Pat Valentine will demonstrate the latest happenings in his rock gardens. You’ll have time to browse and/or buy plants for your rock garden, water garden, herb garden, or perennial border.
Please bring a dish for a potluck lunch to round out our stay in this peaceful, rustic place...
Valentine Gardens
358 N. Sandy Hill Road
Coatesville, PA
| | 10:00am - Noon
Meadowbrook Farm Demonstration: Cooking with Herbs
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Presented by Diana K. Weiner
Open to the public and members
It’s July and the herbs you bought six weeks ago are going to seed! You need to use them faster. Join horticulturist Diana K. Weiner as she explores the pairings of herbs with different vegetables and meats and mixes up some of her favorite recipes to share with you. Bring a fork! Limit 30.
Meadowbrook Farm
1633 Washington Lane
Abington Township, PA
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