Meleah Maynard
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Overview
Minnesota 55410Does urine make good fertilizer? Find out by inviting Meleah to speak about her book “Decoding Gardening Advice: the Science Behind the 100 Most Common Recommendations,” co-authored with Jeff Gillman and published by Timber Press in December 2011.
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Description
Meleah Maynard is a journalist, speaker, and master gardener who has written about everything from how to cook chicken on a beer on a beer can to how a Minneapolis art curator helped recover stolen antiquities in Iraq.
In addition to her "Everyday Gardener" column, which she has written for Minneapolis' Southwest Journal since 2008, she is a columnist and feature writer for Northern Gardener, the magazine of the Minnesota Horticultural Society.
Her articles, essays and columns on various gardening topics have also appeared in many national magazines and newspapers, including Garden, Deck & Landscape, Gardening How-To, History Channel and Midwest Home.
Check out her blog at www.everydaygardener.com
Topics
1. Decoding Gardening Advice: Ever wonder whether the gardening advice you hear is true? Well so did Master Gardener Meleah Maynard and University of Minnesota Horticulture Professor Jeff Gillman. Together they researched some of the most common recommendations to help gardeners understand what advice is good, debatable or just plain bad. Does urine make good fertilizer? Should trees really be staked? Is landscape fabric as bad as it is ugly? Find out during this presentation.
2. Common Mistakes Gardeners Make and How to Avoid Them
As gardeners, we all make mistakes as we learn. But even experienced gardeners blunder now and again. Consider this presentation a cheat sheet for gardeners who want to avoid some of the top mistakes and save themselves time, money and a whole lotta back pain.
3. Shade Gardeners Have All the Fun
Flowers are lovely, but they've got nothing on the cool, subtle beauty of a well-designed shade garden. Great plants for shade. How to design for shade. It's all covered in this presentation.
4. Annuals and Perennials for Cold Climate Gardeners
Contrary to popular belief, northern gardeners are not limited to a handful of tough plants that can withstand our weather extremes. This presentation offers up a wide array of annuals and perennials for shade and how best to use them.
Locations
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55410
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