Growing Green

Come Visit Us to Learn About Growing Green!

Growing Green Education Fair guest speakers will give half hour presentations starting at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., rotating every half hour:

In addition, a variety of interactive exhibits  will offer information from beekeeping to vermi-composting, or composting with worms.

Interested gardeners will also have the opportunity to buy vegetable starts, annual seedlings and perennials to jump start the planting seasons. Drinking water, courtesy of Pepsi, will be available in the plant sale area.

Master gardeners from around the region attending the education fair will be able to get credit to meet their annual education certification requirements. Attending guest lectures will qualify for advanced education credit; watching exhibit presentations will qualify for education credits.

Fair goers who participate in a survey will be entered in hourly drawings for garden-related gifts.

"Special thanks to our corporate sponsors who are making this fair possible," said Phelps County Master Gardener and Growing Green Education Fair Chairman Joyce Schaefferkoetter. Sponsors include Baker Seed Heirloom Seeds; Bluebird Gardens Quilts and Gifts; Brewer Science; George O. White Nursery; Panera Bread; Pepsi; Phelps County Bank; Rolla Lowes; Subway; Town and Country Bank and Walmart Rolla.

For more information, contact Joyce Schaefferkoetter at sharps4590@wavecomputers.net (573) 265-6621 and Patrick Greenwald at greenwaldp@missouri.edu (573) 458-6260.