Garden Club Meeting: June 24 @ 6 p.m.

GARDEN CLUB MEETING: The next meeting is June 24th and will be held in the garden of Debbie McMurry, 826 East 510 Ave. Tour this beautiful country garden before and after the meeting. Meet at 6:00 p.m. and the program will begin at 6:30 p.m. The program will be about "flea marketing gardening." You don't want to miss! Please invite your friends to attend! Guests are welcome!

Garden Club Meeting: May 20 @ 6 p.m.

GARDEN CLUB MEETING: We are excited to have our May Garden Club meeting at the home of Steve and Cathy Scott, 515 East Ford, at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 20. Hostess will be Cathy Scott. A program will be given about the landscaping around the PSU president's home. Please invite all your friends! All are welcome!

For more info about the university house: www.pittstate.edu/news/university-house-named-in-honor-of-crossland-family

Wesley House Garden Party & Plant Sale - May 4

Wesley House Garden Party and Plant Sale will be Saturday, May 4th, at 411 E 12th St. They will be selling the large VanBecelaere ferns to kick off the Garden Party for $22.00 each. The Plant Sale is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The salad luncheon, prepared by wonderful volunteers, is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets are $10.00 each. All proceeds are used by Wesley Houses to provide needed services to our community.

PRE-ORDER YOUR FERNS, INCLUDES DELIVERY! If you are interested in pre-ordering ferns to benefit Wesley House, please e-mail your order to wesleyhousegardenparty@yahoo.com. They are $22 and can be delivered. Delivery dates are April 26th and 27th. Please let us know how many you would like, contact information, and when you would like them delivered.

Garden Club Meeting: April 22

GARDEN CLUB MEETING: Join us this Monday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m. at First Christian Church, 705 E Centennial Dr. Starting at 7 p.m., John Martel will give a program on composting. All are invited and welcome to attend!

2013 Garden Grant Applications Available - Deadline April 20.

Zone 6 Gardeners of Pittsburg will accept applications for 2013 garden grants from non-profit organizations. Deadline for applications is April 20.

Grants are awarded o n the basis of need and community beautification. The club has been organized for 13 years, and members strive to beautify the community as well as educate.

Applications may be obtained online [click here] or by calling Janice Evans, chairman, at 231-5484. Anyone needing additional information may also contact Evans. Completed applications must be returned to Evans at 508 W. Craig Road, Pittsburg, Kan., 66762.

Garden Club Meeting: March 25

Join us on Monday, March 25 for our March garden club meeting at First Christian Church, 705 E Centennial Dr. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 7 p.m.

Hostesses will be Kathy Fox and Maxine Conrad.

We are honored to have Mr. Paul Munguia with the SEK Sympony and Professor of high strings at Pittsburg State University speak with us about upcoming events. All are welcome and invited to attend.

Rose Seminar - March 2

Rose Seminar at Ozark Nursery, 5361 N. Main, Joplin, at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 2. Learn about new rose varieties, some rose "how-to", and info about rose rosette disease. RSVP: 417-623-0224.

On Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Ozark-Nursery-of-Joplin/143540211511 

New Blog Aims to Help Kansas Gardeners Learn about Flowers That Thrive

OLATHE, Kan. – Short, dark winter days have many gardeners dreaming about spring and the chance to try out new flowers in the landscape. In order to help gardeners find varieties that work best in Kansas, Kansas State University scientists launched a new blog Prarie Star Flowers Blog and Facebook page.

Prairie Star is a collection of annual flower varieties tested by K-State to determine those that are best suited for the challenging prairie climate. The list includes flowers that exhibited superior performance for two or more years in bedding plant research trials in Olathe, Wichita, Hays and Colby.

“All varieties on the list grow well across the state, east to west and north to south,” said Alan Stevens, horticulture specialist with K-State Research and Extension.

“Growing flowers in Kansas is not like growing them in Florida or California or Illinois,” said Stevens, who is director of K-State’s Horticulture Research and Extension Center in Olathe. “Everything on the list has not only endured, but thrived in the sometimes harsh Kansas growing conditions.”

Plants are rated for vigor, which he defined as how fast and strong they grow and how much substance they have. They are also rated on floriferousness – the overall visual impact of the flower and foliage display.

The varieties include such names as Petunia Surfinia Wild Plum, Canna South Pacific Scarlet and Marigold Hero Series.

“In starting this blog, we wanted to give people a way to learn about flowers that can be grown successfully in Kansas, as well a way to interact with us,” Stevens said.

Source: http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/news/story/new_blog022613.aspx

Hummingbird program - Feb. 28

Chuck Otte, Geary County Extension Agent for 31 years, will speak on some of his favorite species, the ruby-throated hummingbird, during a meeting of the Sperry-Galligar Audubon at 7 p.m. Thursday in room 102, Yates Hall, Pittsburg State University.

http://www.morningsun.net/newsnow/x766872115/PATRICKS-PEOPLE-Chuck-Otte-will-speak-Thursday-on-the-ruby-throated-hummingbird

Gardeners needed for radio program

I'm writing to you from KRPS public radio. We're doing a series of stories on gardening, and we would love to interview one or more of your Garden Club members for our series. We would cover a wide variety of topics and would come back to you as sources throughout the series. Please let me know if anyone is interested in participating in these stories. --Liz Reid, 620-235-4283.

New plants for 2013 presented by Arnold's Greenhouse - Feb. 26

The Bourbon Co Master Gardeners would like to invite you to a special program presented by Rita Arnold, from Arnold's Greenhouse in LeRoy, Kansas, on February 26, at 7:00 at the Community Christian Church, Robison Hall. The address is 1919 Horton, right across the street from Fort Scott Community College. Rita is going to be introducing new annual varieties for 2013. This program is open to the public.

Gardening Q&A - Feb. 12

Gardening expert Jacob Weber will be speaking at the Pittsburg Public Library on Tuesday, February 12 at 6:30 PM. He will be answering gardening questions and it will be quite informal. So start jotting down your gardening questions to ask Jacob! This event is open to the public.