» Green Bay Botanical Garden Fair: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. today at Green Bay Botanical Garden, 2600 Larsen Road. More than 100 vendors of plants, landscaping ideas, garden art and accessories. Food, demonstrations, music. $7 adults, $2 ages 5-12, $2 GBBG members 9-11 a.m.
» Summer Container Gardens Tips for Gardening Success: 2:30-4:30 p.m. today at Stein Garden Gifts, 980 Waube Lane, Ashwaubenon. Wisconsin gardening expert Melinda Myers does a free demonstration and takes gardeners’ questions. (920) 339-2200.
» Scented Geraniums: 6-7 p.m. Monday at Ivy Trails Gift Garden, 3200 Main St., Bellevue. Learn how to use in cooking and crafting. Decorate a terra cotta pot and plant a scented geranium to take home. Sample culinary concoctions made with the plants. $18. Registration required: (920) 406-1645.
» Wild Weed Walk Talk for Beginners: 9:30-11 a.m. Saturday at Green Bay Botanical Garden, 2600 Larsen Road. Lynn Green, a nurse practitioner and herbalist, on identifying edible wild weeds. Dress for outdoors and being off trails. $7 GBBG members, $14 nonmembers. Registration required: (920) 490-9457 or www.gbbg.org.
» Concrete Leaf Casting: 2-4:30 p.m. Saturday at Swanstone Gardens, 4696 Swan Road, Scott. Video presentation, leaf casting demo and workshop to cast your own leaf. $45. Reservations required; www.swanstonegardens.com or (920) 866-9367.
» Whimsical Caterpillar Garden Stake: 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday at Swanstone Gardens, 4696 Swan Road, Scott. Make a stake of wrought iron and stained glass. $45. Reservations required; www.swanstonegardens.com or (920) 866-9367.
» Garden Walk and Hosta Sale: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. June 10 at 4312 County PP, De Pere (Main Street exit off U.S. 41, south on Wisconsin 57/32 for a mile, stay left on PP and go 4 miles). Stroll beds featuring more than 800 named hosta varieties and other perennials. List of hostas for sale will be available. (920) 336-7678.
» Roses: 2012 Herb of the Year: 6-7:30 p.m. June 18 at Ivy Trails Gift Garden, 3200 Main St., Bellevue. Learn which rose varieties work best as an herb, sample roses in jelly and tea and dye a silk scarf using rose petals and other plant materials. $20. Registration required: (920) 406-1645.
» Food Preservation: Jams Jellies: 6:30-8 p.m. June 19 at Agriculture Extension Service Center, 1150 Bellevue St., Green Bay. Judy Knudsen, Brown County family living educator, on combinations of fruits and vegetables to try and methods to use. Sponsored by NEW Master Gardeners and Brown County UW Extension. $7, includes a cookbook and tastings. Registration required: (920) 391-4610.
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