Most
children love playing in the dirt, and I know more than a few adults who do,
too.
Let the
kiddos in your life know about the Children’s Garden being held at Fair Oaks
Retirement Apartments. Master Gardeners have been working for several years at
Fair Oaks to provide residents with small, individual garden areas, a community
vegetable garden and general landscape beautification.
The
Children’s Garden Project will be held June 3 and June 10 with Master Gardeners
and parents assisting children in planting, watering and harvesting a variety
of vegetables, flowers and fruits. The children will also play games about
nutrition and learn about good and bad bugs and worms and other creepy
crawlies.
There are
two sessions from which to choose: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. or 4 to 5 p.m. There is
no session if it’s raining. No registration is required, it is free and new
students are welcome. For more information, call the Denton County AM
AgriLife Extension Office at 940-349-2883. Fair Oaks is located at 1950
Lattimore St. in Denton.
So you’ve
taken a class and made a rainbarrel? Now what? Learn about considerations for
installing your rain barrel and how to use this water at the conservation class
held at the city of Lewisville’s Kealy Operations Center at 1100 N. Kealy St.,
Suite D, in Lewisville.
This
class will also show how to construct a rain garden to save water, minimize
runoff and beautify your yard, all at the same time.
The free
class will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 4, with registration required at
rdavis@cityoflewisville.com or by calling 972-219-3504. Light refreshments will
be provided. Registration is open to the public, and Lewisville residency is
not required.
This
class will be taught by Denton County Master Gardeners Sue Hudiburgh and Lynda
Harvey.
Get your
garden bounty ready and mark your calendars for the Denton County Fruit,
Vegetable, Herb and Flower Show on June 15, starting at 9 a.m.
This is a
free contest open to all Denton County residents and will be held at the
Firefighters Memorial Park (at the corner of Carroll and Mulberry streets in
Denton).
All the
rules and details can be found at our office or online at www.dcmga.com.
JANET LAMINACK is the horticulture county
extension agent with Texas AM AgriLife Extension. She can be reached at
940-349-2883 or jelaminack@ag.tamu.edu.
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