Garden Calendar
Today through Sunday,
July 5
Guided Wildflower Walk 2 p.m. Free with admission: $5; $3 seniors, full-time students; $2 ages 4-14. Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, 1635 River Rd., New Hope; 215-862-2924; www.bhwp.org.
Thursday, July 9
Vegetable Garden Basics Green gardening workshop from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Fee: $12; pre-registration required: 610-566-9134, Ext. 215 or jlandau@tylerarboretum.org. Tyler Arboretum, 515 Painter Rd., Media; www.tylerarboretum.org.
Up ahead
Urban farm workshops Plus farm tour, talk to farmers, Sustainable Agriculture Internship Training Alliance sponsors on July 11. "Urban Ag in the 21st Century," 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Greensgrow, 2501 E. Cumberland St.; "Urban Vegetable Production," 1 to 4 p.m. at Weavers Way Farm, E. Washington Ln., between Chew and Ardleigh Streets. Fee: $10 each; RSVP to vic@furiousdreams.com, 484-319-1862. Information: www.maysiesfarm.org.
Green roof tour of Peco building, Philadelphia's largest green roof, 5 to 5:45 p.m. July 15. Fee: $10; pre-registration required, 18 and older only: www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org, programreg@pennhort.org, 215-988-8869.
Coneflower Field Day James Ault, Chicago Botanic Garden, discusses coneflower breeding and gardening, plus Mount Cuba trial gardener and research horticulturalist discuss the trial garden and give a tour through it from 3 to 6 p.m. July 16 at Mount Cuba Center, 3120 Barley Mill Rd., Hockessin, Del. Fee: $15 includes refreshments, coneflower; pre-registration required: 302-239-4244, www.mtcubacenter.org.
- Jerene Schroeder
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