Marshall Dirks to be keynote speaker at Russel Allen Garden Day
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[March 08, 2012]
It's not too late for you to attend the
first Russel Allen Garden Day, sponsored by the University of
Illinois Extension Logan County Master Gardeners. This event will be
on Saturday at Lincoln College. Registration starts at 8 a.m., the
first seminar is at 9 a.m., and the event concludes at 1:30 p.m.
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Keynote speaker will be Marshall Dirks, director of marketing and
public relations of Proven Winners. Dirks combines his horticultural
experience and marketing skills to create awareness of the Proven
Winners brand, including developing and maintaining a consistent,
recognizable image for the brand. The keynote program will be
followed by six 45-minute seminars. These seminars will be offered
in two sessions by U of I Extension specialists, Master Gardener
volunteers and local horticulture experts.
Seminar topics and presenters are:
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"Lawn Care";
Raymond Actis, of Elks Country Club Golf Course, Lincoln
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"Creating a
Rainbow Garden"; Wendell Niepagen, of Wendell Niepagen
Gardenhouses, Bloomington
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"Orchids"; Tom
Gephart, Prairie State Orchid Society, Springfield
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"Vegetable
Gardening"; Jennifer Fishburn, University of Illinois
horticulture educator for Logan, Menard, Sangamon Unit
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"A Year at the
Pumpkin Patch"; Gail Sasse, of Gail's Pumpkin Patch, Beason
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"Water Gardening
101"; Kathy Mundell-Bligh, member of Central Illinois Water
Gardeners and University of Illinois McLean County Master
Gardeners
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Registration fee is $12 at the door.
To view the seminar brochure online, visit the Logan-Menard-Sangamon
website,
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/lms/. For more information,
contact Amy Hyde at 217- 732-8289 or
amyhyde@illinois.edu.
[Text from file received from Amy Hyde,
University of Illinois
Extension in Logan County]
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