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Bonner County Gardeners Association Membership Education Course

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Spokane Gardening Examiner

The Bonner County Gardeners Association is developing a Membership Education Course that will be offered to the public this spring. The intention is to train new individuals with the purpose of increasing the size of the organization. The Bonner County Gardeners Association is a nonprofit, educational, beneficial, and fun organization. The community has requested a large number of projects from the BCGA, and the group needs all the members and help it can get.

The course will be based on a DVD obtained from the Washington State University Master Gardener program. The WSU has given its approval for this use of its program, providing education to both the public and BCGA members.

The course is tentatively scheduled as follows:

3/20/2012       Botany and Plant ID

3/22/2012       Soils, Plant Nutrition and Composting

3/27/2012       Entomology

3/29/2012       Plant Problem Diagnosis

4/3/2012         PestManagement

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4/6/2012         Weed Management

4/10/2012       Woody Landscape Plants

4/12/2012       Pruning

4/17/2012       Flower Gardening/Sustainable Gardening

4/19/2012       Home Orchards

4/24/2012       Small Fruits

4/24/2012       Vegetables

5/1/2012         Season Extenders

5/3/2012         Course Review

There will also be an optional field trip to local nurseries sometime in the week of May 7th, and a casual ‘meet and greet’ sometime in the week of March 5th to set course expectations.

Most of the classes will consist of recorded lectures and in class exercises. There will be prerequisite reading assignments prior to class sessions. Only two absences will be allowed unless there are preapproved alternate arrangements.

Classes will be at 804 Airport Way, Sandpoint, ID83864and will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 am to 12:30 pm. The cost of the course will be $150, due the week of March 5th and is non-refundable. Class size is limited.

The Bonner County Gardeners Association main page is at http://sandpoint.org/bcmastergardeners/ and the application for the course is available at http://sandpoint.org/bcmastergardeners/BCGAMembershipCourse.pdf

The BCGA can be contacted at (208) 265-2070 or bcgardeners@gmail.com

The BCGA Education Course will provide a well rounded gardening education
The BCGA Education Course will provide a well rounded gardening education
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804 Airport Way, Sandpoint Id 83864
48.294044360518 ; -116.55995853245

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Laurie Brown has been a Master Gardener and nursery owner since 1996, and a gardener for much longer. She has been trialing plants for suitability in zone 4/5 during this time, looking for the new and exciting in plants while refining the basics of gardening, landscaping and plant propagation.

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