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• Demo Garden - Preparing the Rose Beds for Winter

  • When
    23 Nov 2024
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    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Demonstration Garden, 92nd St and Dewey Gibbs, Urbandale

  Still Need Volunteer Hours? 

  Help Demonstration Garden with a few end of season tasks and putting the rose bed to sleep for winter! Demo needs help mulching the Rose Garden.

  Tasks will include placing collars around rose bushes and adding leaves for protection; also weeding the small rose bed on the SW edge of the garden.

  Donate 2 leaf bags or large hefty bags full of leaves.

  Can be brought with you on the 23rd or left in the fenced area opposite the shed. Sign up by clicking the button below!

  

  
  

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• Tivon Feely: Iowa's Changing Landscape: Inspiring Change

  • When
    30 Jan 2025
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    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Polk Extension Office - 1625 Adventureland Dr. Suite A
  • Registered
    6 registrants

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  Join Polk County Master Gardener's for an evening of learning and fun!  Master Gardeners and non-Master Gardeners are welcome. Master Gardeners receive 2.5 hours of education for attending. 

  An historical look at Iowa's forest with a discussion on future trends and planting needs.

  Sign up to bring soup by emailing Mary Poulter .

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• Dr. Thomas Rosburg: Pushing Back on Plant Blindness,

  • When
    18 Feb 2025
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    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Polk Extension Office 1625 Adventureland Dr. Suite A
  • Registered
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  This presentation aims to bring more awareness, understanding and gratitude for plants to the audience. The term “plant blindness” has been used for over twenty years to describe the general observation that people tend to underappreciate the flora around them. 
  

  This event is open to the public.

  Join Polk County Master Gardener's for an evening of learning and fun!  Master Gardeners and non-Master Gardeners are welcome. Master Gardeners receive 2.5 hours of education for attending. 

  Sign up to bring a soup by emailing Mary Poulter.

  
  

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