Guilford County Center: Lawn & Garden

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Lawn & Garden

Gardening is considered our nation's most popular pastime, yielding fresh fruits and vegetables for the dinner table, a cleaner environment and aesthetically pleasing landscapes. North Carolina Cooperative Extension helps gardeners learn more about new plants, native plants and environmental stewardship. Extension-trained Master Gardener volunteers are instrumental in these efforts, sharing their knowledge of plant selection, cultural practices and pest management with fellow gardeners, school students and others.

Plant of the Month: Mulenbergia capillaris, Muhly Grass This is a perennial, upright, clumping grass with an open, spreading shape that is both salt and cold tolerant. Delicate, silky violet plumes appear in late summer on stalks that rise well above the foliage, creating an iridescent, pinkish-gray haze that lasts for 6 to 8 weeks. Muhly grass is best when planted in masses to fill large areas as a refined specimen grass or as a delicate accent for bolder specimines along borders. It can also be used to prevent erosion and stablilize soils.

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Events

	Good Tree, Bad Tree - What's Best for the Triad - Environmental Education Series November 17th, 2009 @ 6:30 PM - November 22nd, 2009 @ 4:00 PM
	Making the right choice for trees in our tough urban landscapes can be quite confusing. Join us to learn plant selection, quality, sources, planting methods and maintenance to protect your investment.There will be 3 classes. Click on "more information" below to see attached flyer for registration, dates, locations and times for these classes. ... MORE

	ISA Certification Review and Exam December 9th, 2009 @ 8:30 AM - December 10th, 2009 @ 5:00 PM Winston-Salem, NC
	ISA Certification Review and Exam will be held at the Forsyth County Extension Center from December 9, 2009 to December 10, 2009, 8:30 am to 5:00 p.m. THE EXAM will be on December 11, 2009 form 9:00 to 12:30. Click on "More Information" below to see agenda. ... MORE