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Master Gardener Lectures - Gardening 101

Things I Wish I Knew When I Was a Novice Gardener

Join Master Gardener Meipo Martin for a basic course on gardening.

What are annuals, biennials, & perennials. USDA zones. Site assessment: sun/shade, soil type. How to pick a plant, plant various plants. Watering: how, how often, how much, when. Different fertilizers. Why weed and what different weeds indicate about the garden. Learn to ID poison ivy. Mulching: why and how to mulch, different kinds of mulch. What is IPM? What is organic gardening?  What tools one really needs to start.

Speaker bio:
Meipo Martin was born in Hong Kong, where she started growing houseplants and herbs on the apartment windowsill.  In 1998, she moved to the United States.  In her new garden, her love for plants came into full bloom and she became a Montgomery County Master Gardener in 2015.  Meipo believes gardening should be accessible to all, and it does not have to be expensive or hard.  To share her knowledge, Meipo gives a variety of presentations on gardening methods for the master gardener organization.  When she is not gardening, Meipo is a wife, an Aikido instructor, a woodcarver, a blogger and a sewist. 

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