Lawn Care with Master Gardeners

at Gaithersburg Library

Get a jump-start on a healthy, sustainable lawn this summer.

Join Eric Wenger from the Master Gardeners of Montgomery County Cooperative Extension Service as he teaches us sustainable lawncare for our climate.

Prepping a lawn in Maryland focuses on building healthy soil and using best management practices for cool-season grasses, with an emphasis on protecting the Chesapeake Bay by reducing fertilizer runoff. Key actions include soil testing, aerating compacted clay, overseeding with turf-type tall fescue in early fall (Aug 20–Oct 15), and maintaining high mowing heights.

About Eric Wenger

Eric Wenger has “lived” in the world of lawn care and landscaping in Maryland and the DC metro area since 1980. His career includes work with a nationally known lawn care firm, a regional lawn care company, a local golf course, an irrigation firm and his own businesses, Complete Lawn Care, Inc. and Complete Plant Health Care, Inc. In 1996, Eric became a Montgomery County Master Gardener. He remains an active Montgomery County Master Gardener and continues to participate in Master Gardener activities and their speaker’s group. He often speaks on the topics of IPM, lawn care, plant care, deer, pruning and gardening and other lawn care topics and has lectured at Montgomery College Environmental Horticulture Program and for Montgomery College’s Continuing Education Program.

Questions about this program? Contact the Gaithersburg Library at 240-773-9490.

By joining this MCPL program, you agree to abide by our rules of conduct. Library staff has the authority to remove you from this program if we deem your behavior to be inappropriate, to ensure the safety of staff and customers.

Library Program Attendance (both virtual and in the branch) is limited to participants within the suggested age range of the program. Adults attending a program intended for children must have an accompanying child.

Accommodation Requests

People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

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