Master Gardener Lecture - Gardening 101 - In Person

Connie Morella Library - Bethesda

Join Master Gardener Meipo Martin and find out everything novice gardeners need to know, including how to pick a plant, watering techniques, different fertilizers, why weed, mulching, and more.

Meipo Martin was born in Hong Kong, where she started growing houseplants and herbs on the windowsill of her 36th floor apartment. In 1998, she moved to the United States and got her own house. In her new garden, Meipo’s love for plants came into full bloom. 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.

Questions about this program? Contact the branch at 240-777-0970.

UME Master Gardeners are volunteers who combine their love of plants, people, and the environment to help residents in their communities solve problems and make environmentally-sound decisions. They support the University of Maryland Extension (UME) mission by educating residents about safe, effective and sustainable horticultural practices that build healthy gardens, landscapes, and communities. The UME Master Gardener Program began in 1978 as a means to extend science-based knowledge to the general public by providing horticultural and pest management expertise to help protect and improve Maryland’s natural resources. Today, this popular program can be found in 20 Maryland counties and Baltimore City. 

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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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