Saturday’s Winter Gardening Fair, hosted by the ISU Extension Linn County Master Gardeners, attracted more than 500 people to Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Here are some of the classes and people I saw at the event. I’ll post more about what I learned in coming days and hope that if you were there, you can share what you liked and learned, as well. (Click on image to enlarge.)
Master Gardener coordinator Michelle Kenyon Brown of ISU Linn County Extension introduces keynote speaker Pat Stone during the Winter Gardening Fair in Cedar Rapids. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Keynote speaker, Pat Stone, plays his mandola “Nelson” during his presentation, “The Most Important Garden Advice Ever Given,” at the Feb. 16, 2013, Winter Gardening Fair at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Linn County Master Gardener, Deb Walser, shares information on blueberries during a session at the Feb. 16 Winter Gardening Fair in Cedar Rapids. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Susan Gordon of the Indian Creek Nature Center and Wanda Lunn of the Cedar Valley Iris & Daylily Society visit during the Winter Gardening Fair at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
The Eastern Iowa Orchid Society’s flowers and smiles brightened the table at the Winter Gardening Fair in Cedar Rapids. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Beekeeper Larry Spina sports antennae during the Winter Gardening Fair in Cedar Rapids. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
The Harshbarger Hosta Society offered information at one of several group tables at the Winter Gardening Fair. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Linn County Master Gardener, Devon Dietz, and other master gardeners share information with participants at the Winter Gardening Fair on Sat., Feb. 16, 2013. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Master Gardener, Becki Lynch, points to an image of one of last summer’s drought superheroes: zinnias. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
A full classroom absorbed information in master gardener Becki Lynch’s “Drought Superheroes” session. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Deb Walser, found your name and I need help. I love to garden, but I am stuck on a project for spring. I am thinking of a living fence in our back yard. Aprox. 45 feet long and 4 ft wide. I would like grasses and perinals, to give pops of color. I am tired of the hassel. I need help from the ground up. I live near Cedar Falls Iowa.
I have lost Deb Walzer phone number. Can you help me?