Press Release
Contact: Rebecca Krans, Michigan State University Extension, 906-875-0606, kransr@anr.msu.edu
Michigan State University Extension offers Smart Gardening presentations at the Escanaba Kiwanis Noon Home & Garden Show, April 8-10th
Attend any or all ‘free’ smart gardening presentations to learn about more earth friendly and sustainable practices for your garden and yard.
Want to learn how to garden in small spaces or vertically? Garden smarter for pollinators? Learn about tools of the trade and season extension? Are you interested in gardening with children? Then you should plan to attend the free Smart Gardening presentations being offered throughout the Escanaba
Kiwanis Noon Home & Garden Show/Pancake Meal in Escanaba, MI on April 8 through the 10th. Presentations will be given by Michigan State University Extension staff, Michigan AgBioResearch staff, and other gardening professionals. Admission to the show is free.
The Escanaba Kiwanis Noon Home & Garden Show will be held at the Ruth Butler Building, 2401 12th Ave. N, Escanaba, MI 49829. This is on the UP State Fairgrounds. The show hours are Friday, April 8th from 5-9 p.m., Saturday, April 9th from 9-7 p.m., and Sunday, April 10th from 9-2 p.m. Michigan State
University Extension’s Smart Gardening informational booth will be open throughout the show.
Michigan State University Extension
Smart Gardening Presentation Schedule
Escanaba Noon Kiwanis Home & Garden Show
Ruth Butler Building, UP State Fairgrounds
**Attendees at all Smart Gardening presentations can enter to win different garden- themed door prizes. Must be present
to win! Many different door prizes will be offered. Please see following list of sponsors for businesses who have donated.**
Friday, April 8th
5:00 – 5:45 p.m. Smart Care & Selection of Hydrangeas, Dave Gafner, Horticulturist
(door prizes: Hydrangeas ‘Endless Summer’(4), wine/cheese/sausage gift basket)
5:45 – 6:30 p.m. Smart Gardening Vertically with Pallets with Rebecca Krans, MSU Extension
(door prizes: Lakestate Industries vertical pallet garden, grape snips (5), wine/cheese/sausage gift basket)
7:30 – 8:15 p.m. Smart Gardening with Compost by Brad Morgan, Morgan Composting
(door prizes: hydrangeas (2), hats, wine/cheese/sausage gift basket)
8:15 – 9:00 p.m. Smart Gardening for Pollinators, Rebecca Krans, MSU Extension
(door prizes: spring bulb planter, $25 gift certificate for daylilies, wine/cheese/sausage gift basket)
Saturday, April 9th
9:00 – 9:45 a.m. Starting Small, Liz Slajus, UP Consumer Horticulture Support, Extension Master Gardener
(door prizes: seeds, weeding rake, hats, wine/cheese/sausage gift basket)
11:00 – 11:45 a.m. Smart Gardening with Worm castings, Brad Morgan, Morgan Composting
(door prizes: seeds, garden hoe, hydrangeas (2), wine/cheese/sausage gift basket)
1 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Smart Tools of the Trade, Collin Thompson, Farm Manager, North Farm
(door prizes: garden hoe, set of (3) tools, 1 cultivator, hand files, wine/cheese/sausage gift basket)
3:00 – 3:45 p.m. Smart Gardening with Youth, Brad Morgan, Morgan Composting
(door prizes: hand trowel, seeds, wine/cheese/sausage gift basket)
5:00 – 5:45 p.m. Smart Gardening with Season Extenders, Collin Thompson, Farm Manager
(door prizes: hand files, wine/cheese/sausage gift basket
6:00 – 6:45 p.m. Smart Gardening Vertically with Pallets with Rebecca Krans, MSU Extension
(door prizes: Lakestate Industries vertical pallet garden, grape snips (5), crabapple, wine/cheese/sausage gift basket)
Sunday, April 10th
9:00 – 9:45 a.m. Garden Hoe demonstration, Matt Hansen
(door prizes: garden hoes (6), Felco shears & snips, linseed oil, rust remover, hand files, wine/cheese/sausage gift basket)
11:00 – 11:45 a.m. Get the ‘smart’ mix for your growing needs, Brad Morgan, Morgan Composting
(door prizes: peony certificate, MI bulb certificate, wine/cheese/sausage gift basket, free mix from Morgan
Composting)
1 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Smart Gardening for Pollinators, Rebecca Krans, MSU Extension
(door prizes: $25 gift certificate, hydrangeas (2), seeds)
**Throughout the show, create a bee hotel with your family. Take home and hang to help
native mason bees (non-stinging).**
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