Zwingli United Church of Christ Gardener's Day

Gardener's Day featuring Roger Swain

from HGTV and the PBS series The Victory Garden

at Zwingli United Church of Christ, 350 Wile Avenue, Souderton, PA, 18964
Saturday, April 28, 8am-5pm, RAIN or SHINE, free parking

Plants for Sale - annuals, perennials, & garden pots
Garden Boutique - garden treasures from local artisans
Silent Auction
Door Prizes
Garden Café - food and drinks
Children's Activities schedule below
Seminars and Workshops see schedule below

GENERAL ADMISSION $5
ROGER SWAIN $20 ADVANCE, $25 AT THE DOOR

For more information, including information about group rates, please email gday@zwingli.org.

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Featuring a special presentation at 10 am and 2 pm (LIMITED SEATING) by
ROGER SWAIN
from HGTV and the PBS series The Victory Garden

Roger Swain, the man with the red suspenders, is recognized by millions as host of The Victory Garden, television's longest-running gardening show. For fifteen years Roger planted and pruned, harvested and chatted with PBS viewers across the country. More recently, he co-hosted People, Places and Plants on HGTV, a show which celebrated New England gardens and gardeners, and featured Roger's commentary, Food for Thought.

Biologist, gardener, writer and storyteller, Roger Swain was born and raised outside Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College, and went on to earn a Ph.D., studying the behavior of ants in tropical rain forests, before becoming Science Editor of Horticulture magazine. Since 1978 readers have been enjoying Roger's essays and articles in that magazine, as well as his five books: Earthly Pleasures, Field Days, The Practical Gardener, Saving Graces, and Groundwork. When he is not editing, writing, filming, or meeting with gardeners across the country, Roger can be found at work in the orchard and gardens of his New Hampshire farm.

Roger Swain received the American Horticultural Society Award for Writing in 1992, and in 1996 he was awarded the Massachusetts Horticultural Society Gold Medal for his power to inspire others.

Workshops & Seminars

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9:00 am: Bee Keeping from Colonial Times to Present with beekeeper Harry Anselmo
11:00 am: Marvelous Monarchs - a multimedia presentation by David and Audrey Harding, who raise, tag, release, and monitor up to 1000 monarch butterflies a year. They are members of Monarch Watch, an educational outreach program sponsored by the University of Kansas that helps biologists track the monarchs in their migration to Mexico and monitor their population.
12:00 pm: Gardening Tips and Tricks - Kathy Kline of Montgomery County Penn State Cooperative Extension has been a Master Gardener for 6 years but has been gardening for over 50 years. Her presentation is a fun, fast-paced interactive hour of learning gardening tips and tricks for recycling in the garden. Ideas for novice to experienced gardeners.
1:00 pm: Flower Arranging - Margie Booz is the floral arranger and designer at Chantilly Florist in Harleysville. She will conduct a demonstration of floral arranging, with arrangements given away as door prizes.
3:00 pm: Ponds & Backyard Water Features - Glenn and Pam Bateman, owners of Center Point Pond, a stocked fishing pond and water gardening store, have installed water features into hundreds of backyards in the Delaware Valley.

Children's Activities

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Free Garden Railroad
"Good Bug Bad Bug" program with Beetrice the Bumble Bee
Pizza Garden with Pepperoni the Pizza Guy
Yoga for Children
Crafts
Bean Bag Toss

Admission

$5 donation includes all activities and presentations except Roger Swain. Children and teens (under 18) are free.

Roger Swain tickets: We request a donation per person of $20 in advance, or $25 at the door. There are a limited number of tickets available – please specify 10:00am or 2:00pm. Ticket includes all other Gardener's Day activities and presentations.

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