- Colin Powell entertains, educates UD audience
- Tesla CEO champions sustainable energy, space exploration
- Small Business Development Center honors Gary Simon
- Top speakers to discuss creating new economies for Delaware and the nation
- UD in the News, Nov. 6, 2009
- For the Record, Nov. 6, 2009
- Additional Maroon 5 tickets to go on sale for UD students Nov. 9
- UD professor testifies about offshore wind for legislative hearing
- Delaware Army ROTC team competes in Ranger Challenge
- Association for Computing Machinery cites UD student
- UD profs discuss Nobels in chemistry, literature, economics
- Blue Hen alums return to UD for Homecoming
- UD alum Christopher Christie elected governor of New Jersey
- UD survey on technology amenities in hotel rooms
- Gamma Sigma Sigma supports Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
- University's 'Chunksters' get set for Chunkin
- University hosts conference on ethics of climate change
- Solar panels latest in green technology at UD dairy farm
- UD Library Special Collections on the road
- UD pre-service students assist with Teachers of Science newsletter
- UD honors 2009 Presidential Citation recipients
- Starburst galaxy sheds light on longstanding cosmic mystery
- Blue Hen Leadership Program offers students opportunities
- Ellen Wise joins College of Education and Public Policy as director of development
- Alumni Relations seeks volunteers for reunion class committees
- Information on Chrysler site work posted
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- Nov.18: Delaware seeks CAA Blood Challenge title
- Nov. 9-10: Conference to focus on creating new economies for Delaware, the nation
- Nov. 9: Blue Hen basketball rally planned
- Nov. 10: Preconception health fair set in Trabant
- Nov. 11: Science Cafe returns to Newark
- Nov. 11: Dan Rich to speak on the role of universities in a global economy
- Nov. 11: Annual Step-n-Stroll show set at The Bob
- Nov. 11: Pompeii revisited during past three centuries
- Nov. 12: 'Shakespeare First' to feature lecture by James Shapiro
- Nov. 13: Project MUSIC Day to host elementary students
- Nov. 13: Student-organized ONE event to focus on poverty, hunger, disease
- Nov. 13: DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman to give talk at UD
- Nov. 14: Blue Hens tailgate tent set for Navy game
- Nov. 16: New opening act for Maroon 5 concert announced
- Nov. 17: UD students plan rally to open Relay for Life season
- Nov. 18: College of Education and Public Policy to host first expo
- Nov. 18: National Superintendent of the Year to visit Delaware
- Nov. 19: UD plans Geospatial Research Day
- Nov. 19: Darwin Lecture considers the origins of art
- Nov. 20: Tarburton to speak at Friends of Agriculture Breakfast
- Sept. 30-Nov. 18: School of Nursing offers fall research lecture series
- Oct. 23-Nov. 13: UD to host international art show in Second Life
- Oct. 14-Nov. 18: Art, history experts to offer gallery talks
- Oct. 11-Nov. 29: International Film Series offered Sundays at Trabant
- Sept. 9-Dec. 2: 'Assessing Obama' series to feature faculty, national speakers
- Sept. 9-Dec. 2: 'Research on Women' fall lecture series announced
- Sept. 18-Dec. 18: Library's 'Lion Awakes' exhibition looks at reggae, Marley
- Sept. 26-May 1: Take in an opera at the Met with UD matinee tickets
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- CAS Research Institute invites 'integrated semester' proposals
- CAS Research Institute invites visiting scholar, artist proposals
- Oct. 20-Nov. 10: UD announces long-term care open enrollment
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1:12 p.m., June 8, 2009----Gardening is the number one leisure activity in the U.S. but that doesn't mean all who garden are horticultural whizzes. Good gardeners are made, not born, through education and trial and error.
Delaware Master Gardeners can't help you with the trial and error part but they can give you the education you need to improve that green thumb.
Annual open houses at the Master Gardener demonstration gardens in New Castle and Sussex counties offer opportunities to learn about vegetable gardening, accessible gardening for those with limited mobility, children's gardening, native plants and more.
In New Castle County, the Master Gardeners host an open house on Thursday, July 16, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the county office in Newark. This free event includes a guided walk through the native plant and vegetable gardens and the compost demonstration site.
Plus, Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer questions and give you ideas to help solve your gardening challenges.
In Sussex, the Master Gardeners hold their open house Saturday, July 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the demonstration garden in Georgetown. Bring plant problems to the plant clinic and ask Master Gardeners your gardening questions.
A special emphasis this year will be accessible gardening; visitors will find great ideas for accessible gardening throughout the demonstration garden.
Special advice also will be available for those who are new to Delaware and are accustomed to gardening in other regions. And for the kids, there is a new Peter Rabbit's garden in the Children's Garden.
Delaware Master Gardeners is a program of University of Delaware and Delaware State University Cooperative Extension. The New Castle County Cooperative Extension office is located at 461 Wyoming Road in Newark. Call (302) 831-COOP for more information. The Sussex County Cooperative Extension office is located at 16483 County Seat Highway in Georgetown. Call (302) 856-7303 for more information.