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Master Gardeners open house to include variety of activities

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Event will include garden tours, plant sale and story time

Sussex County Master Gardeners, of Delaware Cooperative Extension for both Delaware State University and University of Delaware, invite the public to their open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, July 17, at the Sussex County Extension Office in Georgetown.

Admission is free. Visitors are encouraged to bring a nonperish-able food item to the event and join Master Gardeners in supporting the Delaware Does More Program - growing food and funds for neighbors in need.

The Sussex County Extension Office is located at 16483 County Seat Highway, Route 9, west of Georgetown.

Look for the blue and gold tent in the Sussex County Demonstration Garden, immediately behind the office building. Ample parking is available.

The A Day in the Garden event will include garden tours, a plant sale, story time and scavenger hunts and other activities for children, and information about a variety of topics including accessible gardening, vegetable gardening, rain barrels, model train gardens and much more.

Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer gardening questions. Visit the native plant, herb, shade, bog, annual, perennial, pond, butterfly and children's gardens.

Get ideas for gardening with limited space using raised beds and containers. Find out what varieties grow well in Sussex County. Tour the azalea, hydrangea and annual trial gardens to find out.

Have a plant problem? Bring it to the Plant Clinic for identification and recommendations. Door prizes will be awarded to visitors.

Brown bag lunches may be eaten in the shaded picnic grove. No rain date is set for this event.

A garden walk focusing on pests will immediately follow the open house event from 2 to 4 p.m. This free workshop requires preregistration.

For more information, visit rec.udel.edu/Extension/Master-Gardeners/SCMG_Workshops.html or contact Tracy Wootten at 856-2585, Ext. 538 or wootten@udel.edu. or Karen Adams at Ext. 540 or adams@udel.edu. Visit rec.udel.edu for details on the open house.





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