the heirloom garden demonstration project

The Heirloom Garden Demonstration Project

Carroll Co. Farm MuseumFrom Classroom to Heirloom

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Heirloom Garden Planning

YES! We meet in the Winter also. But we eat well!

YE Old Garden2004

The Work Begins – Clearing the Old

Preparing for the New Four Square Heirloom Garden-

2005

Saving Heirloom Plants from the Old Garden -2005

A Water Problem!!! Springs Eternal –

OH WELL!

Preparing the Garden for Heirloom Seed Planting

The New Garden Emerges2005

Who says gardening isn’t fun?

Tilling & Tending

From Well to Wall We’ve Got it all!

WHERE IS THE GUARDIAN FROG?

A Rock Wall

For HerbsFor Herbs

Learn the mysteries of the edible! Has anybody seen Herb?

The 1600s, 1700s & the 1800s A Trip Through

“Kitchen Garden” History

1600’s

1700s

1800s

Cardoon

Victorian Bedding Plants

Cleome – Introduced in England from the West Indies in 1817

Perilla – Culinary, Bedding & Dye Plant

Rainbow Garden

Rainbow Chard –

5 Color Silverbeet Chives

Exotic Vegetables

Cardoon in flower

Chioggia Beets

Pretzel Beans

Fruit & Dye Plants

Heritage Raspberry

Tansy

2006 Heirloom Garden

2nd Year Growth – Rainbow Chard

School Children Garden Tours

2006 Heirloom Garden

Help people/children learn

about “Heirloom gardening.”

2006 Heirloom Garden

Cheryl says: COME JOIN US – It’s fun!

2007 Heirloom GardenSpring Garden Work –

A New Beginning

2007 Heirloom GardenSpring Garden Work

Spring Mulching Party

Do we know how to party or what!

2007 Heirloom Garden

2007 Heirloom GardenArbor Formal Entrance

WELCOME TO OUR GARDEN!

Eagle Scout Project – Heirloom Arbor

2007 Heirloom Garden

Bird House Gourds

Pat’s Tomato Garden

HOT!

Fish Peppers

2007 Heirloom Garden

Amaranth – “Elephant Head”

Celosia – “Cockscomb”

2007 Heirloom Garden

Swiss Chard

Moon & Stars Melon

Rattlesnake Melon

2007 Heirloom Garden

2007 Heirloom Garden

Also know as a “Shell Vine”Scarlet Fire Celosia &

Bell Pepper Plant

2007 Heirloom Garden

Cucumbers – “Straight Eight”

Bulls Blood Beets

Heirloom GardenA Bay Wise Garden

Since 2006Since 2006

Heirloom GardenBay Wise Certified Since

2006

Bay Wise Inspection Team

Necessary for Certification

Even the Butterfly Approved!

2008 Heirloom GardenSpring Garden Work

Weeding and Inspecting for harmful insects.

Heirloom Garden Field Trip to Landis Valley Museum Garden

(Pennsylvania)

Heirloom Garden Members Bonding

(while shopping) at Landis Valley Annual Heirloom Plant Sale

Adventure and Friendship – How can you go wrong?

Heirloom Plant Shopping ‘Til You DROP!!!!

I’m going to bring a wagon next time!

Landis Valley Garden Visit –(Heirloom Seed Savers Project)

Landis Valley Master Gardener explaining the seed saving,

cataloging and storing process.

Landis Valley Trip – Their Garden Exhibit

Picking the fruits

of our labor for

“The AnnualTomato Taste-off!”

Tomato Taste-Off 8/20/05

Did someone say “GREEN TOMATO CAKE”!

Tomato Pie – Who hid the pizza?

Tomato Taste-Off 8/19/06

Tomato Salad with Garlic and Olive Oil – YUM!

Tomato Taste-Off 8/19/06

You name the heirloom tomato – we’ve probably grown it!

Tomato Taste-Off 8/19/06

A sampling we will go!

Tomato Taste-Off 8/25/07

JOIN OUR HEIRLOOM FAMILY!

Tomato Festival Begins 8/16/08

Tomato Festival 8/16/08

OVER 400 PEOPLE ATTEND!

Educating the public about tomatoes and about what Master Gardeners Do!

Tomato Festival 8/16/08

Wearing Tomatoes in STYLE!

Dedication – Hopping In!

Tomato Festival 8/16/08

Master Gardeners in Action

Tomato Festival 8/16/08

GET YOUR RECIPE BOOKS HERE!

Tomato Festival 8/16/08

COME JOIN US HEIRLOOM GARDEN Master Gardeners

sharing History through our garden!

Pat BrodowskiCarroll County Farm Museum

Historian/Educator

patbfarm@hotmail.com

Christina Pensinger

Paul Hawkins

Evie Matzke

Linda Broadfoot

Maryanne Turner

Elizabeth Sterling

Tina Swanson

Jane Thayer

Taffy Litz

Bob Eney

Diane Eney

Carolyn Seabolt

Kathy Ford

Cindy Smith

Linda Hagan

Steve AllgeierCarroll County Master

Gardeners

Coordinator

hortman@umd.edu

Winona Peterson

Anne Raver

Kay Sedlak

Daisy Atkinson

Karen Trigger

Clinton Wike

Carolyn Vane

Cheryl Davis

Robin Fishpaw

Kelly Bollinger

Joanne Compton

Heather Wight

Nancy Lewis

Margit Sharff

AND OTHERS!

END OF THE SHOW – BUT

A NEW BEGINNING FOR YOU! – JOIN US –

LEARN WHILE DOING and HAVE FUN!

Resources• Home and Garden Information Center (HGIC)

– 800-342-2507– http://extension.umd.edu/hgic

• Grow-It-Eat-It website– http://extension.umd.edu/growit

• Master Gardener state website– http://extension.umd.edu/mg

This program was brought to you by

Maryland Master Gardener Program

Carroll County

University of Maryland Extension