Time

9:3010:30

A

10:45

11:45

B

1:00

2:00

C

2:10

3:00D

Culinary Herbs

So much potential. Exploring 12

culinary herbs that have possible

medicinal purposes.

Jessica Morgan

Seed Savvy This seed saving primer will teach

you the how's and when's of collect-ing and storing flower seeds.

Cheryl Moore-

Gough

Lavender Leisure

Creating lavender

projects for gifts,

home, or retail.

Kathy Kimbrough

Fall Festival Landscapes seem to fade after August! So extend the growing

season with fabulous and fetching perenni-als and shrubs that

add artistic and visual interest that appease the eye

and pollinators. Cheryl Moore-

Gough

Time

9:30

10:30

10:45

11:45

Time

9:30

10:30

10:45

11:45

Shady Characters Shady areas in your landscape that need brightened up. Have no idea what to do?

Understanding shade and the plants it will support are key to

filling in those areas.

Dr. James Klett

CSU

Landscape

Trees for the home

landscape; trees to fit all spaces, alterna-tives to Ash trees. The importance to diversify tree plant-ings, their value to landscapes and the

human psyche .

Mark Ellison

Soil Savvy Sand, clay, loam, EC,

pH, OM, 02, NPK, SAR??? Soil is the

foundation for healthy plants, and a

happy gardener.

Soil Refresher -Part 1

Jay Norton,James Bauchert

Luscious Lavender

From a field of dreams to garden plantings, helping you to select

and grow this amazingplant.

Kathy Kimbrough

5:30 to 6:30 Dinner in the cafeteria. 6:35 pm Evening speaker: Coffee, Tea and Dessert to be served in the banquet room during the program.

*Garden Hat Contest takes place before the evening speaker.

Sensational Salvias and their companions; The latest and greatest varieties of this long standing garden staple, from annuals to

perennials, there is a salvia and its companion for every garden. David Salman Chief Horticulturist for High Country Gardens Santa Fe, NM

Funded in part by a Specialty Crop Grant from the Wyoming Department of Agriculture.

1:00

2:00

2:10

3:00

3:30– 5:00 Enjoy a tour of the newly renovated Cheyenne Botanic Gardens. Please visit the vendors in the lobby.

1:00

-3:00

Track 1, Leadership Room 108

Yum

Strawberries The ins and outs of

growing Strawberries in challenging environments,

and beating natureby going

under cover.

Chris Hilgert

Soils Part 2What is your soil

like? We will texture, measure, color,

and examine soil.Understand the

world under our feet and the incredible interaction of it’s

importance to our gardening world.

Bring a soil sample from your garden.

This will be a hands on class, plan to get

dirty.1-3:00 pm

Jay Norton,

James Bauchert

Advanced Master Gardener Training

Time

9:30

10:30

10:45

11:45

1:00

-3:00

2:10

3:00

Track 3, Room 305

Diagnostic DoctorMy plant has

curling leaves, spots or just doesn’t look healthy. This class will help you learn the basics of plant

disease diagnostics.

Intro Part 1

Carol O’ Meara,

Tamla Blunt

Irresistible Iris Selecting, growing, and

caring for a time-honored tradition. So many types

of iris; different bloomtimes, what to do with them after they bloom,

and when to divide.

Charlotte & Tim of

C and T Iris Patch

Explore the weird,

slimy, and strange world of

Plant Diagnostics

Hands on Part 2,

Advanced Master Gardener Training

Carol O’ Meara,

Tamla Blunt

Herbs & Tea Soothing, comforting

and maybe even medicinal.

Make and take your own Medicinal Teas.

Jessica MorganMeet at the Horticulture

lab - 4th floor

Workshop Class $25 fee payable to the instructor.

Limit 25 students.

Workshop class, $25 fee

payable to the instructor.

Limit 25 students.

Time9:30

10:30

10:45

11:45

1:00

-3:00

2:10

3:00

Noon to 12: 50 Lunch in the College Cafeteria. Please visit the Vendors. *Garden Hat

10:30– 10: 45 Coffee and Snack Break. Please visit the vendors in the lobby.

Support From Presented and Hosted by WY State & Regional Master Gardener

Gardening for Success 2018 Conference

Taking All Gardeners to the next level of growing success

Day One, Saturday, April 14, 2018 Cheyenne, WY

Welcome, 8:10 am

Morning Keynote Speaker - Edible Landscapes - Scott Skogerboe

8:10 –9:10 am

9:10 to 9:30 am Please visit the vendors in the lobby area.

Track 2, Leadership Room 109

Every gardening level is welcome. Conference is open to the world. However, breakfast is on your own. Doors open at 7:00 am.

Encouraging growing successful specialty crops from herbs to seeds to lavender for everyone.

Workshop Class, $10 fee

payable to the instructor.

Limited 20 students.

Crazy for ConifersSmaller sized conifers

can dress up your landscape as focal points and vertical

elements. They pro-vide year around interest and color. Explore the shorter and dwarf varieties.Pat Hayward

Herbs

Undercover Love herbs? Have a

high tunnel or greenhouse and want

to go year round?Learn the ins & outsof growing them from the person who wrote

the how-to-book.

Karen Panter PhD, UW

Conte

st!Grapes into

Jellies and juice. Hands on work shop.

Turn grapes into jelly or juice. Taste your waythrough this class by

discovering howdifferent grapes have different outcomes.

Kentz Willis 4th floor Kitchen

Limited to 20

Freeze Frame Capturing and editing

landscapes, gardens & pollinators with your An-

droid or iPhone. The class will meet 3:30 the Cheyenne Botanical

Gardens for a hands on

practice .

Mike Smith LCCC Room 419

Track 5Room 419

Track 4 Room 409

Meet in LCCC's Pathfinder Leadership Room

or attendFarmer's Markets

The ins and outs of producing and

selling what you grow.

Andy Heffron

Shop the vendors

Time

10:00

10:50

A

11:00

Noon

B

Insect Insomnia

What "bugs" keep you up at night feeding on your garden plants? Explore

the common garden insects and learn how to

control them. Raymond Cloyd

PhD KSU

Ravishing RosesThe top performing ros-es for climbing, English, floribunda, hybrid, min-

iature, modern, and shrub for the High Plains and Front

Range. What is the best rose for each

category and its care.

Matt Douglas High Country Roses

Time

10:00

10:50

11:00

Noon

Time

10:00 10:50

11:00

Noon

Vertical Vantage: Growing Up

Exploring the options of small space gardening w/

vegetables, annuals, peren-nials; in containers, raised

beds, window boxes, trellis, and A-frames.

Jodi Torpey

More Berries, please. Boots on the ground, growing raspberries to goji berries in a

challenging Wyoming environment. Dealing with

pests organically.

Le Roy Jons

Wyoming Dream Berries

Wiggly Worms Explore the world of

vermicomposting and let the worms work for you turning kitchen and yard waste into

black gold.

Erika Rogers

Worm Wrangler

No more room for canning jars?

Dehydration to the rescue.

Exploring methods of fruit and vegetable

dehydration; what produce items are candidates and

how long they can be preserved. 4th floor

Kitchen

Julie Balzan

The LCMG Gardening for Success 2018 Conference is held at Laramie County Community College, 1400 East College Drive, Cheyenne,

in the Pathfinder Building. Registration is via www.eventbrite.com, cost is $125.00/person.

Workshop fees are extra - exact cash, paid directly to the instructor.

This event is hosted by: The Laramie County Master Gardeners, the University of Wyoming Laramie County Extension and supported

by a grant from the Wyoming Department of Agriculture Specialty Crops Grant.

The University of Wyoming is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.

1:00

-3:15

1:00

2:00

2:15

3:15

Noon to 12: 50 Lunch in the College Cafeteria. *Last call to visit the vendors. *Silent Auction is over-please pay at the registration desk.

Track 1: Leadership

Room 108

Track 2: Challenge

Room 305

Track 3 Leadership

Room 109

Time

10:00

10:50

11:00

Noon

10:50– 11:00 Coffee and Snack Break. Please visit the vendors in the lobby.

Breakfast on your own. Doors open at 7:30. 8:10 Welcome

1:00

2:00

C

2:15 3:15

D

A Big Thank You to our host, sponsors, and grant funding. Thank you for attending our Conference.

Hands on

Pruning part 2 In this workshop we walk the talk and put

pruners and lecture to work. We will trim

trees, shrubs, maybe grapes or anything

that gets in our way.

Bring your favorite pruners, gloves and

walking shoes.

Chris Hilgert UW State Horticulturist

Advanced Master Gardener Training

Pesticides, just the facts.

In this myth busting class you will get a

better understanding of safety; when to

use and when not touse and why.

Raymond Cloyd PhD KSU

Have a smart phone or i-phone? Find out

about all the different phone

apps, their costs and how to

ID plants in the

field.

Kenneth Burke

Learn how to transplant and propagate; from leaves or

stems, which ones do better?African violet workshop,

make and takeJoyce Stork

& Trudy Brekel

Bulb-licious!Early, mid-season, late. Bulbs

come in many colors and shapes. They grow in shade to

sun; plant them in layers or drifts. Learn how to divide, if and when you need to dig

them up in the fall.

Kathy Shreve

Please visit the vendors in the lobby area. Encouraging successful specialty crops from herbs to seeds for everyone.

Principals of

pruning - part 1

Learn the why’s and basics of good tree

and shrub care through pruning.

Chris Hilgert

African Violets Are they the

picky growers that our grandmothers would have

us believe? Just what are their requirements for light,

water, fertilizer? How tough are they and when

do they need to be divided or transplanted?

Joyce Stork & Trudy Brekel

African Violet Mile High Violet Society

Gardening For Success Conference 2018

Day Two, April 15, 2018 Meet in LCCC’s Pathfinder Leadership Room

8:15 to 9:30 Morning Speaker

Organic Vegetable Crops - How do taste, yieldand ease of growing converge in current cultivar trials?

Tyler Mason

Track 4

Languished LawnsYou have watered and

fertilized that green stuff and still you have dead patches. Could it be an

insect or disease? Learn to distinguish the

signs and symptoms between the two and

treatment management.

Tony Koski PhD CSU

Fluttering Butterflies Buzzing Bees!

These graceful and beneficial winged beauties are a delight to see. Does your garden have the host and nectar plants to attract

them? Dorothy Tuthill

PhD UW

1:00

2:00

2:15

3:15

Hort LabWorkshop Class $25 fee payable to the instructor.

Limit 25 students