the heirloom garden demonstration project
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The Heirloom Garden Demonstration Project. Carroll Co. Farm Museum From Classroom to Heirloom Author [email protected]. Heirloom Garden Planning. YES! We meet in the Winter also . But we eat well!. YE Old Garden 2004. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Heirloom Garden Demonstration Project
Carroll Co. Farm MuseumFrom Classroom to Heirloom
Author [email protected]
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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
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
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