Help for the Home Gardener Lecture Series

Stephanie Cohen
Native Perennials:
Sustainable, Colorful & Wonderful
Wednesday, March 24, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Sponsored by Always the Garden & Gateway Garden Center

Stephanie Cohen is described as the “Perennial Diva” for
her experience and knowledge about all things perennial
plant-related. “The Perennial Gardener’s Design Primer,” a
book she co-authored with Nancy Ondra, is a best-seller,
and her spots on QVC have brought her entertaining style
to a wide audience.
Stephanie also taught at Temple University for more than
20 years and was the director of Temple’s Landscape
Arboretum.
Certified Nursery Professional - one (1) learning credit

For more information, contact Anita Zumwalt-Jimerson
(302) 658-6262 ext.100.

PODCASTS

" Making & Maintaining a Wildflower Meadow"
Featuring Marg Gormel
10th Annual Copeland Lecture
Wednesday, March 18th 2009 (7:00 PM)
DCH Meeting Room

Properly planned, installed and maintained native plant wildflower meadows are unmatched in their ability to provide nearly year-round beauty with long-term, high-quality habitat and low maintenance requirements. Through a step-by -tep look at a specific project, this slide lecture covers the why, how, what, when and where of turning an area of turf grass into an aesthetically rich, environmentally functional, thriving native plant community. Mark Gormel is meadow consultant to the
New York Botanical Garden, Phipps Conservatory, and others in our tri-state area. He also works at the Brandywine Conservancy, and has two meadows at his own home.

"Green Roofs Come Home"
Featuring Ed Snodgrass
9th Annual Copeland Lecture
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 (7:00 PM)
DCH Meeting Room

Ed Snodgrass and his Emory Knoll Farms in Maryland are the leaders in plant supply and expertise for green roof systems throughout the country. The nursery is unique in its exclusive focus on green roof plants, of which they have hundreds in propagation and are constantly testing more in their research facilities. Learn about a green technology whose time has come, both on a corporate scale and residential, and the special plants involved.

DCH Annual Meeting and Hansen Lecture
Featuring Peter Harnik
Director, Center for City Park Excellence
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 (7:00 PM)
Arsht Hall, University of Delaware Wilmington Campus

Peter Harnik, Director of the Trust for Public Land's Center for City Park Excellence and author of The Excellent City Park System: What Makes it Great and How to Get There and Urban Parks and Open Space was our guest speaker. Click below to listen to Peter's Lecture:

This program was partly funded by a grant from the Delaware Humanities Forum, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.