Extension Master GardenerSM Volunteers of Buncombe County

Lectures & Seminars

Includes “Gardening in the Mountains” lecture series, Saturday Seminars, WNC Symposium, and other Buncombe County Extension Master Gardener (EMG)-sponsored presentations for educating the public about gardening topics.

Lecture: Living Soil, February 21

Gardening in the Mountains presents:
Living Soil

Healthy living soil_Joseph Bartmann_CC BY-NC-ND 2.0_FlickrThursday, February 21, 2019
10:00 a.m. to noon

NC Cooperative Extension
Buncombe County Center
49 Mount Carmel Road
Asheville, NC 

Presenter: Phil Roudebush, Extension Master GardenerSM Volunteer

Given the vital importance of soil to our hobby and avocation, it is amazing that most gardeners don’t venture beyond the understanding that good soil supports plant life and poor soil doesn’t. You’ve undoubtedly seen worms in good soil and have come across other soil life: centipedes, springtails, ants, slugs, ladybird beetle larvae, and more. Healthy soil, however, is not just a few animals. Healthy soil is absolutely teeming with life.

This presentation focuses on all the forms of life found in healthy soil and how we can use this information to improve our gardening techniques.

The talk is free but registration is requested by calling 828-255-5522.

Saturday Seminar: Pruning Tools Workshop—What Tools to Use and Tool Sharpening, February 16

Saturday Seminar presents:
Pruning Tools Workshop—What Tools to Use and Tool Sharpening

Garden tools_Lloyd Jensen_CC BY-NC-ND 2.0_FlickrSaturday, February 16, 2019
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

NC Cooperative Extension
Buncombe County Center
49 Mount Carmel Road
Asheville, NC

Presenter: Alan Wagner, Extension Master GardenerSM Volunteer

 Gardening tools are key to successful pruning. You need the right tool for the right job, and you need to correctly maintain those tools. Are you sure, for example, when to use your anvil pruners or your bypass pruners instead? This workshop will cover the different kinds of pruning tools, their uses, and their care.

Bring your small hand tools (pruners) and loppers to learn how to clean and sharpen them.

The talk is free but registration is requested by calling 828-255-5522.

Save the Date: WNC Gardening Symposium, October 3

The 2018 Western North Carolina Gardening Symposium presents:

Come Grow With Us!

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Blue Ridge Community College
Flat Rock, North Carolina

Our keynote speaker is Joe Lamp’l, gardening expert, green-living guru, and entertaining host of PBS’s Growing a Greener World. Other featured speakers are Arthur Joura, Bonsai Curator at The North Carolina Arboretum, and Matt and Tim Nichols of Nichols Nursery, better know as Mr. Maple. Closing out the day will be Harvey Cotton, author of Easy Gardens for the South.

Further details and registration materials will be available in August on our website at www.buncombemastergardener.org.

Click here to download a copy of the Come Grow With Us flyer.

Contact Us

Buncombe County Extension Office
49 Mount Carmel Road
Asheville, NC 28806
Helpline 828-255-5522

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