The Milford Garden Club’s May 9 Program and Workshop
“Woody Plant Propagation” with Adam Wheeler from Broken Arrow Nursery
Please join the Milford Garden Club at the DAR Chapter House on Prospect Street in Milford for this special gardening lesson on propagating woody plants.
Our guest speaker, Adam Wheeler, from Broken Arrow Nursery, will provide a one-hour educational presentation starting at 11:00 am. A light lunch will follow. After lunch, at 1:00 pm, Adam will demonstrate how to prepare plant material for successful propagation. All attendees will choose from the samples provided, what they want to propagate. The Workshop will end at 2:30 when prepared samples are taken home to become new shrubs and trees.
About our speaker, Adam Wheeler
Adam started work at Broken Arrow in 2004 after completing his BS degree in Urban Forestry and Landscape Horticulture at the University of Vermont. Adam manages plant propagation, container and field production and the acquisition and development of new plants. He is a past recipient of the Young Nursery Professional Award from the New England Nursery Association. He loves to share his passion for plants through photography and educational outreach. As a result, he lectures widely on a variety of subjects and is also an adjunct lecturer at Naugatuck Valley Community College and the Berkshire Botanical Garden. With his spare time he enjoys cultivating his eclectic collection of rare and unusual plants, rock climbing and competitive giant pumpkin growing.
For this hands-on Plant Propagation Workshop the fee for non-members is $15 and includes program, instructions, and all materials.
To reserve your table space, contact Membership Chair Bunny Elmore by Saturday, May 6th: (203) 848-7459.
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