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| Displaying events for the week following March 16, 2010. |
| | Tuesday, March 16, 2010 | 10:00am - 1:00pm
Workshop: Painting Flowers and Plants with Watercolor
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Presented by Eileen Rosen
Open to the public and members
Eight Tuesdays: March 16 - May 4
If you feel challenged by the medium of watercolor or have wondered how botanical artists create the illusion of reality, this is the class for you. Presented by Eileen Rosen, this basic introduction will include mixing the colors of nature, making a color journal, exercises to create form and dimensionality, and discussion of brushes and paper...
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
100 North 20th Street, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA
|  | 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Film Discussion Group
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Open to the public and members
Do you love to watch movies and talk about them? Join us in this film discussion series, where we’ll talk about movies in which nature, gardens, or the environment play a starring role. Participants are asked to view the film before the discussion.
March film: Home. Yann Arthus-Bertrand, 2009.
There will be a screening of this film at 4 pm in the library conference room...
PHS McLean Library
100 North 20th Street, 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Garden Tenders Basic Training Spring Session
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Open to the public and members
Dates: March 17, 24, 31; April 7, 17, 21, 28; DEADLINE TO REGISTER is March 10.
A free eight-part course for groups that want to start community gardens, Garden Tenders training contains a mix of practical information plus hands-on horticulture. The eighth session will be a workday scheduled by participants...
PHS
100 N. 20th Street, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Thursday, March 18, 2010 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Kids Grow Expo Workshop (New Date)
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Presented by PHS Education Dept
Open to the public and members
This workshop, rescheduled from February due to inclement weather, is for teachers and parents of students who plan to attend the PHS Kids Grow Expo and participate in the Junior Flower Show on April 23 on the Temple Ambler campus.
Horticulture Center at Fairmount Park
N. Horticultural Drive and Montgomery Ave.
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Saturday, March 20, 2010 | 11:00am - Noon
City Gardening Series: Early-Spring Tree Walk
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Presented by David Hewitt
Open to the public and members
Environmentalist David Hewitt will guide us on an early-spring tree ID walk. This will include an overview of how to identify trees early in the spring, before most of them have their leaves. We'll identify trees growing in the garden and talk about what trees do in the wintertime.
Kaskey Garden, University of Pennsylvania Bio Pond
433 South University Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Monday, March 22, 2010 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Kids Grow Expo Workshop (New Date)
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Presented by PHS and Temple University/Ambler
Open to the public and members
The workshop, rescheduled from February due to inclement weather, is for teachers and parents of students who plan to attend the PHS Kids Grow Expo and participate in the Junior Flower Show on April 23 on the Temple Ambler campus.
Temple Ambler Campus, Learning Center Room 303
Butler Pike and Meetinghouse Road
Ambler, PA
| | 6:30pm - 8:00pm
The Spring Vegetable Garden
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Presented by Doris Stahl
Open to the public and members
Want to grow vegetables? Penn State Extension educator Doris Stahl will cover tips on plant selection, design, watering, and fertilizing to start your spring vegetable garden.
This workshop is offered in cooperation with Community College of Philadelphia.
Community College of Philadelphia
1700 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Tuesday, March 23, 2010 | 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Evening Lecture: Charles Darwin the Experimental Botanist
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Presented by Dr. Karen Snetselaar
Open to the public and members
Charles Darwin is recognized worldwide for developing and disseminating ideas on evolution and natural selection, but his work as an experimental scientist is less well known. Dr. Karen Snetselaar will discuss Darwin’s role as a botanist who carried out a number of elegant experiments directed at understanding wide-ranging topics, such as plant movement in response to light, mechanisms by which plants prevent self-fertilization, and responses of insectivorous plants to different food sources...
The American Philosophical Society, Franklin Hall
427 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
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