Introducing the Gardening Gurus Spring Series! From what’s under the garden to what’s growing and flowering on top, three Missouri experts will give Free talks in March at Bowood Farms!

2:00 pm, FREE

 
The third and final expert in our Gardening Gurus Series is St. Louis Farmers' Market's popular cut-flower grower, Karen "Mimo" Davis, now back in St. Louis working as Lincoln University's Horticulture Regional Educator. She'll talk on the best perennials and annuals for growing to bring cut flowers into your house! Find out about her years of producing specialty cut flowers from her Wild Thang Farm near Ashland, MO and her current favorites for great cut-flower displays!

Mimo was a guest on Earthworms with Jean Ponzi on KDHK on 3/1/10. Click on the following link to download a podcast! http://www.kdhx.org/index.php?option=com_kdhxradio&task=playlist&dothis=latest&show=Earthworms&Itemid=268 

2:00 pm, FREE

 
Kirkwood resident Bill Ruppert will bring his chickens and speak about keeping chickens and gardening around them in the suburbs while Central West Ender Jeff Fister will do the same regarding raising chickens in the city. Meanwhile Michael "Supe" Granda of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils will be on hand to sing "Chicken Train" and a few other famous tunes while Bowood's Ellen Barredo and Kathie Hoyer will talk about garden plants that survive, and thrive, next to the chicken coop.  Also both Fister, who recently authored "Counting Chickens, Raising 8 kids (and 4 hens) in the Central West End" and Supe, author of the new book "It Shined" will be selling and signing their books, starting at 1:00 pm. Bring a can of chicken soup - Soup, not Supe - and you get a chance to enter a raffle (prizes include a gift certificate to Bowood Farms, Jeff Fister's book plus a packet of Omega-3 Chicken Forage Blend!). Cans of soup will be donated to the CWE's Trinity Episcopal Church Food Pantry.

Jeff Fister was a guest on The Charlie Brennan Show on KMOX on 2/23/10! Click on the following link to download a podcast! http://www.kmox.com/pages/5436722.php

2:00 pm, FREE

What better way to celebrate St. Louis' Earth Day weekend than with a look at some of Missouri's most beautiful native plants. Scott Woodbury, horticulturist at Shaw Nature Reserve and the Whitmire Wildflower Garden, will talk on native plants for the home garden. Native starter plants will be given away Free!