BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20170318T124500Z DTEND:20170318T181500Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Unlock Your Garden’s Potential – The Western Massachusetts Master Gardener Association’s Spring Gardening Symposium DESCRIPTION:Can't wait for spring to arrive? Whether you're new to gardening or have lots of years of experience\, the annual Spring Gardening Symposium offers ideas for nourishing you\, your garden and the planet.\n\nThe day includes:\n\n* A choice of 15 topics in two concurrent sessions.\n\n* Keynote speaker Margaret Roach (former editorial director for Martha Stewart\, who now blogs at nationally acclaimed awaytogarden.com)\, on Unlocking Seed Secrets: From Politics to the Practical Want to grow your best vegetable garden ever in 2017? It all starts with a seed and choosing the right varieties\, from sources that match your garden conditions\, which is much harder than you might think. Margaret will demystify the politics and the practical "aha's" many of which will be quite surprising to get you growing with confidence. Topics include: Does buying organic seed matter and is it worth the extra money? Are hybrids OK? Are heirlooms better in some way? (And how do I avoid GMOs?) How come my harvest didn't look like the photo in the catalog? And more!\n\n* Marketplace of vendors with locally produced offerings.\n\n* Book Table Assorted titles for gardeners from Storey Publishing and Timber Press for sale.\n\n* Refreshments Morning coffee and goodies included in your registration\, plus an optional lunch from River Valley Market.\n\n* Snow Date In case of impending bad weather\, call 413-665-2181 the night before for a recorded message regarding possible rescheduling. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Can&rsquo\;t wait for spring to arrive? Whether you&rsquo\;re new to gardening or have lots of years of experience\, the annual Spring Gardening Symposium offers ideas for nourishing you\, your garden and the planet.
\nThe day includes:
\n* A choice of 15 topics in two concurrent sessions.
\n* Keynote speaker Margaret Roach (former editorial director for Martha Stewart\, who now blogs at nationally acclaimed awaytogarden.com)\, on Unlocking Seed Secrets: From Politics to the Practical &ndash\; Want to grow your best vegetable garden ever in 2017? It all starts with a seed&mdash\;and choosing the right varieties\, from sources that match your garden conditions\, which is much harder than you might think. Margaret will demystify the politics and the practical &ldquo\;aha&rsquo\;s&rdquo\;&mdash\;many of which will be quite surprising&mdash\;to get you growing with confidence. Topics include: Does buying organic seed matter and is it worth the extra money? Are hybrids OK? Are heirlooms better in some way? (And how do I avoid GMOs?) How come my harvest didn&rsquo\;t look like the photo in the catalog? And more!
\n* Marketplace of vendors with locally produced offerings.
\n* Book Table &ndash\; Assorted titles for gardeners from Storey Publishing and Timber Press for sale.
\n* Refreshments &ndash\; Morning coffee and goodies included in your registration\, plus an optional lunch from River Valley Market.
\n* Snow Date &ndash\; In case of impending bad weather\, call 413-665-2181 the night before for a recorded message regarding possible rescheduling. LOCATION:Frontier Regional High School\, 113 N Main St.\, South Deefield UID:e.2182.7364 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260523T125125Z URL:https://chamber.franklincc.org/events/details/unlock-your-garden-s-potential-the-western-massachusetts-master-gardener-association-s-spring-gardening-symposium-7364 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR