Educating others

Gardeners' Corner

Check out recommendations that can help your garden in any season.

Winter Storage of Geranium, Canna, Gladiolus, Caladium, and Begonia

FREE GARDENING PROGRAMS

Our education programs are held in the meeting room at Purdue Extension Lake County [2293 N. Main Street, Crown Point, IN 46307, Phone: 219-755-3240.] A wide variety of speakers offer monthly programs. All programs are free to the public and publicized through email bulletins, sent from our Constant Contact database. As word caught on, the database grew, as did our audiences. They included programs on tree identification, roses, bats, lawns, hibiscus, bees and beekeeping, pollinator gardens…a real wealth of topics.

If you would like to receive notification of our free gardening programs, please add your email address here:

SPEAKERS’ BUREAU

The Speakers’ Bureau is a list, updated yearly, of Master Gardeners who are available to speak to community groups on specific topics. Our speakers cover a wide range of topics from butterflies, hummingbirds and pollinators to specific plants to beautiful gardens in beautiful places. The list is sent by Purdue Extension to a number of local groups, including libraries, to use in planning their programs for the following year, and each year different speakers and different topics are included. The interested organizations contact the listed speakers directly to arrange the programs. Speakers cannot accept honoraria for speaking but can accept donations on behalf of LCMGA that are happily accepted by the Treasurer!

If you would like to receive a copy of the Speaker's Bureau list, please request one from Purdue Extension by calling (219) 755-3240.

Lake County Master Gardeners Association Inc June education

Sustainable Garden

Master Gardeners joined Wayne Gruber at Niemeyer's for a walk-about to learn about eco-conscious choices and combinations for your garden. Wayne showed us how to enhance our gardens/ landscape with plants that take less maintenance and resources. We discovered natives, nativars and sustainable plants and learned to combine cultivated plants with sustainable plants for a low maintenance and beautiful garden!

Wayne Gruber,

B.S. Landscape Management Design; Indiana Master Accredited Horticulturist

Horticulturist, educator, designer, retailer and national speaker, Wayne Gruber brings an innovative approach to gardening. His enthusiasm and passion for plants is evident through his landscape designs and educational seminars. Gruber holds a B.S. Degree in Landscape Management Design from Purdue University and has over forty years of horticultural work experience. He is also an Indiana Master Accredited Horticulturist, past President and current board member of Northwest Indiana Nursery & Landscape Association, and former instructor at Mittal Steel. Gruber now manages Niemeyer's garden center in Crown Point.