2022 Winter/Spring Garden Education Series

G R E A T   N E W S !!!   The Door County Master Gardener's Education Committee has put together a wonderful line-up of Education programs for the 2022 winter and spring seasons.  Several of the programs will be in collaboration with other like-minded Door County groups, a goal for our organization.  

In order to address COVID concerns, programs will either be offered via Zoom, or in-person at Crossroads at Big Creek located at 2041 Michigan Street, Sturgeon Bay.  Face coverings and social distancing will be required at Crossroads. Links to Zoom presentations will be available from this website as we draw closer to the date of the presentation. All programs are open to the public and free of charge.

Awesome Annuals with Pollinator Potential
​by Mark Dwyer
February 22, 2022 6:30 pm 
Zoom at home or group Zoom at Crossroads at Big Creek
Presented in collaboration with Crossroads at Big Creek

​Plants in our gardens that support local pollinators are becoming more essential! Mark will share a wide range of seasonal plants for the bed, border and container. These will augment the “pollinator-friendly” perennials, trees and shrubs on the market.  Mark owns Landscape Prescriptions by MD, a landscape design and consulting business in Janesville, and manages a three-acre healing garden at a hospital. He was the Director of Horticulture at Rotary Botanical Gardens for 21 years.  

Buffalo Bird Woman’s World
by Frank Kutka
​March 24, 2022 6:30 pm
In-Person at Crossroads at Big Creek
Presented in collaboration with the Door County Seed Library

Frank Kutka, of Brussels, is a faculty member at the College of Menominee Nation and an independent plant breeder. He will speak about a remarkable woman farmer who lived from 1839 to 1932 on the Fort Berthold Reservation in western North Dakota.  We will hear about the techniques she learned from her mother and grandmother and other approaches to growing crops and saving seeds.   

Door County Wildflowers, Weeds and Seeds
​by Charlotte Lukes
April 5, 2022 6:30 pm
In-Person at Crossroads at Big Creek

Presented by well-known local naturalist Charlotte Lukes, this program will include descriptions and beautiful photos of wildflowers throughout the seasons along with common plants that produce showy berries or seeds in autumn. 

Invasive Jumping Worms – the Impact of a New Soil Invader
​by Brad Herrick
April 26, 2022 6:30pm
In-Person at Crossroads at Big Creek
Presented in collaboration with UW-Madison Badger Talk

Brad will tell us more about a new non-native invasive species in Wisconsin and the Midwest.  Many of us have made the acquaintance of this unwanted species.  Brad Herrick, the ecologist and research program manager at the U-W Madison Arboretum, has a special interest in the worms.  He will talk about the harmful potential impacts of the jumping worm to forests and gardens and offer hope with potential control options.

Prairie Plants for Urban and Suburban Gardens
by Neil Diboll
May 3, 2022 6:30 pm
​Zoom at home or group Zoom at Crossroads at Big Creek
Presented in collaboration with Wild Ones - Door Peninsula Chapter

​Neil Diboll, internationally known expert in native plant ecology, is an enthusiastic, highly knowledgeable and committed promoter of native plants.  A pioneer in the native plant industry, he is President and CEO of Prairie Nursery in Westfield, Wisconsin. The essence of his philosophy is that we as stewards of the planet must work to preserve and increase the diversity of native plants and animals with which we share the world. 
  • Watch this space for a complete list of programs planned for this season,