Videos from 2023 Programs
​All videos are eligible for Master Gardener continuing education hours.

“Changing Trends: What Will the Next Decade Bring?”
By Ed Lyon, Director of Reiman Gardens, Iowa State University
Presented in collaboration with Crossroads at Big Creek and Wild Ones of the Door Peninsula ​

Click on the picture above to view a video of this presentation.
In his tenure in the gardening profession, Lyon has seen many trends come and go and sometimes even repeat. He notes that most trends have roughly a 10-year lifespan. When asked to present for DCMGA, he looked back to a presentation on the same topic from 10 years ago and saw that there were both similarities and differences. He believes one of the biggest changes is that upcoming trends will have more sense of urgency and will be more directed by forces out of our control than in the past. “Gardening will become as much a necessary mission as it is recreational,” Lyon said. “Interesting times bring interesting opportunities and I will give you a look at what they might be.”
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Ed Lyon is the Director of Reiman Gardens, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Through Spellbound Garden Writing & Consultation, he writes and speaks for both public and professional audiences. He has written a book called "Growing the Midwest Garden” for Timber Press and currently writes for magazines such as Fine Gardening and American Gardener. He created an online course on Garden Design for Garden Gate and will be producing another on shade gardening with Fine Gardening to be released in the spring. He is emphatic about focusing on gardening with regionalism as a primary focus.  Most importantly, he is an avid gardener with dirt under his fingernails.

Videos from 2022 Programs
​All videos are eligible for Master Gardener continuing education hours.

Awesome Annuals with Pollinator Potential
​by Mark Dwyer
Presented in collaboration with Wild Ones - Door Peninsula Chapter

 ​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.  
​A recording of “Amazing Annuals with Pollinator Potential” can be viewed by clicking on the image to the right.  The video can be enlarged to full screen by clicking on the arrows at the bottom right.

Prairie Plants for Urban and Suburban Gardens
by Neil Diboll
Presented in collaboration with Wild Ones - Door Peninsula Chapter and Crossroads at Big Creek

​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.

​Invasive Jumping Worms: The Impact of a New Soil Invader
​by Brad Herrick
Presented in collaboration with Wild Ones - Door Peninsula Chapter & Crossroads at Big Creek
Video presented by Kalamazoo Area Wild Ones

Glaciated regions of North America are devoid of native terrestrial earthworms. Earthworms such as the common nightcrawler and red worm are European species that arrived during settlement and have become naturalized. Jumping worms represent a second wave of invasion. Endemic to Japan and the Korean peninsula, these new earthworms are quickly invading deciduous forests in dozens of States.

Land Restoration School at Crossroads

The Land Restoration School at Crossroads has locally recorded educational programs on their website.  These programs can be used for Continuing Education hours.  To access the videos use the following link: https://www.landrestorationschool.org/science and scroll down until you get to "Public Programs".  

The Myth of Unspoiled Wilderness

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A video of Dr. Jeske's presentation can be viewed by clicking on this link: https://youtu.be/9jJ6VHt-UdE

"Backyard Invasives: It's Not All Bad News"

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A video of Samantha's presentation can be viewed by clicking on this link: https://youtu.be/9jJ6VHt-UdE