Description
Visit the Montgomery County Agricultural History Farm Park for all things edible at the University of Maryland Grow It Eat It Spring Event on May 14, 2022, from 10 am-4 pm! All parts of the event will be in outdoor spaces. The rain date is May 15, 2022, from 10 am-4 pm.
Entry to the event is free and tickets are not required for entry into the event. Fees charged for tickets as noted for some workshops and children's programs. The Master Gardener Plant Shoppe will be selling Spring plants for your garden and vendors will be at the event.
The preliminary schedule of the day is as follows (all programs with links require registration):
Throughout the event:
- Plant Clinic: Get one-on-one answers to your gardening questions
- Visit the Demonstration Garden to view what is possible in your garden
- Children's Activity Table
- Seed Swap, bring your extra seeds and pick up new ones
- Classes, Workshops, and Children's programs (see below)
- Master Gardeners will be available to answer your questions in the garden
- Master Gardener Plant Sale to purchase your spring transplants
- Many vendors will be on-site selling items for your home and garden
Classes and Workshops
9:40-10:40
10:50-12:10
11:00-12:00
- All about Chile Peppers free, no registration
12:20-1:20
- Soil Testing in your Veggie Garden $33.50
- Extending the Harvest of Your Vegetable Garden free, no registration
1:40-2:40
- Organic Fertilizers for your Vegetable Garden - free, no registration
2:50-4:10
3:00-4:00
Children's programs start at different times, mostly in the morning. See the registration links below for details.
Discover Nature! (K-1st-grade children) $10
Discover Bugs! (2nd & 3rd-grade children) $12
Discover Flowers! (4th & 5th-grade children) $15
Discover Gardening! (2nd to 5th-grade children) $15
Discover Trees! (4th to 8th-grade children) $15