Elkhart County Garden Expo

A day of educational workshops and vendors featuring “must have” garden tools and supplies for your garden.

Speakers include:

• Melinda Myers, garden author of over 20 books, lecturer, TV/Radio host and contributing editor to Birds and Blooms magazine.
• Marcy Dailey, herbalist, owner of Fawn Run Farm Mercantile, Gold Level Master Gardener.
• Joe Grady, specialist in fermenting food and drinks, owner of Farming for Life and organic farmer.
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  Speaker Schedule 

  8:00 am – DOORS OPEN  

  9.30 am – 10.30 am – GARDEN TRENDS
      (Keynote)  Melinda Myers 

  10.45am -11.45am  –    A HARVEST OF HERBS 
  Marcy Dailey 

  12.30pm – 1.15pm – FERMENTED FOODS FOR GUT HEALTH 
  Joe Gady

  1.30 pm – 2.30 pm –  INCORPORATING NATIVE PLANTS INTO YOUR LANDSCAPE 
  ( Keynote ) Melinda Myers 

  2.45pm-3.30pm – PLANT THIS, NOT THAT
  ​Marcy Dailey 

  Lectures & Workshops Schedule
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  9:00 – AQUATIC GARDENING
  Kelly Bancroft 

  9:30 – COMPOSTING
  Eric Amt

  10:00 – HEIRLOOMS
  Jim Carpenter
  
  10:30 – GARDENING FOR CHALLENGED INDIVIDUALS
  Lois Anderson

  11:00 – FORCING OF FLOWERS
  Pam Cecchi

  11:30 – TOPIARIES
  Betty Foltz

  12:00 – COMPOSTING
  Ross Kistler

  12:30 – WORM CASTING
  Annette Webb
  
  1:00 – CACTI
  Eva Ruiz

  1:30 – BUSHES
  Len Harms

  2:00 – BIRDS
  Loanne Harms

  2:30 – SHADE GARDENING
  Gaye Yoder