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The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 11, 2008

GARDEN NOTES

Events

GESNERIAD CELEBRATION: Buy plants and see demonstrations on starting new plants from leafs, potting babies, fertilizing techniques and more from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the USF Botanical Gardens at Pine and Alumni drives on the Tampa campus. The Tampa African Violet Society and Tampa Bay Gesneriad Society are hosts. Admission is free. Call (813) 689-8700 for details.

AFRICAN VIOLET SHOW: The ABC's of Gesneriads, a judged show and sale, will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 20 and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 21 in the Great Room by the Bay at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 Palm Ave., Sarasota. Admission is free to Selby members; Florida residents can buy-one-get-one-free for $17 during September. The event is hosted by the Suncoast and Tampa Bay Gesneriad Societies. Call (813) 963-7424 or e-mail 4jam@tampabay.rr.com for details.

PEPPER CELEBRATION: The I Like It Hot! festival and barbecue is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 27 and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 28 at Minnreg Hall, 6340 126th Ave., Largo. The event includes hot sauce and salsa competitions, fiery food samples and lots of pepper plants. Admission is $3 for ages 13 and older.

Classes

HILLSBOROUGH EXTENSION:

Ornamental Grasses, 10:30 a.m. today, New Tampa Library, 1001 Cross Creek Blvd., Tampa; (813) 903-2280.

Florida Lawns, 10:30 a.m. today, Jan Platt Library, 3910 S. Manhattan Ave., Tampa; (813) 273-3652.

ORGANIC VEGGIES: Willow LaMonte presents Introduction to Organic Gardening from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the SouthShore Regional Library in Ruskin. LaMonte owns Willow Herbal Delight Gardens , a Valrico nursery where she raises herbs for greenmarkets in Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties.

WATER-WISE WORKSHOP: Learn how to reduce water consumption in the landscape and leave with a free micro-irrigation kit (non-Hillsborough residents pay $20 for the kit). The workshop is from 10:30 a.m. to noon Sept. 25; 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 28; and 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at Hillsborough County Extension, 5339 County Road 579, Seffner. Registration required; call (813) 744-5519, ext.144.

Meetings

DADE CITY GARDEN CLUB: A floral designer offers tips for arrangements at 10 a.m. Monday at 13630 Fifth St., Dade City. Social hour begins at 9 a.m. Visitors are welcome. For information, call (352) 521-6886.

SUNCOAST NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY: Environmental consultant and nature photographer Shirley Denton speaks on bringing art into plant photography at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Hillsborough Extension Office, 5339 County Road 579, Seffner. For details call (813) 960-8132.

SAFETY HARBOR GARDEN CLUB: The topic is Florida-friendly yards at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Commission Room at Safety Harbor City Hall, 750 Main St., Safety Harbor. For details, call (813) 891-0555.

PLANT CITY GARDEN CLUB: Floral designer Billye Hemphill demonstrates fall floral arrangements, and participants make their own from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 20 at Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 2104 Mud Lake Road, Plant City. Materials and lunch provided for $15. The public is welcome; make reservations by Tuesday by calling (813) 759-1638.

TEMPLE TERRACE GARDEN CLUB: Get a preview of the coming year's programs, field trips and projects at 7 p.m. Sept. 23 at Woodmont Clubhouse, 415 Woodmont Ave., Temple Terrace. Bring a potluck dish to share for lunch. Call (813) 985-7769, option 3, for details.

Send announcements of garden events and programs to

athome@tampatrib.com.

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