Class fee includes supplies. Register by Thursday, May 3. May 13 Mother's Day at Conner Prairie Fishers, Indiana Conner Prairie will be honoring all mothers by giving away an heirloom seed packet on Sunday, May 13. Create a Mother's Day memory by planting your beautiful Love in a Puff seeds and remember her every spring when they come into beautiful bloom. Proceeds benefit Master Gardener community programs, including scholarships and Grow Labs.
Admission is free.
May 19 Newburgh in Bloom Guided walking tours of gardens in Newburgh's historic district. Attendees will learn about fern cultures, forms and varieties, and how to use these plants to create beautiful displays in their own gardens. There are additional fees for some workshops and for the trip to Epcot Center on Friday. Participants will explore the diversity of nature and the complex interactions between species and their environs within the Kankakee River and southern Lake Michigan drainage basins of northwestern Indiana. Classroom sessions will focus on the ecology of bogs, marshes, swamps, rivers, ponds, dunes, lakeshores, prairies, forests, and savannahs.