Hourly Seminars

Seminars are provided by
K-State Research & Extension-Sedgwick County

Room 101 - Near the Connecting Lobby
Look for blocks of gardening seminars that relate to specific topics each
day. Seminar topics will have a range of appeal for the beginning gardener
to the accomplished gardener.

Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Show hours 11 am – 9 pm
TIME TOPIC SPEAKER

Green Living in the Backyard
12 Noon Pruning Tips & Techniques-Janet Gordon,
Pleasant Settings Landscaping

1:00 p.m. Landscapes for Busy People- Debbie Graber,
Landscape Designer – Bornholdt Plantland

2:00 p.m. Edible Flowers- Rebecca Bandli, Sedgwick County
Extension Agent - Horticulture

3:00 p.m. Using Edible Flowers & Herb of the Year- Lisa Friesen,
Sedgwick County Extension Agent – Foods & Nutrition

4:00 p.m. Gardening with Kids- Evelyn Neier, Junior Master
Gardener Coordinator for Kansas

5:00 p.m. Take the Kids on a Backyard Safari- Tonya Bronleewe,
Libby Albers, Kay Drennen -E.A.R.T.H. Program &
City of Wichita WATER Center

Date: Thursday, March 6, 2008
Show hours 11 am – 9 pm
TIME TOPIC SPEAKER

Earth Friendly Yards
12 Noon How to Improve Garden Soils & How to Take a
Soil Test - Ward Upham, State Research &
Extension - Horticulture

1:00 p.m. Designing & Planting Windbreaks- Charlie Barden,
K-State Research & Extension Forester

2:00 p.m. Planning Your Spiritual Garden - John Decker,
Sedgwick County Extension Gardener

3:00 p.m. Tinting Your Garden Green with Organic Techniques-
Mel Epp, Organic Garden Club of Wichita - President

4:00 p.m. “Foliagiferousness, a new trend in gardening” -
Fabulous foliage to compliment flashy flowers. The
K-State Prairie Star flower research program- Alan
Stevens, Floriculture & Ornamental Horticulture,
Kansas State University

5:00 p.m. Baby Your Back in the Garden- Dr. Steven
DuCharme D.C. DuCharme Chiropractic

6:00 p.m. Room 209A Mezzanine Level
EarthKind Soil Management- Dr. Steve George,
Landscape Horticulture Specialist – Texas A&M
Bob Neier, Sedgwick County Extension Agent -
Horticulture

7:00 p.m. Room 209A Mezzanine Level Earth Kind Roses-
Dr. Steve George, Landscape Horticulture Specialist –
Texas A&M
Bob Neier, Sedgwick County Extension Agent –
Horticulture
Don Suderman – Wichita Rose Society


Date: Friday, March 7, 2008
Show hours 9 am – 9 pm
TIME TOPIC SPEAKER

Green Smart Techniques
10:00 a.m. Inspirational Ideas for the Landscape- Emily Nolting,
Kansas State University Commercial / Ornamental
Specialist

11:00 a.m. Spice Up Your Salad Life- Growing Greens- Rebecca
Bandli, Sedgwick County Extension Agent -
Horticulture

12:00 noon Spice up Your Salad Life II -Making Vinaigrette
-Lisa Friesen, Sedgwick County Extension Agent –
Foods & Nutrition

1:00 p.m. Clean Air Lawn Care (drawing for free gas can)-
Nancy Larson

2:00 p.m. Wildlife’s Wonderful Beauty - What You Can Do to
Attract Wildlife- Janet Ratliff, Sedgwick County
Extension Agent -Agriculture

3:00 p.m. Kansas Healthy Lawns - Chelsey Wasem, Johnson
County Extension Agent - Horticulture

4:00 p.m. 2008 Plants of the Year - Bob Neier, Sedgwick County
Extension Agent – Horticulture

5:00 p.m. Trees- Dr. Jason Griffin, Kansas State University
John C. Pair Horticulture Research Center

6:30 p.m. Great Gardens "Ask Paul a Gardening Question"-
Paul James, HGTV Gardening By The Yard


Date: Saturday, March 8, 2008
Show hours 9 am – 9 pm
TIME TOPIC SPEAKER

Making My Thumb Green

9:00 a.m. Container Plantings for All Four Seasons – Plain
& Simple- Peggy Griffith, Sedgwick County Extension
Master Gardener

10:00 a.m. Home Grown Seed Starting Made Easy-
Charlene Schneider, Sedgwick County Extension
Master Gardener

11:00 a.m. New Perennials for 2008- Rita Arnold, Arnold's
Greenhouse

12 Noon New Annuals for 2008- Rita Arnold, Arnold's Greenhouse

2:00 - 3:00 Room 210 Mezzanine Level
Fallscaping- Stephanie Cohen – The Perennial Diva

3:30 p.m. Kansas Healthy Lawns- Chelsey Wasem, Johnson
County Extension Agent

4:30 p.m. Live Kansas Birds- Bob Gress,Great Plains Nature
Center

5:30 p.m. 'Waterwise Gardening - Plants and Practices that Work
for You and the Environment'- Scott Vogt,
Horticulturist/Grounds Manager, Dyck Arboretum
of the Plains

Date: Sunday, March 9, 2009
Show hours 11 am – 6 pm
TIME TOPIC SPEAKER

Grow a Green Escape
12 Noon Earth Friendly Garden Ideas- Lin Dirks

1:00 p.m. Do You Want Faster Growing Trees?- Tim McDonnell,
District Community Forester – Kansas Forestry
Service

2:00 p.m. Designing Your Spiritual Garden- John Decker,
Sedgwick County Extension Master Gardener

3:00 p.m. Baby Your Back in the Garden- Dr. Steven
DuCharme D.C. DuCharme Chiropractic

Our sincere thank you to Kae Bowles, K-State Research & Extension -Sedgwick County, for arranging and coordinating
the hourly seminars.