History of our Symposium Speakers from 2008 to 2024
2024 Events
- Thursday, August 22, 7pm Hornets, Wasps and Bees, Oh My! with Sabrina Tirpak, Rutgers University Plant Diagnostic Laboratory.
- Wednesday, July 24th, 6-7:30pm Evening in the Garden at Mercer Educational Gardens.
- Saturday, June 1, 2024, Noon to 2pm Plant Propagation with Megan Muehlbauer at Mercer Educational Gardens. Click to view handout.
- Thursday, May 23, 2024, 7pm Native Plants for Pollinator Gardens a Virtual Presentation by Teresa Knipper. Click to view recording.
- Saturday, May 4, 2024 Plant Expo & Garden Market. Thank you all for coming. It was a huge success!
- Thursday, April 11, 2024 Not Your Average Tomato: Heirlooms Virtual Presentation by Justine Gray, Horticulturist. Click to view recording.
- Thursday, March 21, 2024, 7 pm Veggies: Ready, Set, DIG! Click to view recording.
- Thursday, February 29, 2024 Pruning: Not a Mysterious Art! by Bruce Crawford. Click to view handout.
- Thursday, January 18, 2024 Organic Vegetable Farming in Mercer County with Jess Niederer, founder & head farmer at Chickadee Creek Farm. Click to access recording.
2023 Events
- August 22, 2023 Ticks and Lyme Disease Click to access recording.
- July 20, 2023 Fireflies of the Mid-Atlantic Click to access recording.
- June 15, 2023 Evening in the Garden
- May 20, 2023 Compost Demonstration at MEG
- May 6, 2023 Plant Expo & Garden Market at MEG
- April 13, 2023 Wild Plant Culture: Restoring Edible and Medicinal Native Plant Communities by Jared Rosenbaum
- March 11, 2023 Garden Symposium, Back to the Future
- February 23, 2023 Virtual Presentation by Joel Flagler, Rutgers Professor of Horticultural Therapy & Agricultural Extension Agent for Bergen County.
- February 2, 2023 Ready, Set, Start Sowing! Virtual Presentation by Dr. Kathryn Homa, Mercer County Horticulturist.
2022 Events
- April 28, 7pm Invasive Plants in the Landscape & Native Alternatives by Michele Bakacs, Middlesex & Union County Agent.
- Jan 26, 7pm Inviting Pollinators into Your Garden by Kelly Gill.
- Feb 24, 7pm Attracting Birds by Kathy Easton. Recording.
- March 24, 7pm Get Started with Your NJ Garden! by Vincent Simeone.
- March 30, 12pm The Wonder of Weeds by Kathleen Yurwit, RMGofMC. Program Recap.
Below is a list of our past events. Some recordings require a passcode which is located under the link.
| Date | Author or Presenter | Program Title | Recording or Slides | Resource Material |
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| 2022-04-04 | Kathryn Homa, PhD Mercer County Horticulturist | Basics (and more) about Basil | ||
| 2022-03-24 | Vincent Simeone | Get Started with Your NJ Garden | Website: Vincent Simeone Handout: NY NJ Plant List |
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| 2022-01-26 | Kelly Gill Pollinator Conservation Specialist The Xerces Society | Inviting Pollinators into Your Garden | RMGofMC Program Recording | Website: Xerces Society Presentation: Inviting Pollinators into Your Garden |
| 2021-10-12 | Larry Weaner Native Landscape Designer | Living in the Liberated Landscape | RMGofMC Program Recording | Website: Larry Weaner Associates: Our Natural Landscapes |
| 2021-08-25 | Margaret Pickoff Penn State Extension | Veggie Basics 3: Harvesting Crops & End of Season Tasks | Rutgers NJAES YouTube Recording | |
| 2021-07-14 | Dr. Elena Tartaglia Co-founder of National Moth Week | Moths, Marvelous Moths! | Gardening for Moths | |
| 2021-03-30 | Margaret Pickoff Former Mercer County Horticulturist | Planting & Maintaining a Kitchen Container Garden | Recorded by the Princeton Public Library | |
| 2021-03-22 | Randi Eckel, PhD | Grow Your Own Native Edibles | Website: Toadshade Wildflower Farm | |
| 2021-02-25 | Karen Chapman Garden Designer & Author | Deer-Resistant Garden Design Design tricks to create a beautiful garden without fencing despite the presence of deer | Website: Le Jardinet Designs Handout: Deer Resistant Drama Books: Deer-Resistent Design, Gardening with Foliage First, Fine Foliage |
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| 2021-02-19 | Karen Prager Rutgers Master Gardener of Mercer County Hosted by the NJ State Library | The Magic of Seeds | Recorded by NJ State Library | Recap Handout |
| 2020-09-01 | Margaret Pickoff Former Mercer County Horticulturist | Veggie Basics 3: Harvesting Crops & End of Season Tasks | Slides | |
| 2020-05 | Margaret Pickoff Former Mercer County Horticulturist Hosted by the NJ State Library | Cut Flower Gardening | Recording | |
| 2019-06 to 2019-08 | Hands on in the Garden 2019 Held at MEG, Mercer Educational Gardens 1. Creating Garden Drama with Annual Plants 2. Attracting Butterflies to Your Garden 3. Butterfly Trail at MEG 4. Composting 5. Creating & Maintaining a Cottage Garden 6. Success with Herbs 7. Low Maintenance Gardening with Native Plants 8. Plants that Keep Giving–Perennials | Hands on in the Garden Program Series Brochure 1. Annual Gardening at MEG 2. Butterfly Gardening at MEG 3. Meadow Garden Butterfly Trail 4. Composting at MEG 5. Cottage Gardening at MEG 6. Herb Gardening at MEG 7. Native Plant Gardening at MEG 8. Perennial Gardening at MEG |
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| 2018 | Meredith Melendez Rutgers Agricultural Agent melendez@njaes.rutgers.edu | Planning, Planting & Caring to Maximize Your Vegetable Harvest | Slides |