Lebanon County - 8th Annual Penn State Extension Master Gardener Symposium Vegetable Day

Registration Form

Price of Admission:
Price includes the program, handouts, registration gifts, door prizes, silent auction, vendors, and refreshments during registration, at breaks, and a light luncheon.
> $35 Until August 31, 2012
> $40 From September 1 and to at the door

Registration Information:
> Registration will be taken at the Penn State Extension Office, Lebanon Co.
> Cancellation/Refund Policy: NO REFUNDS after September 7.
> NOTE: Walk-ins must pay CASH or CHECK only.

From Seed to Plate: A Vegetable Gardening Class Presentation 
Presented by Roger Swain

• Topic 1: The Whys & Wheres of Raising Vegetables: Does it really make sense to grow your own food? How will you explain what you are doing to “the neighbors”? If your own yard is shady, where do you go?
• Topic 2:  What Shape Is Your Plot: The geometry of smart garden design. Why smaller is often better than bigger?
• Topic 3:  Extending the Season: Temperate zone gardeners can always stretch the harvest, choosing cold tolerant plants and changing the climate for warmth-loving ones.
• Topic 4: Feeding, Weeding and Pest Control: Vegetable gardening is a partnership between plant and grower. Learn how to act responsibly in caring for and defending your crop.
• Topic 5: How to Pick, Store and Enjoy Your Harvest from A to Z: A photographic overview with detailed commentary finishes the day. 

About our Speaker: Roger B. Swain  

With PBS viewers across the country.  More recently, he co-hosted People, Places and Plants on HGTV, a show which celebrates New England gardens and gardeners, and features Roger’s commentary, “Food for Thought.” A five disc DVD set of People, Places and Plants is now available: 46 episodes of non-stop gardening! 

Biologist, gardener, writer and storyteller, Roger Swain was born and raised outside Boston Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College, and went on to earn a Ph.D. , studying the behavior of ants in tropical rain forests, before becoming Science Editor of Horticulture magazine. Since 1978, readers have been enjoying Roger’s essays and articles in that magazine, as well as his five books: Earthly Pleasures, Field Days, The Practical Gardener, Saving Graces, and Groundwork. When he is not editing, writing or meeting with gardeners across the country, Roger can be found at work in the orchard and gardens of his New Hampshire farm.

Roger Swain received the American Horticultural Society Award for Writing in 1992, and in 1996 he was awarded the Massachusetts Horticultural Society Gold Medal for his “power to inspire others.”
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Support the Symposium by Becoming a Vendor, Sponsor, Donation, or Friend of the Master Gardener:

Vendor Letter & Form - Exhibitors will be provided with one 8’x30” table in the main auditorium where the program will be held. The exhibitors will have the opportunity to sell their products or advertise their services prior to the symposium, at the breaks, and at the conclusion of the program. The Symposium hours have been extended this year and are from 8am to 3pm. Set-up is from 7am to 8am. The cost is $40 per table. Your business will be featured in the program that will be part of the attendees’ registration packets.

Sponsor Letter & Form - Sponsorship categories come in several levels: Platinum - $150.00, Full Page Ad; Gold - $100.00, Half Page Ad; Silver - $75.00, Quarter Page Ad; or Bronze - $50.00, Eighth Page Ad. Your sponsorship at any of these levels helps with all of the other educational programs we offer, in addition to the Symposium. Your ad will also be included in the registration packet for our Symposium audience.

Donation Form - Donate a product or gift certificate worth $25 or more.

Friend of the Master Gardener - $10 contribution and your name will be listed in the Vegetable Day with Roger Swain “From Seed to Plate” handout to be given at the event on Saturday, September 15, 2012.