{"id":147230,"date":"2026-01-21T22:34:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T03:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=147230"},"modified":"2026-01-21T22:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T03:34:39","slug":"spring-garden-webinar-series-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=147230","title":{"rendered":"Spring Garden Webinar Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prepare for the upcoming growing season with the 2026 Spring Garden Series, presented by the Master Gardeners of Lehigh and Northampton Counties. This annual four-part webinar series offers expert guidance for gardeners of all experience levels, featuring practical approaches to earth-friendly lawn care, native alternatives to invasive plants, effective vegetable garden management, and ways to support Pennsylvania\u2019s native pollinators. Each session invites you to explore new techniques and ideas that will help you cultivate a healthy, sustainable, and more rewarding garden.<\/p>\n<p>The webinars will take place on Mondays and Tuesdays March 23, 24, 30 &amp; 31, 2026 from 6:30 to 7:45 PM. Topics will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Environmentally friendly lawn care practices and alternatives to traditional turfgrass lawns<\/li>\n<li>Native alternatives to invasive ornamentals<\/li>\n<li>How to identify and manage common vegetable problems and pests<\/li>\n<li>Ways to improve habit for our native bees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Registration is required to receive the link to access the webinar. A link to the recorded webinar will be emailed to registrants within 10 business days after the live event. The recording will be accessible for six months from the event start. Register by March 22. <\/strong>The cost for each webinar is $10 or $30 for all four.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to register, go to: <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.psu.edu\/spring-garden-series?utm_campaign=MAGD__WBN-G-3468__NON-CAMPAIGN-RELATED&amp;utm_source=FLYER&amp;utm_medium=PRINT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extension.psu.edu\/sgs<\/a> or call 877-345-0691. Any questions about this webinar can be directed to Joseph Veshinfsky at <a href=\"mailto:jcv5092@psu.edu\">jcv5092@psu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nIngrid Garcia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepare for the upcoming growing season with the 2026 Spring Garden Series, presented by the Master Gardeners of Lehigh and Northampton Counties. This annual four-part webinar series offers expert guidance &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=147230\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spring Garden Webinar Series<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sgs-John-Drabic.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147230"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/147231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}