{"id":94154,"date":"2019-07-26T23:51:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T03:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=94154"},"modified":"2019-07-26T23:51:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T03:51:15","slug":"lehigh-county-penn-state-extension-offers-master-garden-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=94154","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh County Penn State Extension Offers Master Garden Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Succulents, Vegetable Pollinators and Hydrangeas Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Allentown, Pa &#8211; Join the Penn State Extension Lehigh and Northampton County Master Gardeners for these exciting workshops Succulent Savvy, Today\u2019s Hydrangeas and Pollinators and Your Vegetable Garden.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Learn about the wonderful world of<strong> Succulents<\/strong> on Saturday, August 10 at 10:00 am \u2013 12:00 pm at Penn State Lehigh Valley, Room 224, 2809 Saucon Valley Road, Center Valley PA 18034. This diverse group of plants are easy to grow with a few basic strategies. Topics covered include popular varieties of succulents, light and soil requirements, and avoiding common problems and pests. Every participant will take home plants, soil, and a container to assemble their own succulent garden. This workshop is $20.00 and includes a planter with succulents. Please register at<\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.psu.edu\/workshops-for-the-gardener-succulent-savvy\">https:\/\/extension.psu.edu\/workshops-for-the-gardener-succulent-savvy<\/a> <\/u> or call 1-877-345-0691.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pollinators and Your Vegetable Garden, A Symbiotic Relationship Workshop<\/strong> is Saturday, August 24, 2019, 10:00 am \u2013 11 am at Burnside Plantation Pollinator Demonstration Garden, 1461 Schoenersville Road, Bethlehem, PA 18018. Did you know many of your flowering vegetable plants produce pollen and nectar that help feed our pollinators? The pollinators can help many of your favorite vegetables produce bigger and tastier vegetables.\u00a0 Learn how you can maximize these relationships so you can benefit from better crop yields. This is a FREE event open to the public. Please register at<\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.psu.edu\/pollinators-and-your-vegetable-garden\">https:\/\/extension.psu.edu\/pollinators-and-your-vegetable-garden<\/a> <\/u> or call 1-877-345-0691.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Hydrangeas<\/strong> Workshop is Wednesday, September 18, 6:30 pm \u2013 8:30 pm at Northampton Community College \u2014 Fowler Family Southside Center, Room 523, 511 E 3rd Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015. This presentation will cover the types, care and pruning of hydrangeas. Gardeners need to know the type of hydrangea they are growing as that will influence when and how it should be pruned in order to obtain the best blooms along with the optimal conditions required. This talk will cover the proven varieties which have been used for years along with some of the newest exciting varieties being produced for bloom color and dependability. This is a FREE event open to the public. Please register at<\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.psu.edu\/workshops-for-the-gardener-todays-hydrangeas\">https:\/\/extension.psu.edu\/workshops-for-the-gardener-todays-hydrangeas<\/a> <\/u> or call 1-877-345-0691.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Penn State encourages people with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities.\u00a0 If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, call the Lehigh County Extension office at 610-391-9840.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nJoshua Siegel<br \/>\nPublic Information Officer<br \/>\nCounty of Lehigh, Office of the County Executive<br \/>\n17 S. 7th Street, 4th Floor, Suite 436<br \/>\nAllentown, PA 18101<br \/>\nwww.lehighcounty.org<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94155,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PSU-EXTENSION.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94154"}],"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=94154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/94155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}