Wisconsin Garden Expo
Patrick Goggin, Lake Specialist, UW-Extension Lakes Program, shares his knowledge of how to choose appropriate plants, how to maintain them and offers propagation tips for gardening in the Northwoods of Wisconsin.
Noel Valdes, the owner of CobraHead LLC, demonstrates how to make and maintain an open raised-bed garden using simple tools and minimal inputs, including bed preparation, planting, crop rotation, composting and crop-protection techniques.
Mariette Nowak, the president of the Kettle Moraine Chapter of Wild Ones, discusses how to increase the number and variety of birds in your yard by growing native plants offering natural habitat and a yearlong smorgasbord of berries, nuts and seeds. Gardeners can play a vital role by preserving and restoring native communities, which can support birds and other wildlife.
Lisa Johnson, a horticulture educator for the Dane County UW-Extension, introduces some newer varieties of hostas and the annual, perennials, shrubs and trees that compliment them.
Roger Reynolds, the owner of Infiltrating Landscapes, discusses the deep-mulch gardening style that works on clay, sandy, rocky or good soil and requires no tilling and almost no digging or weeding.
What could be more satisfying than eating a home grown salad? Lettuce is an easy crop to grow, but there are many vegetables to include in a salad garden. Susan Mahr, statewide coordinator of the Master Gardener Program at UWEX-Madison, introduces these different plants and explains how to grow them at home.
Join Producer/Host Shelley Ryan as she celebrates 20 years of The Wisconsin Gardener. Shelley hosts a commemorative panel session that includes Larry Meiller, host of Wisconsin Public Radio’s Garden Talk and several special guests who have been part of The Wisconsin Gardener during the first two decades.