Seed Swap

Tired of the snow?  Here's an event that will get you excited for the spring.  The Ogden Seed Exchange is hosting their Seed Swap on Saturday, February 23rd at the Ogden Nature Center.  There will be mini workshops at 10am and the swap will be from 11am-1pm. 

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The event is free to the public so please come!  Our Master Gardeners will be there to answer gardening questions at our booth, so please go say hi.  Also, one of our new Master Gardeners, Mary Milan will be teaching a mini class about collecting heirloom seed.  This should be a fun event to socialize with fellow gardeners and you'll go home with some great seeds to start in your own garden.

January Gardening Calendar

With all the snow and cold temperatures you're probably thinking that spring will never come.  Now, don't get discouraged...warm temperatures and the sun will come back.  I promise.  In the meantime, here are some fun things to do while you wait for warmer weather and the snow to melt.

• Fertilize poinsettias after their blooms fall off, and trim back to just a few leaves if keeping it until next year.  Otherwise, add it to the compost pile.  Watch this great video by Jerry Goodspeed and say, "No to poinsettia neglect!"  

• Plan the garden on paper using a pencil and eraser.  Need more help with designing your landscape?  Enroll in our Landscape Design class that will be taught at the Ogden Botanical Gardens in April.  Hurry, class size is limited.

• Order some new and exciting seeds from your favorite catalog.  (This is one of my favorite pass times when it's too cold outside to play in the dirt.)

• Water evergreens if there is no snow on the ground. (Don't need to worry about lack of snow this month!)

We Finally Have a Website

We are excited to announce the launching of the Ogden Botanical Gardens website.  It will be a great resource for what is going on at the gardens, upcoming classes and what to do in your garden throughout the year. 

Go to ogdenbotanicalgardens.org and see our new site.  I will continue to add more posts to the blog and hope that you will enjoy another gardening resource produced by Utah State University Extension.
Hope that you are enjoying some gardening time-off and dreaming of new garden aspirations for next spring.

The End of Another Season

Thanks for another great year at the Ogden Botanical Gardens!  We had a lot of fun, got to plant some great flowers, and work with some awesome Master Gardeners.  Fall is definitely in the air and that means that we will be pulling out all our annual flowers on October 23rd from 9am-2pm.  This will be our final Master Gardener Clean Up Day of the year.  Please come and help us get all our flower beds ready for winter. We'll be pulling out the annual flowers, weeding and cleaning up all the beds at the gardens. 
The building will officially close on October 31st and will re-open on March 1, 2013.  If you have any questions please call Amy at 801-399-8201. 
Thanks again for another wonderful year at the Ogden Botanical Gardens!

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Kathy's Retirement Party

I want to thank everyone who came out to Kathy's retirement party.  It was a blast!  It was so much fun to talk with everyone and was a great way to tell Kathy how much we love and will miss her. 

Kathy opening her retirement gift from everyone.  She loved her iPad!

Kathy was so happy to have an opportunity to talk to each person who came and to give them a hug.  We had great food, wonderful friends, and the best secretary in the world! 

Cute decor & yummy treats!

We love our Master Gardeners and are so grateful to spend some time with you and with Kathy! 

We also gave her an autographed picture of the gardens.

Good luck Kathy!  You will be greatly missed!

Kathy Bardwell's Retiring

After working for Weber County and Utah State University for 21 years, Kathy our favorite friend is retiring.  We will miss her dearly and really don't know what we are going to do without her!  She has been the "glue" that holds the Ogden Botanical Gardens and the Weber County Extension office together. 

 Jerry always says that when Kathy retires he only has 2 weeks before everyone finds out that he is a fraud.  It's true!  Kathy put up with our procrastinating ways, she remembered our appointments better than we did, and always made everyone feel appreciated and needed!  The list of her many talents can go on and on and on.....  Kathy, we will miss you and want you to know that it has been a pleasure to associate and work with you! 

Please join us for Kathy's Retirement Celebration on Thursday, August 30 at 6-7:30pm at the Ogden Botanical Gardens.