Assortment of Upcoming Workshops

Here are a few upcoming activities that Missouri State University is offering.

Planning a Fall Garden Workshop

7:00 – 8:00pm, Friday, June 28, 2013 at the Pavilion, Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station Mountain Grove. 

$5.00 registration fee for materials – you can pay at the door but please let us know you are coming so we can prepare your handouts.

This workshop will cover which plants can be grown late in the season and when to start your seeds so you have plants available in fall. Although vegetable crops will be highlighted, some ornamentals like flowering kale and pansies will also be discussed. Topics include the challenges of starting seeds in outdoors in hot weather, in protected locations, and under lights indoors. Participants will do some hands-on seed sowing to get a good jump on their fall gardens.

MSU Wine Premiere – Open House

Come as you are anytime between 4:00 – 8:00pm, Thursday, July 18, 2013 at Faurot Hall, Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station Mountain Grove.

Free and open to the public.  This event will showcase 2012 Vintage Wines along with Missouri State University Agriculture Graduate Student research projects and photographs of local artist and grape grower, Joyce McMurtrey. 

Home Grape Growing Dinner Workshop

5:00 – 8:00pm, Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at the Faurot Hall and Demonstration Garden, Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station Mountain Grove.  Marilyn Odneal, Horticulture Outreach Advisor and Vicki Baumer, graduate student and OTC instructor, will present information about growing grapes for home use.

5:00pm              Introduction to Missouri Grapes and Recommended Cultivars along with dinner catered by Flavored with Thyme

6:00                    General Grape Culture

6:30                    Grape Pests: Signs, Symptoms and Solutions

7:15 - 8:00pm    Check out the Demonstration Vineyard
*Feel free to bring in your grape samples of pest or disease.

$15.00 registration fee for dinner and materials – please register by Friday, July 19.

The registration form http://mtngrv.missouristate.edu/assets/HomeGardeners/regformhomegrape072313.pdf can be mailed with your check or call 417-547-7533 or 417-547-7500 to register with your credit card.

For registration information on any of these workshops, please contact Pamela Mayer PMayer@missouristate.edu or call 417-547-7533 or 417-547-7500 (main number).