The 2009 UMass Garden Calendar
Orders now being taken - calendars will begin shipping mid-September
University of Massachusetts Extension announces the availability of its ever popular Garden Calendar for 2009, "Diversity in Green."
For more details, pictures and an order form, go to
www.umassgardencalendar.org .
FOR MANY YEARS, UMass Extension has worked with the citizens of Massachusetts to help them make sound environmental choices about growing, planting, and maintaining plants in their landscapes, including vegetables, backyard fruits, and ornamental plants such as trees, shrubs, perennials, vines, annuals, and grasses.
The 2009 calendar, "Diversity in Green", continues UMass Extension’s tradition of providing gardeners with ways to reduce pesticides, conserve water, and create habitat for humans and wildlife while also enjoying the beauty of their yards. We hope that the photos selected for this calendar will not only bring pleasure but will also inspire and educate the gardener. Represented in this calendar are plants that are collector’s plants, some that are not widely known and some that are just ‘great’ plants that deserve increased use. Whether it is a disease resistant apple variety, a drought tolerant perennial, or a pest-free and non-invasive shrub that provides food and shelter for wildlife, the choices we make in our own backyards will affect the larger community that we all live in, as we move towards a more sustainable future.
The 2009 UMass Extension’s Garden Calendar presents a selection of plants chosen by the UMass Extension Landscape, Nursery & Urban Forestry staff for pest resistance, adaptability to specific growing environments, and seasonal effectiveness. A brief description accompanies each photo to help understand these plant choices. As in previous calendars, daily gardening tips provide information on garden pests and management strategies to help gardeners reduce pesticide usage as well as “how-to and when” tips such as dates to plant peas, renovate lawns, prune and fertilize roses, and conserve water in the landscape, and many more.
As always, each month features
* An inspiring garden image.
* Daily gardening tips for Northeast growing conditions.
* Daily sunrise and sunset times.
* Phases of the moon.
* Plenty of room for notes.
* Low gloss paper for easy writing.
To order quantities of 1-9 calendars, send $12.00 each (payable to UMass) to Garden Calendar, c/o Mailrite, 78 River Rd. South, Putney, VT 05346. Bulk orders of 10-24 copies to a single address are available at $9.00 each, 25-49 copies are $8.00 each, and orders of 50 copies or more cost $7.00 each, plus shipping and handling. For an order form and chart of shipping charges, go to www.umassgardencalendar.org
For more information, contact the UMass Extension Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry Program at (413) 545-0895 or eweeks@umext.umass.edu.