WORKSHOP: Seeds -- Heirlooms to Hybrids with June Flanagan, WEDNESDAY, January 16 @7pm, UofL AH116

Ah, January!  With the holiday season behind you, it is now the time to dream about next summer's garden that will be.  To help you realize that dream garden, CampusRoots is pleased to welcome local horticulturalist and author, June Flanagan.  Join us as June explains what you need to know about seeds in order to grow tasty herbs and vegetables.  Learn the difference between heirlooms and hybrids.  Find out how to select, sow, and save seeds for the best varieties most suitable for southern Alberta gardens. 

As an extra bonus, June's fourth book, entitled Edible Plants for Prairie Gardens: The Best Fruits, Vegetables and Herbs will be available for sale and for signing by June.

Date: Wednesday, January 16
Time: 7pm-9pm
Location: University of Lethbridge, Anderson Hall Room#116
(print a campus map; Anderson Hall (AH) is the BRIGHT green building next to Lots E  and F)

Cost: Free
RSVP:  campusroots@uleth.ca

Presenter:

A passion for cultivating native North American plants led June Flanagan to earn a B.Sc. in Environmental Horticulture, followed by a M.Sc. in Plant Science.  Formerly a botanical garden specialist and research associate, she currently works as a freelance author, photographer and horticultural consultant.  Flanagan designed the Garden of Native Prairie Plants and related educational programs at the Galt Museum, and she is a frequent public speaker at horticultural events across the Canadian Prairies.  Her fourth book, Edible Plants for Prairie Gardens:  The Best Fruits, Vegetables and Herbs, is a complete guide to growing food with sustainable practices in our short-season climate.  She also wrote Native Plants for Prairie Gardens, and is co-author of The Prairie Gardener's Sourcebook and Garden of Serenity:  Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden.   

Presently, Flanagan has teamed up with John Bain, University of Lethbridge Professor of Biology, to revise Job Kuijt's popular guidebook, Common Coulee Plants of Southern Alberta, as a soon-to-be-released e-book with full colour photographs.