Want to learn how to build healthy gardens, landscapes, and communities? The Dauphin County Master Gardeners Speakers Bureau offers presentations and workshops on a wide variety of horticultural subjects and environmental issues to various organizations and community groups.
Please choose from the list of presentations or other topics offered, listed below. We can customize a presentation to meet the needs and interests of your group. Please contact Audree Khalishah at 717-921-7623 or abk5978@psu.edu to set up the presentation. We make every effort to fulfill your request; however, we cannot guarantee speaker availability.
Presentations offered:
- Pollinators and Predators in PA
- The Four-Season Garden
- Creating a Garden that Welcomes Wildlife (Ecological Horticulture)
- A Master Gardener’s Favorite Plants
- Happy Hydrangeas: How to Successfully Grow these Gorgeous Shrubs
- Creating Healthy Garden Soil
- Made in the Shade: Choosing the Best
- Creating a Crevice
- Great Groundcovers: Selection and Success
- Growing Carnivorous Native Plants in Containers
- Preparing the Landscape for Winter
- Spectacular Fall Color: Plants that Standout
- Soil Testing and Interpretation: Updated for 2024
- Design Concepts for the Home Gardener
- Planting Fall Bulbs for a Captivating Spring Flower Display
- Growing Summer Bulbs
- Spotted Lanternfly: What You Need to Know Now
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - a Deep Dive into Garden Pests and Wildlife
- Introduction to Entomology
Other topics offered:
- Wildlife in the garden - birds, insects, rabbits, and more
- Gardening for Pollinators
- Gardening with Native Plants
- Vegetable Gardening
- Container Gardening
- Herb Gardens
- All about Roses
- Four-season Garden Shrubs
- All about Compost
Cost
A $100.00 fee is requested to support our outreach programming. Checks should be made out to PSCE and can be given to the presenter or mailed to:
Master Gardener Program
Penn State Extension
1451 Peters Mountain Road
Dauphin, PA 17018-9504
Fee can be negotiated if needed. Please contact the Extension office.
