About 1,000 gardening enthusiasts from at least 42 states and two Canadian provinces are expected to gather in Charleston Oct. 11-14 to attend the International Master Gardener Conference 2011.
The event, to be headquartered in the Charleston Civic Center, "will have a $500,000 economic impact on the city," said Jama Jarrett, spokeswoman for the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The conference will open with a "Taste of West Virginia" event showcasing state-grown foods ranging from ramp chowder to pulled pork. "We have 15 pounds of frozen ramps ready to go," said Barber.
In addition to lectures and workshops on gardening topics, there will be day tours to such destinations as Kanawha State Forest, Capital Market, the state Capitol grounds, Coonskin Park, the Carriage Trail, Spring Hill Cemetery, the gardens of Charleston's East End, the State Farm Museum, Blenko Glass in Milton, and Tamarack and the Exhibition Coal Mine in Beckley.
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7 comments:
Blenko has the amazing garden filled with exaqmples of Blenko that might set outside for years w/o harm.
Good combination gardening & glass collecting - both very middle class.
??? Is there really a national garden club?
my comments re blenko are not showing
Hilary
Will Blenko do any special design in honor of this event?
If so - publish photo price and ordering info.
Alice C.
Great opportunity for Blenko to impress 1000 women with too much money and time
Why would Blenko want to cater to a bunch of old women who grow flowers or vegetables?
Maxx
What does it take to be a master gardener?
MAX I DONT BELONG TO A GARDEN CLUB
BUT I DO KNOW LADIES THAT BELONG ARE ALSO LADIES WHO DO LUNCH< WHO HAVE SIGNIFICANT OTHERS WITH GREAT JOBS AND THEY HAVE A TON MORE MONEY TO SPEND ON DECORATING AND SEEDS THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON.
THESE ARE THE WOMEN BLENKO WOULD WANT NOT THOSE OF US WHO DAILY SEE CLIENTS WE WOULD RATHER NOT SEE TO SURVIVE IN THIS WORLD.
MOUNTAIN RITA
MAX HOW OLD ARE YOU?
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