The Country Gardeners Club of Eastern Lancaster County will meet on Thursday, May 19, at 7 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 221 E. Main St., New Holland. The program will be "Native Plants."
The speaker, Connie Schmotzer, has been gardening with native plants for 30 years. Currently retired, she worked as a consumer horticulture educator for 22 years for Penn State Extension, where she concentrated on gardening with native plants to attract pollinators. Prior to joining Penn State Extension, Schmotzer taught school in Williamsburg, Va., and worked as a naturalist with the National Park Service in Wyoming. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Dickinson College and has done graduate work in soils at Montana State University.
A guest fee will be charged. For more information, contact Joanne Greaser at 717-572-1074.
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