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SAWS Spring Bloom
March 9, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
This FREE annual event is your prime opportunity to learn about gardening and landscape care from the pros — all while saving water. This year’s focus will be on the rookie gardener. Learn all the basics to get started — from selecting soil to picking plants to maintaining a less thirsty, more drought-hardy landscape.
Guest presentations include:
- 9:30 AM — Good Bug, Bad Bug: 10 Bugs Everyone Should Know by Molly Keck, Entomologist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
- 10:30 AM — Texas – It’s a Whole ‘Nother Country: A Newcomer’s Guide to Gardening in South Texas by Anna Vogler, Bexar County Master Gardener Water Conservation Coordinator
- 11:35 AM — What Everyone New to San Antonio and Gardening Should Know – The Organic Perspective by Bob Webster, Shades of Green Nursery
Attendees also will have the opportunity to earn up to three WaterSaver Rewards points and a $50 coupon to use toward water-conserving mulch for your landscape!
Local gardening experts will be speaking throughout the day and there will be a fun-filled learning area for children.
As always, the first 1,000 visitors get a free plant!
BCMGs: 1 CEU per 1 hour of presentation at 9:30 and 10:30 AM. Code: 001.
Color codes for the calendar are as follows:
- Orange: These are events for BCMG members only.
- Blue: These are public events for which BCMG members can also receive CEU credit.
- Green: These are events that are open to the general public.