2024 Garden Show Schedule of Events

All Times are Central Time (Chicago Time)

Kid’s Scavenger Hunt – Starts in Kid’s Explore Zone – Rooms A142/A143

TIME

A140

MEDIA CENTER

8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

 Vendors and Food Concessions

Open All Day

Shopping with Vendors
and
Food by “SWEET LOU, That’s WHO”
All Day

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Kids Explore Zone

Susan Betz
“Magical Moons & Seasonal Cycles:
Garden Phenology”

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Kids Explore Zone

Jack Pizzo
“Restoring the Ecosystems of NW Indiana and SW Michigan: 
From the Garden to the Horizon”

ALL DAY

Kids Explore Zone

LUNCH BREAK
FOOD PROVIDED BY
“SWEET LOU, That’s WHO”

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Kids Explore Zone

Dr. Spencer Cortwright
“The Gem of Chicago Wilderness: Ecology & Restoration of a Great Ecological Area in the U.S.”

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Kids Explore Zone

Dolly Foster
“The Time is Now to Begin a Butterfly Habitat in Your Garden”

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Kids Explore Zone

Basket & Door Award Drawings

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Founded in 1998, the purpose of the LaPorte County Extension Master Gardeners Association, a non-profit organization, is to promote the art, science, education and pleasure of gardening in the Community, in cooperation with Purdue Extension, LaPorte County, Indiana.

REFERENCE LINKS

PURDUE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION

LA PORTE COUNTY OFFICE

2857 W. State Road 2, Suite A
La Porte, IN 46350
219-324-9407
Kathy Ulman – Secretary

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Purdue University Is An Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action Institution

© 2021 La Porte County Master Gardeners

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Founded in 1998, the purpose of the LaPorte County Master Gardener Association, a non-profit organization, is to promote the art, science, education and pleasure of gardening in the Community, in cooperation with Purdue Extension, LaPorte County, Indiana.

REFERENCE LINKS

Master Gardener Volunteer Hours Login

Purdue Extension – La Porte County


Purdue Extension – Master Gardener Program


Purdue Extension – Online Resources for Gardeners


Friendship Botanic Garden


Fernwood Botanical Garden


Gabis Arboretum


Indiana Native Plant Society

PURDUE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION 

LA PORTE COUNTY OFFICE

2857 W. State Road 2, Suite A
La Porte, IN 46350
219-324-9407
Tina DeWitt – Secretary

Purdue University Is An Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action Institution

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