Tenth Annual Garden & Landscape Symposium - Fort ...
←
→
Page content transcription
If your browser does not render page correctly, please read the page content below
Tenth Annual Garden & Landscape Symposium
Fort Ticonderoga, Saturday, April 2, 2022
The King’s Garden at Fort Ticonderoga presents the Tenth Annual Garden &
Landscape Symposium, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in the Mars Education Center. This
one-day program focuses on practical, easy-to-implement strategies for expanding and
improving your garden or landscape. We invite you to join us, whether you are an
experienced gardener or you are just getting started, for helpful insights from garden
experts who live and garden in northern climates. New This Year! Those unable to
travel to Ticonderoga for this annual symposium can sign up to participate virtually
through Fort Ticonderoga’s Center for Digital History, using Zoom webinars.
Register online today!
Symposium Schedule
9:00 Welcome—Fort Ticonderoga staff. experiences in the cooking world. Learn techniques for
growing log-cultivated shiitake, lion's mane, and oyster
9:10-9:20 Challenges of the 2021 Growing Season— mushrooms. Familiarize yourself with resources for
Fort Ticonderoga’s Horticulturist-in-Residence Ann sourcing from local farms that cultivate mushrooms. Come
Hazelrigg a brief review of the challenges gardeners faced in with questions about mushrooms, wild or cultivated. Carly
2021. Summers of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex
9:20-10:20 Planting Trees for Posterity—Proper County regularly teaches a hands-on cultivation class,
planting of trees is critical to their long-term health and currently cultivates log-grown mushrooms, and helps
viability. Join Burlington City Arborist V.J. Comai as he connect the public with local foods and farms through
takes us through the critical steps in Adirondack Harvest.
planting a tree. The talk will cover site 11:45-12:30 Lunch—Included in the registration fee.
assessment, species selection, various
planting options, and the pros and cons 12:30-12:40 What to Expect in 2022—Fort
of each, as well as best planting Ticonderoga’s Horticulturist-in-Residence Ann
practices and aftercare throughout the Hazelrigg shares about what to expect in the 2022 growing
establishment period. With more than season.
three decades of experience in the 12:40-1:40 Sharing the Beauty of Mount Desert
planting and maintenance of trees, V.J.
Island—Join the Land & Garden Preserve’s CEO, Rodney
has seen it all. This presentation will help you avoid
Eason, as he provides an
common mistakes that lead to premature tree failure and
overview of how the
will ensure that the trees that you plant will be your gift to
Preserve came to be thanks
posterity.
to visionary
10:30-11:30 Source and Grow Edible Mushrooms— planning, passionate
Learn about several edible conservation, and dedicated
mushroom species easy to source support. The Preserve, sited on
and grow in New York. Mushrooms the southern edge of Mount
are a sustainable protein, incredibly Desert Island, Maine and
nutritious, and can be grown in bordered by Acadia National
forests or even urban environments. Park, spans nearly 1,400 acres.
Wildly varied in tastes and textures, Within these majestic lands are the historic gardens
championing the elusive umami of Asticou, Thuya, and Abby Aldrich
flavor profile, mushrooms create new Rockefeller. Connecting these gardens are over 1,200 acres
of natural lands with nearly 10 miles of carriage roads and 10 And there will be mead to sample! Ricky the Meadmaker
miles of hiking trails. Rodney will provide an overview of (Ricky Klein) is not only a professional brewer of craft
the fortunate set of events that allowed the Preserve to be mead, but also maintains three acres of wild pollinator land
formed and some of the future initiatives allowing the as part of his meadery's goal to support pollinator health
Preserve to continue to be beautiful, accessible to the now and for the future.
public, and sustainable for
generations to come.
3:00-4:00 Inside the Pavilion—
Join Stuart Lilie, Vice President of
1:45-2:45 Save the Bees with a Public History at Fort Ticonderoga,
Brew—Or, what you can do to for a tour of the newly-restored Pell
promote both wild pollinators and Pavilion. Explore the restoration
honey bees in your landscape and the process and interesting discoveries
delicious beverage you can make with along the way. See the adaptive reuse
all of your honey. This session will of the Pavilion for the future of this
cover both the basics of home 1826 National Historic Landmark and
meadmaking and the simple tricks for Fort Ticonderoga.
making your landscape bee friendly.
LUNCH BECOME A MEMBER OF
Lunch is included in the registration fee. The selection FORT TICONDEROGA
includes a variety of sandwiches (turkey, chicken salad, Your annual membership includes FREE admission for one
egg salad, veggie) on a mix of white and wheat bread, year, invitations to
potato salad, pasta salad, strawberry-spinach salad, corn special events and
chowder, vegetarian vegetable soup, cookie, and bottled programs, the
water. Haversack (Fort
Ticonderoga’s
Please select your sandwich preference on the quarterly
registration form to help us order the appropriate newsletter) and
number of sandwiches. Indicate if your require a gluten- special discounts
free option. for programs
offered throughout
the year and in the
Museum Store.
Fort Ticonderoga is
a non-profit
educational
organization,
museum, and
historic site. Your
membership helps
support our mission
to preserve,
educate, and
provoke an active
discussion about
the past and its
importance to
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES present and future generations.
We have many volunteer opportunities in the King’s
Garden to fit every interest and schedule! Volunteering at
Fort Ticonderoga’s King’s Garden offers you the
opportunity to become active in the community, meet
Fort Ticonderoga is an independent not-for-profit educational
fascinating people from around the world, and help keep institution and museum open to the public since 1909 and serves its
Fort Ticonderoga a beautiful and exciting place to visit. mission to preserve, educate, and provoke an active discussion about
For more information, email slilie@fort-ticonderoga.org the past and its importance to present and future generations. We
or call 518-585-6190. foster an on-going dialogue surrounding citizens, soldiers, and nations
through America’s military heritage.
HOW TO REGISTER SYMPOSIUM PATRON
Complete the registration form below and mail with your You can contribute additional support for the Symposium by
credit card information or check (payable to Fort Ticonderoga) becoming a Patron at the $250 level. It includes the registration
to: fee, a season pass to the King’s Garden, and a $50 gift
Garden Symposium certificate to the Museum Store.
Fort Ticonderoga
PO Box 390 CANCELLATION POLICY
Ticonderoga, NY 12883-0390 Cancellations must be received by April 1st; registration fees
Registrations with payment will be accepted on a first-come, will be refunded less a $25 processing charge. Refunds will be
first-served basis. processed after the Symposium. There is a $10 processing
charge to transfer registrations to another person.
REGISTER ONLINE! Register online by visiting:
https://www.fortticonderoga.org/event/annual-garden-and-
landscape-symposium/
2022 GARDEN & LANDSCAPE SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATON FORM
Registration Information Virtual Registration Fees
Please use one form per person. Make photocopies or Early Bird Registration (by March 15, 2022)
print out additional forms from the Fort Ticonderoga Member, $45
website for additional registrants. General Public, $55
Name Registration (after March 15, 2022)
Address Member, $60
General Public, $70
Phone
Membership
I am a member of Fort Ticonderoga
My name as I would like it to appear on my name tag: I would like to become a member or renew a
membership at the level designated below:
Corporal (individual) $60 Lieutenant $175
Yes, please confirm my registration by email. Sergeant (dual) $85 Captain, $250
Ensign (family) $125 Major, $500
Email address Colonel, $1,000
Yes, you may include my contact information on
a handout for attendees at the Seminar.
TOTALS
Registration Fees (includes lunch) Registration Fees $ __________
Membership $ __________
Early Bird Registration (by March 15, 2022)
Member, $65 TOTAL $ __________
General Public, $75
Patron Level, $250 Check enclosed Visa AMEX
MasterCard Discover
Regular Registration (after March 15, 2022)
Member, $80
General Public, $90 Credit Card # Exp. Date
Patron Level, $250 Verification number:
The last three digits on the back of your card in the signature box or
Lunch Options (please indicate your choice of bread) AMEX on the front of your card.
Chicken Salad
Egg Salad
Turkey For office use: EXC_____ CFM_____ MEM_____ 011122
Veggie
Bread Choice
white bread multigrain bread
gluten-free bread
P.O. Box 390
Ticonderoga, NY 12883-0390
(518) 585-2821
Your invitation to the
Tenth Annual
Garden & Landscape Symposium
at Fort Ticonderoga
April 2, 2022.
Tenth Annual Garden & Landscape Symposium
Fort Ticonderoga April 2, 2022
You can also read
