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Free Plant & Insect Library Focus: Free
<br />Diagnostic ClinicsSummer Reading
<br />Experience
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<br /> “Bookawocky,” Anoka County Library’s summer
<br />FREE Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinics for Anoka
<br />reading experience, runs June 8 through August 19,
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<br />homeowners identify problems and develop appropri-
<br />explore, and connect at the library for fun and succeed-
<br />ate solutions for their landscapes by using research-
<br />ing in school. For more on “Bookawocky” activities and
<br />based information. Clinics are held on Wednesday
<br />performances, please contact Rum River Library, 4201
<br />evenings at the Bunker Hills Activities Center from
<br />6th Ave., Anoka, 763-576-4695, or anokacountylibrary.
<br />6:00-8:00 pm (please arrive by 7:30 pm at the latest),
<br />org.
<br />May 22 through August 28 (no clinic the week of July
<br />4). For the convenience of those living on the western
<br />side of Anoka County, a traveling Plant and Insect Di-
<br />Master Gardener Plant
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<br />Show, 7415 Old Viking Blvd., Nowthen, MN, August
<br />Sale Fundraiser
<br />16-18.
<br /> At the Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinics, resi-
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<br />dents can: bring samples of garden or lawn plants, or
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<br />Master Gardener Volunteers will have their annual fun-
<br />plant material for diagnosis of common insect, dis-
<br />draising plant sale on Wednesday, May 22, from 7:30 am
<br />ease, or other problems; receive recommendations for
<br />to 3:00 pm at the spacious Anoka Armory, 408 E Main
<br />cultural control of pests and weed problems or discuss
<br />St, Anoka.
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<br /> Featured plants this year include select specialty an-
<br />fruits, vegetables, and pests with Master Gardeners.
<br />nuals such as sunny Coleus, Calibrachoa, Sweet Potato
<br />Samples of diseased plants should be a substantial
<br />Vine, Sunpatiens, and many more. Other popular plants
<br />portion approximately 8-10" in length, and include
<br />available include perennials for sun, perennials for shade,
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<br />tomatoes, herbs, vegetables, daylilies, dahlias, hostas, and
<br />margins showing both healthy and damaged material
<br />houseplants. It is recommended to come early, as some
<br />is best. Samples of insects should include the whole
<br />selections are limited.
<br />insect (not squished) placed in a screw top jar or sealed
<br /> Proceeds from this plant sale help to support the
<br />plastic container. Insects can be placed in a freezer to
<br />University of Minnesota Extension - Anoka County
<br />preserve them. Samples of turf need to be about the
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<br />size of a small shoe box, and must include the roots.
<br />delivering education through a variety of programs in-
<br />If the turf is diseased, the specimen needs to include a
<br />cluding: the Walk in the Garden classes, Plant and Insect
<br />margin of both the healthy side and unhealthy side of
<br />Diagnostic Clinics, Ask A Master Gardener booths, the
<br />the sample.
<br />Home Landscaping and Garden Fair, and many youth
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<br />projects.
<br />but donations are welcome. Participants are asked to
<br /> Master Gardeners will be on hand and available to
<br />please limit three samples per vis-
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<br />it. To learn more about the Plant
<br />vegetables, and pests. Feel free to bring in plant disease
<br />and Insect Diagnostic Clinics, or
<br />or insect samples to be evaluated by Master Gardener
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<br />diagnosticians.
<br />Gardeners, call 763-755-1280, or
<br />To learn more about the plant sale or other programs
<br />visit their website at http://anoka-
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<br />mastergardeners.org/.
<br />http://anokamastergardeners.org/.
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