Landscaping with Perennials & Bulbs
The Mid America Regional Lily Society (MARLS) is honored that Michael Heger, owner of Ambergate Gardens located near Chaska, MN, has agreed to give an educational presentation about his passions; Perennials, Bulbs, and Landscaping.
The 2012 Spring Educational Session will begin with a short business meeting, then at 10:00am our featured speaker, Mr. Heger, will discuss the various effects used with perennials and bulbs in your landscaping. A brief biography of Mr. Heger's many accomplishmentsis is below.
After our presentation Q & A, we will host a Lily Potting Laboratory and demonstrate potting lily bulbs with proper soil and care. Each meeting attendee has the opportunity to take home a lily bulb potted up and ready to go.This portion of our program is limited to "supplies available".
Our seminar runs from 10:00 am to NOON in the Beaumont Room at the Missouri Botanical Garden on February 25th. A brief society business meeting begins at 9:30am. This event is free and open to the public.
*Michael Heger , along with his wife Jean, owns Ambergate Gardens located near Chaska, MN. Though a foreign language major in college, his love of the outdoors brought him into 15+ years of employment with the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. Ambergate Gardens started in 1985 while he was employed at the Arboretum. In 1988, it became a full time business for Mike and Jean. Ambergate Gardens is a retail mail order/walk-in business devoted entirely to herbaceous perennial flowers. It also offers a line of wholesale containerized perennials to local designers and landscapers.
Mike is the author of Perennials A to Z, a series of articles that were originally published in Minnesota Horticulturist, and coauthor of Growing Perennials in Cold Climates. A revised edition of the highly regarded book written specifically for the colder regions of this country was released in spring of 2011. He is active in numerous plant societies and trade organizations related to perennial flowers. He has lectured on a wide variety of gardening topics throughout the northern tier of states.