Master Gardener’s Lunch-N-Learn Series Continues with Forcing Blooms

The Bluebonnet Master Gardener Lunch-N-Learn educational program is a series of nine informational meetings designed to provide gardening or general landscaping for homeowners. Bring your lunch and learn about a variety of topics that help you have a more productive garden, prettier flower beds, or how to better understand your landscape ecosystems.

The topic this month, “Forcing Blooms” is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 11 and the guest speaker is Doug Janda with Hostyn Hill Greenhouse. Poinsettias, Christmas cactus, Easter lilies and many other bulbs and plants can be encouraged to bloom when flowering is de-sired. Doug shares tips on how to manipulate growing conditions to force blooming.

Registration begins at 11:50 a.m. till 12:05 p.m. and the program lasts till 12:50 p.m. The Lunch-N-Learn Series are held at the Fayette County Agricultural Building, 255 Svoboda Lane in La Grange.

For more information, contact the Fayette County Extension Service at (979) 968-5831.