Program Description

The University of Maine Cooperative Extension presents On Demand Gardening Webinars, which come in bundles of 3 to 4 pre-recorded webinars (60 to 75 minutes each) on a gardening related topic as well as a list of resources.

In our seed selection and starting bundle, you’ll learn how to select seeds for the home garden, exciting new vegetable varieties and their unique characteristics, how to select lights for indoor seed starting, and how to manage your indoor lighting to enhance plant growth.

Program Fee: Offered on a sliding Scale – $0, $15, $30

The following webinars are included in this bundle:

• Planning Your Vegetable Garden: Selecting the Right Seeds with Caleb Goossen, MOFGA’s Crops and Conservation Specialist
• Exciting New Vegetable Varieties for Home Gardeners with a Panel of Experts, including Heron Breen, Seeds Branch Area Coordinator in charge of Trials Programs for Fedco Seeds, Lauren Giroux, Director of Product Selection and Trialing at Johnny’s Selected Seeds, Becky Sideman, UNH Sustainable Horticulture State Specialist, and Mark Hutton, UMaine Extension State Vegetable Specialist
• Optimizing Plant Growth with Indoor Lighting with Jonathan Ebba, UNH Extension Field Specialist

If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Pamela Hargest, UMaine Extension Horticulture Professional,  at extension.gardening@maine.edu or 207.781.6099 to discuss your needs. Receiving requests for accommodations at least 7 days before the program provides a reasonable amount of time to meet the request, however, all requests will be considered.

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