The Washington County Master Gardeners will offer garden tours and educational activities in three gardens during Spud Fest on Saturday, August 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center at 7303 Sharpsburg Pike in Boonsboro.
At the butterfly garden, the Children’s Learning Activities team will teach children how to grow sweet potatoes as houseplants and how to plant seeds. A Master Gardener will also demonstrate how to dig and divide perennials.
In the historic 4-square garden, guests will learn how to grow potatoes in grow bags.
Visitors will create a tussie-mussie, a small bouquet of flowers and herbs in the medicinal herb garden,
Spud Fest is an annual potato-themed event sponsored by the Washington County Rural Heritage Museum which is dedicated to the preservation of Maryland agricultural history. The museum includes a 1800s outdoor rural village, period gardens and indoor museums.
Volunteer educators with the University of Maryland Extension, Master Gardeners teach people safe, effective gardening practices that build healthy gardens and communities. They give educational talks, create teaching gardens, offer therapeutic horticulture programs, recognize Bay-Wise landscapes, and host information booths at community events.
University programs, activities, and facilities are available to all without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, national origin, political affiliation, physical or mental disability, religion, protected veteran status, genetic information, personal appearance, or any other legally protected class.
