Bay-Wise Landscape Management

Wanda MacLachlan is the PI. This educational program teaches strategies that will first, change our view of the urban and suburban landscape and second, show how the environmental and ecological concepts of the late 20th and early 21st centuries can practically be used to transform urban landscapes into a healthy ecosystem.

Master Gardeners (MGs) learn the importance of water quality and how it can be maintained and improved. These Master Gardeners learn how to attract beneficial insects to their landscapes, how to recycle yard waste, conserve water, proper mowing heights of their lawns, how to integrate IPM and other environmentally sound horticultural practices into their lawn and garden maintenance plans, concepts of landscape ecology and ecologically sound landscapes that increase plant diversity, improve water and soil quality, and provide habitat for desirable wildlife.

Fifty-nine hundred and seventy-nine Montgomery County 4th graders from 37 different schools discovered the connections between water quality, agriculture and their environment during their field day at Close Encounters with Agriculture.

For more information, contact Wanda MacLachlan

Last updated: 04/8/2009

What do Katie O'Malley, cover crops, and onthefarmradio.com have in common?
Answer: The Grow It Eat It Campaign! Onthefarmradio.com, promotes cover crops and the Grow It Eat It campaign with Katie O'Malley's Kitchen Garden. - posted Nov 19, 2009

MDA features Grow It Eat It in November eNewsletter.
Maryland's 1st Lady Katie O'Malley plants a cover crop in her kitchen garden with the help of Master Gardeners as part of the Grow It Eat It campaign. - posted Nov 17, 2009

General Forestry Course
Interested in learning about the trees in your woodlot, and how to protect them from insects and pests? Are you interested in managing your forest for wildlife? These topics and more are covered in the General Forestry Course. - posted Nov 16, 2009

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