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The annual open house at the University of New Hampshire's Macfarlane Research Greenhouses will offer a broad array of landscaping and flowerbed information and advice. (Courtesy photo)

DURHAM, N.H. - Ready to get out and start planting? Welcome spring with a visit to the University of New Hampshire Macfarlane Research Greenhouses during the annual spring open house Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2, 2016. This year's event will provide displays and plenty of information to help grow your garden. The greenhouses will be open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. both days. The UNH Greenhouse Open House is free and open to the general public. On Saturday, April 2, the open house coincides with the Seacoast Home and Garden Show.
A facility of the NH Agricultural Experiment Station, the UNH Macfarlane Research Greenhouses provide a venue for UNH faculty, staff and students to present colorful displays and educational lectures of interest to home gardeners and landscapers. Learn about creating pollinator gardens, natural pest control, permaculture, and incorporating more greens into your diet. Garden show-quality displays will showcase the landscape of Winnie the Pooh. Poster displays will detail the latest in UNH research on vegetable and fruit breeding, aquaponics and more.
The UNH Plant Diagnostic Lab and Cooperative Extension Plant Health Program will have a display on common diseases and problems of garden and landscape plants. Attendees are encouraged to come with questions about plant health problems. Other open house activities include a plant sale hosted by the Thompson School horticulture program and tours of both the greenhouses and the UNH high tunnels, two greenhouse-style structures where students produce greens for on-campus consumption. The Greenhouse Café will serve coffee, lunch, and homemade treats. The café, hosted by the Thompson School Horticultural Club, helps fund the club's spring trip to Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania.
The UNH Macfarlane Research Greenhouses are located off Main Street on the west end of Durham. Seminars will take place in Putnam Hall across the parking lot from the greenhouses. On Friday, metered parking is available at the UNH Visitor Center across from the greenhouses; parking on Saturday is free. Handicap parking spaces and short-term parking for plant pickup will be available near the main greenhouse entrance. The greenhouses are also served by Wildcat Transit's free shuttle service: www.wildcattransit.com.
For more information, please visit https://www.facebook.com/nhaes/ and https://www.facebook.com/UNHMacfarlaneGreenhouses.
The open house is sponsored by the NH Agricultural Experiment Station, the Thompson School of Applied Science, the biological and sustainable agriculture programs of the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, and UNH Cooperative Extension.
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