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A Taste of Spring: Open House at the UNH Greenhouses
Spring comes early to New Hampshire at the University of New Hampshire's annual Greenhouse Open House, March 26 and 27.
Coinciding with the popular Seacoast Flower, Home and Garden Show at the nearby Whittemore Center, the Greenhouse Open House runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.
Free and open to the general public, the Open House is a great source for locally produced plants and information from a variety of horticultural experts.
Some features of the Open House
- Colorful staff and student displays and educational lectures of interest to home gardeners and landscapers.
- UNH-grown plants for sale.
- Seminars on topics such as coping with garden insects, promoting beneficial insects in the garden, cooking with herbs, creating inviting entryways with plants, and preventing late blight.
- Faculty and student research presentations of a variety of subjects, from strawberry wine, to winter-sprouting broccoli, to growing sweet potatoes.
- Displays by horticulture students from the Thompson School of Applied Sciences on the themes of The Old Country Farm and The Green City.
- Publications by UNH authors available for sale.
- The Greenhouse Cafe (proceeds help fund the UNH Horticultural Club's spring trip to Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania.
The UNH greenhouses are located off Main Street on the west end of Durham. Lectures will take place in Putnam Hall across the parking lot from the greenhouses. For more information, including a schedule of lectures.
Coinciding with the Open House on Saturday is the Little Royal Livestock show at the Skoglund Livestock Arena at UNH. This free event, open to the public, showcases students competing against one another for the best turned-out cows or horses. Learn more.
The Greenhouse Open House is sponsored by the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station, the UNH biological sciences and horticulture academic programs, Thompson School of Applied Sciences horticulture department, the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station, and UNH Cooperative Extension.
Photo: UNH students and staff create colorful displays for this year's Greenhouse Open House. By David Goudreault.