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Vegetable gardening increased 19 percent last season as 43 million folks chose it as a hobby that also saves money.

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Imagine an artist like Claude Monet designing your garden. That will be the focus of Morton Arboretum’s 17th annual Midwest Gardening Symposium highlighting People, Plants, and the Art of the Garden to be held March 5-7.

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Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of four.

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Gardening tips are my favorite. The first tip is a terrific wayto haul your garden tools and a great second use for a householditem. Just think, you don’t have to go running back to the garageor shed for a forgotten tool. With garage-sale season nearing, youcan keep your eyes open for a cheap used caddy.

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Now is the time to sign up for the beginner/newcomer gardening class sponsored by the University of Tennessee Master Gardeners. Topics include soil improvement, herb gardening, wildlife, turf care, flowers, tree care and composting.

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MISHAWAKA — A free garden workshop, “Basic Gardening,” will take place at 6:30 p.m. March 3, 10 and 17 at East United Methodist Church, 1621 E. Third St.

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Lone Star College-Kingwood is again presenting an Urban Harvest gardening class. “Planning the Spring and Summer Vegetable Garden” will be given on the LSC-Kingwood campus Saturday, March 6, from 9:30 a.m. to noon in the teaching theater, CLA building room 114. Attendance is free to the public.

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YOUNG horticulturalists at Greenfylde First School in Ilminster are preparing to spruce up their vegetable patch after bagging a shed load of gardening supplies.

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In my two last columns I wrote about selecting the proper varieties of roses and the planting site and procedures.

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