Hillbilly Daylilies presents the Third Annual
Bloomin' Bash
Saturday, July 9th, 2011 • 9am - 5pm
1105 Giles Mill Road, Bunker Hill WV 25413
A Benefit for the Berkeley County Humane Society
Join us at Hillbilly Daylilies in Bunker Hill, WV for a fun filled day of activities, music, food, vendors, and thousands of beautiful daylilies in bloom! Food by Big Daddy's BBQ and Rock Hill Creamery, live bluegrass music by Stoney Creek, Drymill Road and Appalachia, Antique Tractors and Steam Engines, Farm Animal Exhibit with activities for the kids, and much, much more!

Be sure to enter our raffle for a Weekend Getaway Package!
Register to win Friday & Saturday Night Accommodations for Two at the Clarion Hotel in Shepherdstown, WV. Includes Saturday Breakfast Buffet, Sunday Brunch, Dinner at the Tuscany Grille, Epic Buffet at Hollywood Casino and Movie Tickets to the Shepherdstown Opera House. Drawing to be held at the Bash on Saturday, July 9th, 2011. All proceeds to benefit the Berkeley County Humane Society. Tickets are $5 and are available at:
• Hillbilly Daylilies
• Berkeley County Humane Society: 554 Charles Town Road, Martinsburg, WV 25404 • 304-267-8389
• Cut & Dry: 1019 Berryville Avenue, Winchester, VA 22601 • 540-667-0727
• DeLight'ful Accents: 14 Kodiak Drive, Martinsburg, WV25404 • 304-671-5084

Workshops: Click Here to Pre-Register!
10am Tips from a Lazy Gardener
11am Something from Nothing
12pm Shade Gardening with Natives
1pm Rain Barrels
2pm Plants, Pollinators, and People
3pm Put The Garden In Your Teacup

Detailed Info: (more info to be added as it becomes available)

Tips from a Lazy Gardener (10am) • Presenter: Mary Stickley
We all want to have beautiful gardens. But with work, families, and all our other interests, who has time? This talk will provide you with tips and techniques for reducing the time and labor you spend in the garden. Have a gorgeous garden without all the hard work. Mary Stickley has degrees in Horticulture, Landscape Design, and Identification of Woody Landscape Plants. She owns and operates Countryside Garden Consultations, providing ideas and information to assist homeowners in their gardening endeavors, and co-owns Countryside Nurseries, growers of orchard fruit trees. In addition, she writes on gardening topics for various publications, lectures, and teaches seminars throughout the state.

Something from Nothing (11am) • Presenter: Angie Hutchinson
Master Gardener Angie Hutchinson will demonstrate creative and inexpensive ways to plant garden containers and display bouquets using everyday items from your home and local flea markets. Mrs. Hutchinson is a 30-year resident of Fredrick County, VA and member of the Northern Shenandoah Master Gardener Association.

Shade Gardening with Natives (12pm) • Presenter: Terra DeMedici
Shade gardening with native plants is easy when the proper plants are selected. We will discuss native perennials for dry, average, and moist shade as well as favorite combinations for fool proof shade garden design. Bring your questions and share your experiences for this interactive discussion of shade gardening with native perennials. Grounds For Nature is a native plant nursery run by Terra DeMedici and located in Berkeley Springs, WV . Terra has a Master Degree in Sustainable Landscape Design and Land Planning, and enjoys sharing ideas about and promoting ecologically sustainable gardening practices. www.groundsfornature.com

Rain Barrels (1pm) • Presenter: Gary Sylvester
An introduction to the many benefits of installing a rain barrel to capture runoff from your roof, for the benefit of both the Opequon Creek and the homeowner. There will be a rain barrel set up as well as demonstration on how you can set up your own. OCPT will have the components available for purchase. Gary Sylvester is a member of the Opequon Creek Project Team, formed in April 2005. Their purpose is to act as an advocate and steward of the Opequon watershed and to undertake projects that will lead to reduction in pollutants entering the Opequon Creek and its tributaries in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, West Virginia. For more information about the group visit www.opequoncreek.org.

Plants, Pollinators, and People (2pm) • Presenter: Marsha Peterson
How flowering plants became dominant on earth, their dependence on native pollinators, how we can help these pollinators, and a brief history of human impact on pollination. Marsha is a certified WV Master Gardener and a member of the Eastern Panhandle Beekeepers Association. Her love of plants began with her cactus collection at age four, and she was mentored later in life by a neighbor in Virginia who was a serious collector of rare native plants. As a beekeeper she developed a love and appreciation for all pollinators. She is an advocate for habitat preservation and soil conservation.

Put The Garden In Your Teacup (3pm) • Presenter: Judy Larkin, The Tea Lady
Since the Camellia Sinensis plant (tea) was discovered over 5000 years ago, tea drinkers have been adding flavorings to enhance its taste  However, these days many teas are flavored with artificial, chemically-based agents. The Tea Lady will demonstrate how to create naturally scented or flavored blends by using the flowers and plants growing in your own garden. Judy Larkin is a proud member of the specialty tea institute and is one of twenty-three people, world-wide, who have earned the title of Certified Tea Professional from the Specialty Tea Institute. She has participated in U.S. Trade Delegations to Sri Lanka, India, and China where it was possible to study tea cultivation in the world's top tea producing nations. Last year, she visited Sri Lanka and Nilgiri Tea Region in Southern India. An avid garderner from early childhood, Ms. Larkin became a master gardener in 1985. She has adopted much of what she learned in the tea fields of the world to her own gardens. www.LarkinTea.com