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Horticulturalist Entreats Amateur Gardeners to ‘Know Your Enemy’

04.21.2011 Events, Faculty & Staff, Landscape/Horticulture, Transportation & Natural Resources Technologies

Carl J. Bower engages his audience Relevant books from the Madigan Library collection supplement the presentation On one of the first garden-friendly days of the season, horticulture instructor Carl J. Bower provided a helpful primer on invasive plants and how to discern whether to nurture or nix that beautiful backyard growth. “ Plants: Friend or Foe?” was the Spring 2011 Madigan Library Forum, held from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday in the second-floor reading loft.

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