RI Extension Offers Spring Garden Series

The University of Illinois Extension service will present its spring Home Horticulture Series from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays, beginning March 14 and ending April 25, at the extension office, 4550 Kennedy Drive, East Moline.
Topics will include landscaping with trees and shrubs, how to grow healthy plants, irises, bonsai, orchids, roses, bees, African violets and conifers.
Cost is $6 per evening, or $30 for all seven classes (a savings of $12). Pre-registration is required. Space is limited. To obtain a registration form, call Nancy at the extension office, (309) 796 0512.

April 11: “An eye on iris,” by Kim and Jerry Schoeberl of the Davenport Iris Club, and “Bonsai,” by Jerry Zimmerman of the Quad-City Bonsai club.
The Schoeberls will talk about bearded, Siberian, Japanese, miniature/dwarf, and spuria iris. You will learn their care and how they vary.
Zimmerman will discuss the history, styles, classifications and types of bonsai. He will explain how to get started and how to maintain bonsai, answering the question “Why doesn’t my tree look like a bonsai?”