General Expo Info
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Dates & Times

Thu. 3/6:12PM - 8PM
Fri. 3/7:10AM - 8PM
Sat. 3/8:10AM - 8PM
Sun. 3/9:10AM - 6PM

Contact Information

T: (717) 236-4300
F: (717) 236-6803
info@pagardenexpo.org

Location

PA Farm Show Complex & Expo Center, Harrisburg, PA

Expo Directions

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Expo Parking

All Expo parking is FREE courtesy of Journal Publications! For more information about where to park at the complex, click here.

Show Sponsors

  • Presenting Sponsor:
    Stauffers of Kissel Hill
  • Media Sponsor:
    ABC 27
  • Garden Gourmet Sponsor:
    Giant Food Stores

Seminar Schedule

Thursday, March 6

Demonstration Stage
12 Noon - Female Celebrity Flowering Arranging Content Hosted by Sylvia Maus
1:30 PM George Weigel - How Not To Mess Up Your Landscape
3:00 PM Shirley Halk - Bluebirds and You
4:30 PM Bob Carey, Eric Vorodi, Mike Taylor - Arborist Roundtable
6:00 PM Connie Schmotzer - Wildlife in Your Garden

Planter’s Pavilion
12:30 PM Susanna Reppert - Medicinal Herbs
2:00 PM Tim Abbey - Spare the Spray: Let Bugs Do Your Garden Pest Control
3:30 PM Annette MaCoy - Native Trees & Shrubs
5:00 PM Dennis Heist - Lawn Care
6:00 PM Michael Madorsky - Patio Palaces

Friday, March 7

Demonstration Stage
10:30 AM Roger Swain - People, Places & Plants HGTV
12 Noon - Male Celebrity Flower Arranging Hosted by Sylvia Maus 1:30 PM Jim Doyle - Bonsai: A New Look for an Old Tree
3:00 PM Dianne Tannehill - Floral Design on a Budget
4:30 PM Steve Bogash - Soft/Biorational Pest Control
6:00 PM Roger Swain - People, Places & Plants HGTV

Planter’s Pavilion
11:30 AM Ginger Pryor - Meditation Gardening
1:00 PM Dee Merica - Organic Lawn Care
2:30 PM Tim Abbey - A Green Way to Solving Your Garden Problems
4:00 PM Rick Shadel - If You Build It, They Will Come...Animals That Is
5:30 PM Annette MaCoy - Needled Evergreens

Saturday, March 8

Demonstration Stage
10:30 AM Roger Swain - People, Places, & Plants HGTV
12 Noon Sylvia Braderman - Edible Herbal Bonsai Miniature Landscape
1:30 PM Jim Doyle - Creating Bonsai from Landscape Nursery Stock
2:30 PM Roger Swain - People, Places & Plants HGTV
3:30 PM Steve Bogash - Diggin’ In...Vegetable Gardening
4:30 PM Kathy Quarles - Container Gardening
5:00 PM Central Penn Parent Family Fun Night Activities

Planter’s Pavilion
11:00 AM Mark Willoughby - Pond Builder School: 20 Steps, Insights, and Trade Secrets to Eco-Friendly Water Gardening
2:00 PM Marcus Schneck - Secret Lives of Invasive Species 3:00 PM Rick Shadel - Identifying and Controlling Yard Critters: Voles, Moles, Groundhogs and others
5:00 PM Central Penn Parent Family Fun Night Activities

Sunday, March 9

Demonstration Stage
11:00 AM Ruth Consoli - Do It Yourself Landscaping 12:30 PM Mark Willoughby - Rain Gardens: Creating an Eco-Friendly Habitat Garden in Your Backyard
2:00 PM George Weigel - Gardening with Mother Nature

Planter's Pavilion
10:30 AM Dennis Heist - Garden Gadgets, Gizmos and More!
12 Noon Kathy Quarles - Container Gardening
1:30 PM Ruth Consoli - Do It Yourself Landscaping

** Additional Seminars Added Daily **