Speaker and Community Resource Bank

If you are looking for a speaker for your group or organization please review the list of topics our members are knowledgeable and able to speak on. 
 

If you would like to secure a speaker please:

• Contact Administrative Assistant Tina Dewitt by clicking here or calling 219-324-9407.
• Be prepared to present her with information on what your speaker needs are and your contact information. 
• You will then be contacted by one of the members of the La Porte County Master Gardeners’ Speaker Bureau to work with you on your speaker request. 
• If you do not find a speaker topic below to fill your need we will still follow up on your request and attempt to help you with finding a speaker. 
• Master Gardeners are willing to work with children or adults and have experience with both.

 
 

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               Speaker Topics

• Vegetable Gardening
• How to grow great garlic
• Container Gardening
• Herb Gardening
• Annuals
• Perennials
• Organic Gardening
• Gardening with native plants and grasses
• Composting
• Vertical gardening
• Prairie grasses
• Collecting and storing your own seeds
• Starting your own plants from seed
• Starting perennials from seed
• Plant parts and pollinators
• Companion Gardening
• Shade Gardening
• Preparing the garden for planting
• Fairy Gardens
• Getting rid of invasive plants
• Permaculture
• Raising Bees
• Raising Chickens
• A Gardeners place in the ecosystem
• Good bugs and bad bugs
• Spiders in the garden and in your yard
• Community gardens
• Gardening with children
• Stewardship for the land we garden
• Landscaping
• Pruning
• La Porte County’s Pioneer Garden
• Raising plants in a greenhouse
• Gardening with children as a school project
• Attracting birds to your garden
• Your lawn
• The history of La Porte County Master Gardeners
• The benefits of gardening for the body, the soul and the spirit