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June 10, 2011

Weekend Garden Events: Valley View Farms

Photo credit: Baltimore Sun/Susan Reimer

This weekend at Valley View Farms in Cockeysville

Saturday

9 a.m.: The Succulent Container Garden -- Succulents thrive in containers with little care. Learn the best pots and planters to use and all about many different types of succulents for relatively care free container gardening possibilities.

11 a.m.: Butterflies and Hummingbirds (kid-friendly) We've become infatuated with butterflies and hummingbirds. Follow the metamorphosis of a butterfly captured through the lens on Marian Andelman and Jan Gannon's cameras and watch a short slideshow. Stroll through the butterfly idea gardens. Lastly, take a look at handouts and signs and learn some of the best practices to attract these petite flyers to the garden. Marian will share her experiences in providing the perfect habitat for hummingbirds and butterflies.

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About Susan Reimer

Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety.

Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her.

She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone.

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