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Caption Planting Native Plants for Pollinators will be among the topics at the Spring Brings Flower Power event from 8:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT March 21 at Purdue Fort Wayne Walb Union. FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Allen County Master Gardeners will present the 2020 Gardener Symposium: Spring Brings Flower Power from 8:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT March 21at Purdue Fort Wayne Walb Union, Union Circle Drive, Fort Wayne. Speakers include Closed Loop Farming by Geoffrey Parker, Wildwood Farms; Planting Native Plants for Pollinators by Marissa Renz, Plant Happiness, LLC; Everyday Sustainability by Aiste Manfredini, Allen County Department of Environmental Management; Rain Barrels and Rain Gardens by Sharon Partridge, Tri-State Water Shed Alliance; and Building Fruit Guilds by Scott Kreig, Three Rivers Fruit Growers Club. Cost is $40. For more information, visit extension.purdue.edu/allen/event/27857 March Allen County March 18 – Success with Seeds and Seedlings: 7 to 9 p.m. EDT, Allen County Extension office, 4001 Crescent Ave., Fort Wayne, Ind.; extension.purdue.edu/allen/event/27449 . March 21 – Spring Brings Flower Power: A Gardener Symposium: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT, Purdue Fort Wayne Walb Union, Union Circle Drive, Fort Wayne, Ind.; extension.purdue.edu/allen/event/27857 . Carroll County March 19 – Ag Day: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT, Delphi United Methodist Church, 1796 US-421, Delphi, Ind. March 27 – R/C Truck Pull & Scale Tractor Pull: 7 to 8 p.m. EDT, 4-H Building – East Side Tech Room, 102 N. Fourth St., Flora, Ind. Cass County March 24 – Extension Homemakers Spring District Meeting: 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT, Cass County Fairgrounds-Cloverleaf Complex, 2281 E Co Rd 125 N, Logansport, Ind. Floyd County March 20 – ServSafe Program: 9 a.m. EDT, Purdue Technology Center, 3000 Technology Ave., New Albany, Ind.; 812-948-5470; www.purdue.edu/servsafe/workshops . Fountain County March 23 – Extension Homemakers Spring District Meeting: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. CDT, Beef House, 16501 Indiana 63, Covington, Ind. Fulton County March 12-14 – Antiques and Collectibles Show and Sale: 4 to 7 p.m. EDT Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Fulton County Historical Society Museum, […]

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