Albemarle Tradewinds November 2016 Web Final

Loft Gardens
Intimate gatherings at
the loft gardens
Sleeps up to 10
Book your holidays
events with loft gardens
Call Doris at 252 339
6317 for rates.
Master Gardener’s Schedule Fall Decorating Workshop
by Jane Elfring
Looking for ways to decorate your home for the
holidays with natural materials? Get in touch with your
inner Pinterest at the Elizabeth City Extension Master
Gardener’s fall decorating workshop.
On Saturday, Nov. 5, the members will hold a free
“Seasonal Decorating with Natural Materials” workshop
from 10 am-12 pm at the Pasquotank Extension
Center, 1209 McPherson St.
Participants will learn to make items such as cinnamon
stick candle holders, fall decoupaged jars,
wrapped pine cones, magnolia leaf wreaths, snowmen
grapevine wreaths and rake decorating. Pine cones,
dried okra, Spanish moss and sweet gum balls will be
available for participants to take home.
Master Gardener volunteers will demonstrate each
craft and provide detailed instruction sheets to participants
to take home. Participants are eligible to win
door prizes and refreshments will be served.
Jane Elfring is a local freelance
writer for My Outer Banks
Home and other local
publications and a ghostwriter
for LifebookUK. A retired
teacher and journalist, she is
involved in a number of local
civic organizations.
The Albemarle Tradewinds
reaches 60k readers each month
in printed and social media ......
call Ken and learn how.
252-333-7232
Extension Master Gardeners complete a 40-hour
training program, complete an examination and
complete 40 hours of internship to be certified. There
are 73 counties in North Carolina with an Extension
Master Gardener program and over 4000 active volunteers.
For information about the program, contact the
Extension Office at 338-3954.
To put everything in balance is good,
to put everything in harmony is better.
- Victor Hugo
This month’s message is at the bottom of page 38
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