Allentown Garden Club of New Jersey
Monthly Meeting
October 10, 2019 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Topic: “Growing Great Garlic” with Lesley Parness
<p>In modern times, garlic's primary use is culinary but its fascinating history reveals that Ancient Egyptians swore oaths on heads of garlic and WW I soldiers used it as an antibiotic. Learn about the various kinds of garlic, sample unusual cultivars and learn how to successfully grow it. We'll cover morphology, soil preparation, planting instructions, winter care, spring care, harvest tips and that most important final step that can make or break your long-awaited harvest - curing. Garlic for planting will be sold. <br /> <br />Lesley Parness recently retired as the Superintendent of Horticultural Education for The Freylinghuysen and Willowwood Arboretums. She is a member of the Herb Society of America, The Council on Horticultural and Botanical Literature, and the Garden State Gardens consortium of which she is a Founding Member and past President. Lesley has a bi-monthly column in Gardener News Magazine called “The Garden Historian.”</p>