Each year Iowa State University Research and Demonstration Farms plant seven demonstration gardens around the state to showcase home vegetable gardening. Field days provide opportunity for gardeners to learn about year’s garden themes - donating produce to food banks and planting for pollinators.
Locations and dates are listed below. See the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach news release from May 26, 2016, for more information.
2016 Demonstration Garden Field Days
- July 19 at 6 p.m. Rock Rapids. Lyon County Fairgrounds, S. Tama Street and S. 5th Ave, Rock Rapids IA.
- July 28 at 6:30 p.m. Armstrong Memorial Research and Demonstration Farm. 53020 Hitchcock Ave., Lewis IA.
- August 2 at 6:30 p.m. Northern Research and Demonstration Farm. 310 S. Main Street, Kanawha IA.
- August 4 at 6:30 p.m. Horticulture Research Station. 55519 170th Street, Ames IA.
- August. 6 at 4 p.m. Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm. 3321 290th Street, Nashua IA.
- August 9 at 6:30 p.m. Muscatine Island Research and Demonstration Farm. 111 North Street, Fruitland IA.
- August 10 at 6:30 p.m. Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm. 3115 Louisa-Washington Road, Crawfordsville IA.
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