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The Rutgers Master Gardener Tour committee planned a lovely private tour of Longwood Gardens led by the Longwood Garden Conservatory Manager Karl Gercens. The Master Gardeners (MG’s) were joined by Justine Gray, Master Gardener Coordinator, on the Dec 6th tour. The group, some of whom have been in the organization for 20 years, and some folks who just graduated this November, thoroughly enjoyed the outing! This tour was entertaining and educational and included a tailored tour showing the ins and outs of indoor irrigation, integrated pest management, and some insights on trends in home horticulture. The garden focuses more on commercially available plants, making it wonderfully relevant to MG’s work in the community and helpline. The MG’s started at 10 am and enjoyed a festive bout of snow flurries as they walked to the conservatory. Later in the afternoon, you could find just about half the members of the tour (and Justine) in the gift shop planning their next terrarium and wondering just how hard it would be to put a living green wall here at Parkside!