Cape Cod Regional Technical High School
351 Pleasant Lake Ave (Route 124) Harwich, MA

Why do our choices matter? “Explore the Living Garden” at the 2026 Spring Symposium and learn from three gardening experts how our gardens and home landscapes can be a source of environmental change as well as bring beauty and enjoyment to the gardener. Presenters include Larry Weaner, award winning landscape designer who paints gardens with native plants, Blake Dinius, educator from Plymouth County Extension on how little bees impact the big world and Mark Faherty, science coordinator at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary and host of the Weekly Bird Report ON WCAI, on landscaping for birds, bugs and beyond.

Meet volunteers from Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, the Barnstable County Beekeepers Association, and the Association to Preserve Cape Cod. Bring your garden questions for the "Ask a Master Gardener" table. Garden books will also be available for purchase from the Brewster Book Store.

Symposium registration: $40

The 2026 symposium fee includes refreshments, plus door prizes including plants, tools, gift cards, design books. Doors open at 8:30 a.m.

Advance registration is required; all sales final. Seating is limited, so please register early! See the online registration button below.

For more information call 508-375-6700 or email gardeners@capecod.gov

Speakers

Larry Weaner

Ecological Design as Garden Art: the Artistic Thread

Blake Dinius

Little Bee, Big World

Mark Faherty

Landscaping for Birds, Bugs and Beyond