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

“Explore the Living Garden” at the 2026 Spring Symposium and learn how our gardens and home landscapes can be a source of environmental change.

Presenters include Larry Weaner, award winning landscape designer who paints gardens with native plants, Blake Dinius, entomologist educator from Plymouth County Extension, on how little bees impact a 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! Online registration opens Monday, March 2,

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"

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