Briefs
Cooperative Extension to explore garden problems
Area residents are invited to join the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension March 19 for a workshop on gardening in small places. Specifically, the session will focus on what can go wrong and how to fix it organically.
Scheduled from 8 a.m. to noon, the class will be taught by Angela O'Callaghan at the Lifelong Learning Center, 8050 Paradise Road.
Among the topics to be discussed are how to make the most of your small space, bugs that eat plants, why leaves look the way they do, difficulties growing tomatoes and little flies.
Class space is limited and advanced registration is required. There is a $15 fee, which includes class materials.
To register for the workshop, contact Elaine Fagin at fagine@unce.unr.edu or call 257-5573.
Home Expo at Cashman Center to kick off spring
Spring gets kicked off in style with a Home Expo Feb. 25-27 at Cashman Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. N.
The show features a variety of booths and exhibits for indoor and outdoor home-improvement projects. Expected to participate are companies that sell landscaping, pools and spas, barbecues, kitchen cabinetry, flooring, window coverings and more .
Show hours are noon to 6 p.m. Feb. 25, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 26 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 27.
Admission is $6, with military personnel and children admitted for free. Senior citizens will be admitted for free Feb. 25.
Coupons for two-for-one admission will be available in select editions of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
