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For more information, call 215-489-2283. Evaluate your garden A workshop at Scott Arboretum at Swarthmore College on Sept. 29 will help gardeners evaluate the site on which they garden at home. Allison Necaise, assistant education coordinator, will teach participants how to critique light, soil, and water conditions in their gardens, as well as how to create a schematic drawing of their yards. The information can be used to plan gardens.

Instruction will touch on everything from how to choose a soil-test kit to how to find a good landscape company. The class will run from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Scott, with registration limited to 12 people. The fee is $40 (members $30).

To register, call 610-328-8025. Espalier and topiary Specialized pruning techniques for espalier, topiary and hedges will be demonstrated by horticulturist Ted Zoltowski in a class at Meadowbrook Farm in Meadowbrook Thursday. The private garden of J. Lid-don Pennock at Meadowbrook Farm features numerous examples of carefully trained plants, and Zoltowski will discuss the pruning methods and cultural techniques used in caring for these long-lived plants. The class will run from 10 a.m.

to noon, and is limited to 20 participants. The fee is $20 (members $15). For information, call 215-988-8869 or e-mail dfifepennhort.org. Rare-plant auction Rare arid unusual plants will be among the major attractions at an "Auction of Garden Treasures" to be held Sept. 21 at Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania.

Plant collectors will be able to bid on such rarities as the new Corylopsis glabrescens "Longwood Chimes." The auction is an annual fund-raising event for the arboretum 'A II0USEPLAI1T WHOLESALERS HOVi OPEN TO PUBLIC 1000's and 1000's of Healthy Houseplants at LOW, LOW PRICES! COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL J. h. 'erguson i W7 is CHOOSE FROM 100'S 6 -ff TALL OF PLANTS 10" SPECMEN POTS 4'-6' TALL PLANTS' Many Varieties Many Varieties $10.00 each $20.00 each An afternoon of festivities Sept. 23 at Awbury Arboretum will celebrate the recently designated Awbury Historic District in Philadelphia, which encompasses the arboretum's 55 acres, the historic Francis Cope House, and 32 privately owned homes in the vicinity that were built by members of the Cope family prominent Quakers who had a major impact on the city's development. The district was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in May by the U.S.

Department of the Interior. The day's activities will include architectural tours of some of the homes, including a 1793 farmhouse, and walking tours of the extensive landscape. The arboretum's grounds were designed by noted landscape architect William Saunders, who also designed the Gettysburg cemetery, contributed to the design of Fairmount Park, and laid out parks and gardens in Washington, according to Gerald Kaufman, executive director of the arboretum. Its layout includes copses and vistas of rolling hills. In more recent years, the Philadelphia Garden Club and the Weeders Garden Club have helped create a Victorian garden near the Francis Cope House, said development director Kristin Winch, "and we are now making plans to develop a walled enclosure behind the house, known as the Secret Garden." There is also an educational community garden with more than 50 plots.

The historic theme will be evident throughout the family-oriented afternoon, even in children's games and diversions -among attractions will be quill pens and parchment paper. The Cope family began as shipping merchants, "and their influence is amazing," Kaufman said. In 1843, Thomas Pym Cope proposed that the city acquire Lemon Hill to prevent further development, and that was instrumental in the formation of Fairmount Park, he said. Three of the Quakers who founded Friends Hospital also were members of the Cope family. Emma Jones Lapsansky, cura tor of the Quaker Collection at Haverford College, will present the keynote address at the historic district celebration.

The event, scheduled for 2 to 5 p.m. Sept. 23, is free and open to the public. It will begin at the Francis Cope House in German- town, with entry off Chew Avenue between Haines Street and Washington Lane. For more in formation, see www.aw-bury.org or call 215-849-2855.

Some like it hot Chilies, chilies, and more chil-ies will be the focus of a series of classes at the Henry Schmied-er Arboretum of Delaware Valley College in Doylestown next weekend, when cookbook author Susan Belsinger shows what to do with them from the garden to the kitchen. Belsinger, whose articles have been published in Gourmet, Food and Wine, and the Herb Companion, will teach three classes as well as hosting a lunch that will offer participants a taste of dishes featuring different varieties of capsicum. Next Friday, "Getting to Know the Capsicums" will run from 7:30 to 9 p.m. and look at the cultivation and uses of chili peppers. The fee is $26, arboretum members $22.

From 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 22, "Some Like It Hot: Chilies in the Kitchen" will celebrate the harvest with recipes from around the world. From 1:30 to 3 p.m., "Decorating With Chilies" will show enthusiasts how to use chilis with honeysuckle, ivy, wild grape, and herbs to create natural decorations such as wreaths and swags. The fee for each class is $33 (members $29).

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Harvest Hoedown The garden's bounty will be on display this weekend when the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society stages its annual har vest show. But the show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Hor ticulture Center in Fairmount Park, has an educational side, too. Organizations such as the American Horticultural Thera py Association, Penn State Coop erative Extension and Pennsylvania Resources Council will have exhibits.

Admission is $6 for adults, $2 for children. For more informa tion visit www.pennsylvaniahor ticulturalsociety.org or call 215-988-8800 for a schedule of lectures and demonstrations. Denise Cowie Send information about horticultural events to Denise Cowie, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Box 8263, Philadelphia 19101. Include the name of a contact person, address and phone number. To be considered for inclusion in "Gardening Notes," information must be received at least three weeks before the event.

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