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Introduction to Japanese Maples Featuring Highlights from the Garden’s Collection
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } Japanese Gardening Series | Few trees are as beautiful as the “autumn welcoming tree,” or Japanese maple. With thousands of varieties and cultivars, including hybrids, the iconic Japanese maple tree is among the most versatile small trees for use in the landscape. Join us to hearContinue Reading ...
The Living Art of Bonsai
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } The Living Art of Bonsai Japanese Gardening Series | Curious about bonsai? Experience this fascinating and living artas a part of the Gardens’ Fall Japanese Gardening Series. You will learn to start, care for and train your very own bonsai in this hands-on workshop with VictorContinue Reading ...
Japanese Pruning Techniques
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } Japanese Pruning Techniques Japanese Gardening Series | Learn about the Japanese art of pruning and karikomi, the technique of shearing back shrubs that is a distinctive element of Japanese gardens. Horticulturist Julia Adams directs this hands-on workshop on proper pruning techniques for maples and shrubs inContinue Reading ...
Preparing Your Soil for Spring Planting
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Fall is the perfect time to prepare your garden for spring. Improving your soil’s physical and chemical properties is a goal of every gardener as it creates a better environment for plant growth. In this class Friends’ Director of Gardens Support Jane Underwood explains howContinue Reading ...
Fall Bulbs, Spring Flowers
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Planting bulbs is a great way to add seasonal color to garden beds and containers. Among the many factors that determine success with bulbs, getting them in the ground at the right time is key. In this class Jefferson County Regional Extension Agent Bethany O’RearContinue Reading ...
Create Your Own Desert Terrarium
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Take a break from your holiday preparations to create your own mini ecosystem in an engaging make-and-take workshop with Astrid Jerez of Vivatia Plants. You will learn how to craft a desert oasis and make it thrive. This workshop is perfect for low-maintenance plant loversContinue Reading ...
Growing Your Own Mushrooms
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Using logs is a wonderful long-term method for mushroom production. Many types of mushrooms can be grown on logs—Shiitake, Oyster, Lion’s Mane, Comb Tooth, Reishi, Olive Oysterling, Nameko, Chestnut, and Turkey Tail, to name a few. Join Urban Regional Extension Agent Bronson Lubresky as heContinue Reading ...
Caring for Your Gardening Tools
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Winter is a great time to restore your well-loved gardening tools. Correctly caring for and maintaining your tools will increase their longevity and the health of your plants. Learn how to properly store, clean, and sharpen your hand tools in this hands-on workshop. Bring alongContinue Reading ...
The Origin and Legacies of the English Arts and Crafts Garden
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Growing out of a late 19th-century reaction to Victorian design and industrialization, Arts and Crafts gardens became some of the most influential, world-renowned gardens of the turn of the century. They continue to have an enormous influence on how we garden today. Contemporary gardening approaches—gardenContinue Reading ...
Propagating Woody Plants
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Join us in the Japanese Gardens as horticulturist Julia Adams demonstrates methods of propagating woody plants through grafting and air layering. While these horticultural methods require skill and practice, each can be used to propagate plants that don’t root well from cuttings. In this hands-onContinue Reading ...
2025 Native Plant Conference
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } Ecological Landscapes | Immerse yourself in the ethics and principles of garden design as we “rethink pretty” and explore the ecology of gardening at this year’s Native Plant Conference, Ecological Landscapes. Learn from renowned landscape design experts, horticulturists, conservationists, and visionary thinkers who are shaping sustainable landscapes and offering freshContinue Reading ...
2025 Native Plant Conference
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } Ecological Landscapes | Immerse yourself in the ethics and principles of garden design as we “rethink pretty” and explore the ecology of gardening at this year’s Native Plant Conference, Ecological Landscapes. Learn from renowned landscape design experts, horticulturists, conservationists, and visionary thinkers who are shaping sustainable landscapes and offering freshContinue Reading ...
2025 Native Plant Conference
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } Ecological Landscapes | Immerse yourself in the ethics and principles of garden design as we “rethink pretty” and explore the ecology of gardening at this year’s Native Plant Conference, Ecological Landscapes. Learn from renowned landscape design experts, horticulturists, conservationists, and visionary thinkers who are shaping sustainable landscapes and offering freshContinue Reading ...
Spring Wildflower Walk
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Dive deep into some of the intriguing spring-time wildflowers and other showy ephemeral plants in the Kaul Wildflower Garden with Senior Horticulturist Keith Turney. On this stroll through the garden, you will learn about the unique groups of plants that give visual interest and provideContinue Reading ...
A Beginner’s Guide to Creating A Flower Bed
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Filled with perennials, annuals, and blooming shrubs, a flower garden adds color and dimension to your landscape—and provides an inviting habitat for essential pollinators like birds and butterflies. But if your garden is covered in lawn, you might wonder how to start a flower garden.Continue Reading ...
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