Landscaping Classes and Seminars
Ground Covers
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 6:30pm – 8:30pm $10 members, $15 nonmembers
To register, call 651-643-3601 or 800-676-6747, ext. 211.
Minnesota State Horticulture Society Classroom. 2705 Lincoln Drive, Roseville, MN 55113
Learn about the variety of herbaceous, wood and evergreen ground covers that you can use to beautify your landscape while at the same time stabilizing soil to reduce soil and water runoff. It is possible to eliminate turf in a home landscape – no more mowing!Mary Maguire Lerman is a retired horticulturalist with the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board. She was a designer of park gardens and a contributing writer to the Northern Gardener.
Kitchen, Small Space and Container Gardens
Saturday, January 28, 2012 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. $20 members, $25 nonmembers
To resigister; call 651-643-3601 or 800-676-6747, ext.211
Minnesota State Horticulture Society Classroom, 2705 Lincoln Drive, Roseville, MN 55113
Are you starting a new garden or looking for a variety of ways to increase your veggie and herb yields from your small space garden? Join us for planning, designing and choosing seeds or plants for your garden. Get tips on tending plants and planting second crops. Share your experiences, and leave with a plan and free seeds. Instructor: Marty Bergland is a lifelong gardener and Master Gardener in Wright County. She is owner of Heirloom House-MN and co-owner of Grow-Harvest-Eat.
The Small Enough Garden (500-03-24-12)
Saturday, March 24, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. $35 member/$45 non-member
Register at mnarbonline.com
Snyder Building, Minnesota Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Drive, Chaska MN 55318
There has been much attention given to the “small enough house.” Now take some of those goals of simplicity, elegance, and best use to your garden. In this class with expert Arboretum gardener Mary Bigelow, you will learn, for example, how to create a small meditative garden space inside of a larger area, or how to take a small area and choose the plants and elements of design that will create unexpected and delightful scope and greater dimension.
Grow Your Own Food (500-04-07-12)
Saturday, April 7, 10 a.m. – Noon $35 member/$45 non-member
Register at mnarbonline.com
Snyder Building, Minnesota Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Drive, Chaska MN 55318
Whether you have a postage-stamp sized urban lot or spacious farmyard, you can grow an abundance of your own food. Learn about some of the best choices for your vegetable garden from lifetime gardener and Arboretum Director of Education Tim Kenny. For a variety to become one of his favorites it must be easy to grow, harvest, and prepare in the kitchen. Selections must be relatively insect and disease free and promise fabulous flavor. By the end of the class, you’ll have a list of favorites, know where to purchase them, how to grow them, and have easy-to-make recipes featuring the selections. Class is lecture style with plenty of photographs, recollections, opinions, and seed catalog references. Suitable for beginner to advanced gardeners.
