Tuesday, March 5, 2013 Designing Your Landscape for Wildlife
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm MSHS classroom, 2705 Lincoln Drive, Roseville, MN 55113 Call to register 651-643-3601
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Have you noticed that the diversity and numbers of songbirds seems to be dramatically declining? Are you interested in attracting more birds and other wildlife to your property and providing the habitat they need for survival? You can help provide habitat for an increasingly challenged mix of birds and other wildlife by planting the right trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses in your landscape. Using the right plants will also attract the pollinators that benefit our native flora and form the base of the food chain for the creatures that depend on them. |
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Natural Shorelines
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm MSHS classroom, 2705 Lincoln Drive, Roseville, MN 55113 Call to register 651-643-3601
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If you have lakeshore property or live adjacent to a wetland or stream, this class will teach you how to make your shoreline beautiful, easy to care for, and environmentally sound while maintaining views and access. Learn how native plants and other design elements can be used to create natural shorelines that are attractive and stable, reduce erosion, and deter geese. |
Saturday, March 16, 2013 The Best Herbs for your Garden
9:30 am – 12:30 pm Minnesota Arboretum, Learning Center. Register at http://www.mnarbonline.com/Gardening-Horticulture-2013-C122.aspx
Wednesday, March 20 – April 10, 2013 Designing Integrated Spaces for Your Home Landscape
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm University of Minnesota, 1970 Folwell Avenue, Alderman Hall, Room 405, St. Paul, MN Call to register 651-643-3601
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Designing Integrated Spaces for Your Home Landscape: Entry and Deck/Patio Gardens Deadling for registration: March 6. Four sessions: March 20, 27, April 3 and 10. During this four-session class, students will use their own property as a class project selecting to design an entry garden OR a deck/patio garden. The class will focus on the principles and theory of sustainable design, site analysis, concept and draft, design development and plant selection. Students will also learn how to develop quality bed lines, mix and match plants based on function and landscape characteristics, and how to build flexibility into the design process. Instructors will email students on March 6 with instructions for class preparation including taking a soil sample, a questionnaire about your site and information to bring to the first class. Cost: $125 members ($205 per member couple); $130 nonmembers ($215 per nonmember couple). Price includes a comprehensive course packet, lab materials and a set of basic design tools. |
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm MSHS classroom, 2705 Lincoln Drive, Roseville, MN 55113 Call to register 651-643-3601
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With changing weather patterns and drier summers, landscapes require more time and water to survive. Find out which trees, shrubs and herbaceous perennials that once established, grow well with little supplemental watering. |
9:30 am – 12:30 pm Minnesota Arboretum, Learning Center. Register at http://www.mnarbonline.com/Gardening-Horticulture-2013-C122.aspx
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 varietal 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 for your unique space, and have easy-to-make recipes featuring the selections. Class offers plenty of photographs, recollections, opinions, and seed catalog references.
