Talks &
Workshops
There's now a new, SECOND class on Landscaping with Natives!
More
Landscaping
with Native Plants
Our first class of enthusiastic participants have graduated and some are ready for more! So I'm offering a second class, with a whole new set of native plants to learn about and plenty of nuts-and-bolts help for you in your garden. Please join us in ThorpeWood’s nice, cool Tree Room for a lively summer gardening class.
There is still the handy notebook to help you with your gardening in years to come (previous participants can add to their existing notebook—please bring it along).
And also the opportunity to enjoy half-price tuition if you do the work-study option: help in ThorpeWood’s native plant gardens for 2 hours on four Tuesday mornings, between 9:00 am and noon. Students from the last class remarked that this was a great additional learning opportunity, and ThorpeWood deeply appreciates the help in keeping the Native Plant Gardens beautiful.
What we plan to cover this time:
- More Native Plants: Woodland communities, Sunny garden and meadow communities, Raingarden communities, and Special plants for special jobs (traffic, water gardens, fragrance, etc)
- Getting started with your own garden
--How to test soil; what to do with results
--How to map soil moisture, estimate your slope, and evaluate sun
--Solving special problems (slopes, ditches, rocky areas, parched areas, dogs, deer) - Clever use of Water—Rainbarrels and raingardens
- Mt. Cuba Center: Research on Native Cultivars
- Charm in your native garden (paths, focal points, natural features)
Where: ThorpeWood Center near Thurmont, MD
When: 7:30-9:00 PM Weds, Dates: July 9, 16, (skip 1 wk), 30, & Aug 6.
Cost: $120 ($100 if preregistered by July 2, or with work-study, only $60*)
Deadline: Register by Monday, June 7.
Register by calling me at 301-271-1971 or by contacting me by email.
*Work-study tuition reduction available (What this means: if you help in ThorpeWood’s native plant gardens on Tuesday mornings 10 AM-noon, you can attend class that Wednesday night for half price)