Pruning for Natural Areas Workshop (Seattle, WA)

Advance registration required.
Cost: $87

Natural area landscapes hold an important place and functions in the urban environment. Managing vegetation along trails, roads, and other edges can pose a variety of challenges for the available stewardship resources. This lecture and hands-on workshop will cover how to manage and prune native vegetation adjacent to trails, drives, and streets for optimal environmental functions, appearance, safety, & visibility. The lecture will include current best pruning practices and how they translate for the specific goals and functions of natural area plantings. Considerations for reducing long-term labor needs and how to lengthen the time between pruning cycles will be covered, along with common pruning techniques that are ineffective and why. After the lunch break, the class will students get practice using the best pruning techniques for the most effective results, working on a variety of native plants. Field session will be held in the Union Bay Natural Area at the Center for Urban Horticulture. This class is open to everyone, but geared towards public works, maintenance, and landscape crew members as well as community stewardship volunteers, supervisors, and field staff.

Spring Garden Festival (Fort Myers, FL)

Join the Edison and Ford Winter Estates for their Spring Garden Festival.

Annual Bromeliad Sale (Fort Myers, FL)

Join the Edison and Ford Winter Estates for their annual bromeliad sale.

Autumn Garden Festival (Fort Myers, FL)

Join the Edison and Ford Estates for their autumn garden festival.

Garden Conservancy Tour of Jardin De Buis (Pottersville, NJ)

F2 Environmental Design & AJF Design invite you to tour Jardin de Buis, their fabulous estate in Pottersville, NJ, for this wonderful Garden Conservancy Open Day. Sunday, June 16, 2024. 10am-4pm.
Pre-registration is required.

Twilight on the Terrace at the Mt. Cuba Center

Unwind from the week with a bite to eat while enjoying live music and evening access to the gardens. Enjoy local food, beer and wine from Bivouac Pizza and Zaikka as well as music from Beatles tribute band Magical Mystery. Tickets are included with admission to the gardens.

Twilight on the Terrace

Unwind from the week with a bite to eat while enjoying live music and evening access to the gardens. Local food truck fare, beer and wine will be available for purchase. Tickets are included with admission to the gardens. Enjoy rock bands Genesis Z and Atlantis and local vendors Delaware Provision and Mojo Loco.

Garden Conservancy Tour of Jardin De Buis

F2 Environmental Design & AJF Design invite you to tour Jardin de Buis, their fabulous estate in Pottersville, NJ, from 10 am – 4 pm. Pre-registration is required at the link.

PlantCon International (Dallas, TX)

Experience an immersive weekend like no other at PlantCon, where plant enthusiasts will dive into workshops, presentations, communiity building and more. Buy from internationally known plant exhibitors and mingle with others – all while staying at the Marriot Dallas Allen Hotel & Convention Center using a special rate.

Herb Walk: Medicinal Plants of California (Claremont, CA)

Join herbalist William Broen for an interactive garden walk and talk focusing on medicinal and edible plants native to California. Participants will learn traditional and modern uses of approximately 15-25 species. William will also talk about the strategies plants use to survive in the wild, how these survival and defense strategies can impact people, how plant communities interact, and the benefits of growing native plants. The class will take the form of a moderately easy 2-hour loop walk, covering 0.5 – 1 mile distance.