This workshop invites novices through intermediates to join the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens and UW experts to learn about common trees and shrubs in Wyoming. Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, 710 South Lions Park Drive, Cheyenne, WY 82001, (307) 637-6458.
View event website »Explore the benefits of gardening with Native plants! We will introduce you to common native plant communities in Portland, show examples of species that do well in similar growing conditions, share successful planting tips that will help them thrive and more! Leach Botanical Garden, 6704 Southeast 122nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97236, (503) 823-9503.
View event website »Learn how to make compost in your back yard. This class will cover what is compost, why we should compost, what to put into your compost, and what not to put into your compost. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, ID 83712, (208) 343-8674.
View event website »It won’t be long before the mountainsides and trails in Alaska will be painted with wildflowers. Join ABG and Dr. Marilyn Barker for a hands-on class learning to identify common plants and wildflowers in the Anchorage bowl. Alaska Botanical Garden, 4601 Campbell Airstrip Road, Anchorage, AK 99507, (907) 770-3692.
View event website »You don’t need leaves or flowers to identify plants in Winter. By observing woody plants in their skeletal form, you will begin to identify familiar plants by their bark pattern, buds, habitat and more. Join Dr. Marilyn Barker, a retired UAA Professor, on a Winter identification walk through the Lowenfels-Hoersting Nature Trail. Alaska Botanical Garden, 4601 Campbell Airstrip Road, Anchorage, AK 99507, (907) 770-3692.
View event website »Enjoy the Sawtooth Botanical Garden in winter! New Moon Dinner events feature a “farm to greenhouse” catered meal with wine for 50 people in our heated greenhouse, a “snow bar” and warming fire pits outside the greenhouse, and night sky viewing telescopes outside on the darker, north side of the Visitor Center.
Sawtooth Botanical Garden,
11 Gimlet Road,
Ketchum, ID 83340,
(208) 726-9358.
Do you and your neighbors want to have privacy AND maintain views? Do you find that your palette of conifers in zones 3, 4, and 5 seems limited? Join Tony McCammon, experienced horticulturist and teacher, in this presentation of interesting and problem-solving evergreens that will thrive in the Wood River Valley.
Sawtooth Botanical Garden,
11 Gimlet Road,
Ketchum, ID 83340,
(208) 726-9358.
Join this interactive class to learn about different types of low volume irrigation systems and in what situations each one is best.
Idaho Botanical Garden,
2355 Old Penitentiary Road,
Boise, ID 83712,
(208) 343-8649.
More than 500 bee species may be native to Oregon, but many of them are poorly known. Better understanding the bees in our region will require more people able to identify them. Join August Jackson, Interpretation Coordinator at Mount Pisgah Arboretum and author of The Bees of the Willamette Valley, for a two-day crash course on bee identification.
Mount Pisgah Arboretum,
34901 Frank Parrish Road,
Eugene, OR 97405,
(541) 747-3817.
Join lichenologist Daphne Stone on this popular walk throughthe Arboretum exploring lichens, their habitats, and ecology. Learn a few namesand enjoy the moist winter air which makes the Pacific Northwest such a greatplace for lichens to grow.
Mount Pisgah Arboretum,
34901 Frank Parrish Road,
Eugene, OR 97405,
(541) 747-3817.