Apr 25

Hypertufa Planters With Sarah Baker

Create a container designed to look like natural stone! These lightweight containers are fast draining, visually stunning, and perfect for many plants. Each participant will create and leave with a small container (approximately 12×12) and instructions for making more at home. Kruckeberg Botanic Garden, 20312 15th Ave NW, Shoreline, WA 98133, (206) 546-1281.

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May 07

Basic Plant Propagation

Do you want to reproduce the plants in your garden? Come and learn about plant propagation. Topics to be covered include taking cuttings from shrubs and trees, dividing perennials, propagating plants from layered cuttings and tips for starting seeds. You will practice taking cuttings and make your very own Forsyth pot to take your cuttings home. Bellevue Botanical Garden, 12001 Main Street, Bellevue, WA 98005, (425) 452-2750.

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Apr 05

Learn to Identify Trees and Shrubs Workshop

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.

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Mar 18

Native Plants – FREE EMSWCD Workshop

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.

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Apr 25

Making Compost at Home

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.

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May 13

Local Wildflower Class

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.

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Mar 14

Winter Plant ID and Walk

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.

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Jan 24

New Moon Dinner

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.

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Jan 09

Landscaping with Edgy Evergreens

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.

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