Gardening 

A beautiful garden and gazebo 

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New Winterizing Your Garden Paradise (LLC 3886)
Before we know it Jack Frost will be nipping at our noses and our greenery will be turning brown.  How can you prepare your yard for winter?  Learn important steps to winterize your outdoor paradise.  Topics will also include winterizing ponds, fountains, and patio planters.

Award-Winning Lawns & Landscaping
(LLC 3100)

Make your property look like it was painted and sculpted by a master. Learn about plants, flowers, trees, shrubs, and more. Understand soil and plant matching, care and maintenance, pre-planning, and more.

Container Gardening (LLC 3515)
Join in a hands-on gardening experience. Learn techniques for creating gorgeous garden containers and enjoy creating a planter to take home. This is a perfect class for those with limited space or for individuals who would like to add variety to their current garden design. All supplies will be provided.

Design Your Own Landscape (LLC 3121)
Have fun and save money by learning how to design your own landscape. Discuss plant types, garden structures, ponds, plant combinations, color schemes. Learn about design balance, installation, and maintenance tips.

Going Green Gardening (LLC 3679)
Learn tips and techniques to "Going Green" with your gardening and landscaping choices. Learn about plant varieties that require less water and other conservation choices you can make to help keep Mother Earth and your landscaping green.

Growing Flowers (LLC 3106)
Get started on your neighborhood's most acclaimed flower landscape. Topics include: choosing flowers, where/how to plant, keeping them thriving, sowing seeds indoors and more.

Growing Roses (LLC 3105)
The majestic rose stands alone with its universal appeal. A symbol of beauty, love, strength, and hope, the rose family features over 200 species. Topics to be covered include planting, pruning, cutting, winter protection methods, and more.

Planting a Perennial Paradise (LLC 3113)
Blast your garden with bursts of color with easy-care perennials. Learn about hardy perennials, soil preparation, planting, pruning to extend bloom time, dividing, and more. Get great tips about poor soil and other growing conditions.

Structures in the Garden (LLC 3104)
Trellises, yard art, arbors and gazebos, can make your garden the place to be. Learn about these and more including window boxes, fencing and edging, garden ornaments, landscape lighting, copper critters, and pathways.

Wonderful Water Gardens (LLC 3101)
Express yourself with gentle accents or dramatic impact using ponds, birdbaths, waterfalls or fountains. This program unveils the secrets of planning and design and installation, and reveals how some simple forethought makes maintenance quick and easy.

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