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Yellow and orange flowers

Free Seminar: A-List Perennials

August 23, 2011  |  seminars

Thanks to all who attended: it was a beautiful morning, and a wonderful seminar! Saturday, August 27, 10:00 am We might not ever be part of the Hollywood A-List, but our gardens can certainly have some real star power

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Colorful seminars graphic

Free Fall Seminars

August 16, 2011

It's that time of year again: we've got a whole list of seminars and events for you this fall. Seminars, tours, and demonstrations are free, but we do require a rservation as space can be limited. Our first seminar this

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Basket of flowers and vegetables

Free Seminar: Your Veggie Harvest

July 27, 2011  |  seminars

Keep Producing & Keep Your Produce! Saturday, August 6 9:30 am Join Rich Pearson of Five Rivers Metroparks for a timely talk on how to keep your garden producing as it should until the end of the season, and how to use

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Green lawn

Summer Seminar: Lawn Care Breakthrough

July 5, 2011  |  lawn care, seminars

      Join Knollwood\'s John Scott and Randy Tischer of Green Velvet Sod Farms this Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 9:30 for an informal discussion of the newest improvement in fighting the dreaded Nimblewill

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Flowers and butterflies

Flying Flowers 2011

June 15, 2011  |  annuals, perennials

  Some bugs are creepy and destructive, but some, like the butterfly capture our fancy and delight us. Likewise, hummingbirds are lovely and amusing in a way that the common crow will never be. Observing the

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Pail of flowers and a garden tool

Start A Garden Bucket List

June 2, 2011  |  seminars

  So as I was beginning a new-to-me garden project this past weekend (planting some miniature conifers in a concrete bowl to create a miniature landscape), I began thinking of all the other things I have not (yet)

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