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Orchid Growing for Wimps
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This lecture includes profiles of
sixteen easy to care for orchids, all of which can rebloom in average household
conditions. Excellent slides illustrate various orchid species, basic care
instructions, and professional "tricks" to get the most out of
each plant. Not all orchids are temperamental tropicals; many make low-maintenance,
free-blooming houseplants.
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Easy-Care Houseplants
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Do you crave indoor greenery but lack
the time necessary to nurture it? By choosing the right plant for the right
place you can create an interior landscape that is both lush and low-maintenance.
This presentation suggests 25 unusual tropicals for various exposures. Visual
aides include beautiful slides and professional labor-saving devices.
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No Space? No Problem!
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If you have a small back yard, terrace, patio, or deck, a few well-planned containers can deliver a lot of pizzazz. (Not to mention some tasty herbs and vegetables!) This lecture offers unusual container set-ups: a container water garden, plastic grow-bags, natural containers, flea market funk, and a containerized tree. Slides illustrate step-by-step planting instructions for each type of container, explaining how to make the most out of just a few square feet.
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Family Fun
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Quality time together outdoors is priceless. This lecture includes three easy, family projects to get everyone gardening...even the cats! (Ok, the cats don't actually do much work.) Attendees take away plant lists for a special dinosaur garden and a feline field of dreams. We'll also cover step-by-step instructions (illustrated with slides) on how to plant both of these family gardens and how to build some fun (not scary) scarecrows.
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Excellent Epiphytes
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An epiphyte is a plant that naturally
grows on another plant rather than in the ground. Many are quite drought
tolerant and make exceptional, low maintenance house plants. Discover several
groups of epiphytes recommended for in-home growing, including Hoyas (fragrant
flowering vines), Rhipsalis (flowering cacti), bromeliads, and some surprisingly
tough ferns and orchids.
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Xeriphytic Gardening
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In the past five years, communities
all over the United States have experienced some form of drought, and as
a result many of them have restricted the use of water for gardening. By
choosing drought-tolerant plant material and carefully placing that material,
you can design a garden that is both lush and water-wise. Arm yourself with
information and be prepared for any restrictions your community may place
on future water usage.
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Gardening in Deer Country
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In the on-going battle between gardener
and deer, we humans need all the help we can get. This lecture focusses
on un-appetizing plant material, and includes information on deer-repellents,
barriers and physical deterrants, and psychological warfare techniques that
give us gardeners a fighting chance.
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Reducing Wildlife Damage in the Garden
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Reducing wildlife damage to plants
requires a multi-pronged approach. First, learn to identify which animals
are eating in your garden so you can work against them effectively. We are
all familiar with the sight of deer munching on our hostas, but who digs
up the Iris in the middle of the night and neatly nips the heads off all
the Echinacea? You must identify the fauna before you can define your strategy.
Once you know who's doing the damage, you can reduce it through intelligent
plant choice and the use of various deterrants.
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Inviting Wildlife to your Garden
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Would you like to turn your yard into
a wildlife sanctuary? By carefully choosing your plants and planning your
landscape, you can offer food and shelter to a wide range of animal (and
insect) life. Learn about the environment and the tightly woven web of life,
and how to make your garden attractive to wildlife.
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Maintaining Perennial Gardens
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Proper maintenance is essential in
a perennial garden. Learn about a wide range of issues critical to maintaining
an attractive garden. Discussions include techniques, cultural concerns,
design issues, and creative challenges that allow a gardener to bring a
garden ever closer to perfection.
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Putting the Garden to Bed
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Preparing your garden for its winter
rest involves more than simply cutting back a few perennials. While some
plants should be pruned, others are best left standing through the winter.
Proper care in fall can reduce the need for fertilizers and insecticides
in the spring, and result in a generally healthier garden all year round.
This lecture covers pruning, division of perennials, bulbs, soil amendments,
mulches, winter protection, tool storage, and more.
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Awesome Annuals
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Annuals are popular as stand-alone
plantings and mixed with perennials to fill in gaps and add splashes of
color throughout the season. Learn how to grow and maintain old favorites
and new varieties of annuals. Look at basic propagation techniques such
as starting from seed and transplanting seedlings successfully.
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Provocative Perennials
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Perennials are the most popular garden
plants, returning year after year. Discover some of the best varieties for
form, color, and season of bloom. Many are valued for their foliage as well
as their flowers, making them beautiful even when not in bloom. Learn which
plants do best in sun and shade, as well as in a variety of "difficult"
conditions.
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Hardy Cacti and Succulents
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To most of us, cacti and succulents
are classic desert plants. We think of the imposing Saguaro in Arizona and
never imagine growing something similar in our urban gardens. In fact, cacti
and succulents tolerate a wide variety of growing conditions and many are
hardy to Zone 4. If you appreciate the architecture of these plants, you
can easily feature hardy specimens no matter where you live.
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Hanging Baskets
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Your property is flawlessly landscaped
but when you look at your house, something seems to be missing. Did you
forget to accessorize? With hanging containers you can place spots of color
exactly where you want them. They're like jewelry for your home; without
accessories, your house is only half-dressed.
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Container Gardens
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Not all plants grow well in containers.
This lecture focusses on perennial and annual plants, as well as trees and
shrubs that are especially well-suited to container growing. We'll also
discuss container construction materials, light-weight potting mixes recommended
for containers, and their unique fertilization and watering requirements.
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Celia Thaxter
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Celia Thaxter, an exceptional gardener,
poet, and painter, was a Renaissance woman in Victorian New England. She
wrote about her garden on Appledore Island in the beautifully illustrated
volume, An Island Garden, published in 1894. This lecture looks at Celia's
garden and discusses her work as a gardener and writer at a time when creative
outlets for women were severely limited.
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Native Medicinal Plants
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Extend your appreciation of our native
plants from the aesthetic to the ethnobotanical. In this presentation I'll
introduce you to some of North America's most important medicinal plants,
reviewing their history and uses. We'll end by sampling a few herbs and
teas. An extended workshop portion is available for groups that would like
to acquire more practical experience.
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Gardens of the Gods
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Ancient Greek myths and literature are
filled with references to plants that were used for cooking, magic, and
medicine. This presentation describes fifteen plants cited in the classics
and details their practical uses over the last 2,000 years. We'll also discuss
where they grow today, and how you can add them to your own gardens.
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Intelligent Interiorscapes: Reward without Risk
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Residential and commercial interiors both benefit from the installation
of artistic and practical landscapes. This lecture focusses on recommended
plant material for various situations and includes step by step suggestions
for thoughtful preparation of your site.
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Propagation
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Nothing is more satisfying than propagating
one of your favorite plants. Whether it's a hard-to-find specimen you'd
like to have more of or a gift for a friend, the process is rewarding and
surprisingly easy. In this presentation I demonstrate various propagation
techniques (seed germination, leaf and stem cuttings, division, bulb propagation).
It's a hand-on workshop, and everyone will take home a plant they've started
in class.
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Gardening with Artificial Light
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There have been enormous innovations
and improvements in artificial light in the past five-ten years, so the
absence of natural light should not limit your interior landscape. What
do you want to grow? Orchids in a small closet? Basil in January? It's all
possible with the right kind of grow lights.
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Rooftop Gardening
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Rooftop gardens present a unique set of challenges and require a unique set of gardening skills. Learn about choosing containers and the plants that thrive in them (trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals), light weight soil mixes, harsh growing conditions, and navigating the unusual perils of city gardening.
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