| This was the line-up of lectures and events for Fall 2004.(so you know what you missed!) These and more topics will make up the spring series, starting mid April. Look for that schedule here, in March. | |||||||||
| 2004 FALL LECTURE SERIES Saturdays, 10-11am at Brunswick Nurseries Garden Centre, rain or shine. Duncan Kelbaugh, gardening columnist for the Telegraph Journal & TVNB gardening personality, gives you practical information on many aspects of gardening, geared to helping you 'Do It Yourself'. Sept 4 Organic Lawn Care: Guest Andre Arseneault, Lawn Organics, guides you through the basics of soil building, fertilizing, establishing turf, lime, compost, etc, without chemicals, with an emphasis on fall turf care. Sept 11 Walkways, walls, and patios in brick, Allen Block, tumbled stone and natural stone: How-tos on designing and building your own project, with many examples to see. Sept 18 Shrub Bed Planting and Maintenance: How to plan and plant new beds-soil, plant selection and spacing, fertilizing, mulch; how to care for established beds: pruning, transplanting, adding perennials, mulching, fertilizing, edging, and improving. Sept 25 FALL FIELD DAY 10am: Lecture: Fall Gardening: Perennials and
shrubs to keep the colour coming all fall, plant care and maintenance, doorstep
decorating ideas, and planting bulbs now for great spring colour. Oct 2 Dunc's 50 Gardening Tips: Take home a wheelbarrow full of straightforward gardening tips on topics from pruning and planting to bugs, ponds, and vegetables. Stay as long as you want after to get your questions answered too. Oct 9 Late fall gardening and winterizing: How to keep your gardens looking great all fall, and prepare them for the coming winter (pruning, mulching, covering, bulbs, ponds, etc) Oct 16: Special 2-hour pruning clinic: Duncan will demonstrate his thinning pruning technique on many kinds of evergreens and flowering shrubs around the property, which allows you to prune all species anytime you want, controlling size and shape while keeping the natural appearance. Dunc's Birthday Cake for all who come!! |
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