2020 workshops
Start Planning Your Garden
March 6th, 2020 6:00-7:00pm
RES Family STEM Night
Richmond Free Library
201 Bridge St
Richmond VT
This community workshop will be focused on helping families navigate the garden planning process. We will navigate buying seeds and plants, how to plan for space in your garden, and how to set realistic goals for the season. Resources to help you on the gardening journey will be provided.
Plant Propagation- cuttings, seeding and divisions
Three Part Series
April 2nd, April 9th, and April 16th 6:00-7:30 pm
Champlain Valley High School, Room 201
369 CVU Road.
Hinesburg, VT 05461
This special three-part series will go through the basics of three ways to propagate plants with a horticultural professional. Start with seeding something for the garden or sunny windowsill, learn how to take and root your own cuttings of houseplants, perennials, and shrubs, and how to fearlessly divide root bound pots to make more plants. This will be a hands-on workshop with take home projects that include a sampling of seeding starts and a houseplant and/or shrub cutting. Includes a reference handout and all materials (pots, seeds, cuttings, and soil).
Rooting house plant cuttings in water
Planting a 4 season garden
Two Locations!
May 7th 6:00-8:00 pm
Champlain Valley High School, Room 201
369 CVU Road.
Hinesburg, VT 05461
May 21 6:00-8:00 pm
Mount Mansfield Union Room 513
211 Browns Trace Rd
Jericho, VT 05465
Whether planning a new garden or changing an existing planting, creating a year-round season of interest is at the top of most gardeners’ lists. Learn about the basics of the design process, how to assess your landscape, and how to work with your site challenges to make a beautiful garden you can enjoy throughout the year. Detailed plant lists will cover a wide range of garden conditions and every season of the year, utilizing shrubs, trees, bulbs, annuals and perennials. Hattie will walk you through the process and help address specific site challenges as we go. Includes detailed handout and extensive plant lists.
Gardening for Pollinators
3 locations this year!
April 23rd, 6:00-7:30 pm
110 West Canal St st #102
Winooski, VT 05404
May 12th, 6:00-7:30pm
Mount Mansfield Union Room 513
211 Browns Trace Rd
Jericho, VT 05465
May 14th, 6:00-7:30 pm
Champlain Valley High School, Room 201
369 CVU Road.
Hinesburg, VT 0546
Learn how to work with the natural rhythms of our native pollinators in your own landscape to create a rich and beautiful garden that nurtures important insects for every stage of life. Explore a diverse list of plants for every season that goes beyond the common ‘top ten’ plant lists and learn about a diverse array of plants that nurture our pollinators for all stages of life and through every season. Includes detailed handout and plant lists. This is a workshop for beginners to professionals, and even the garden curious!
110 West Canal St st #102
Winooski, VT 05404
Protecting Lake Champlain and it's watershed has become a serious issue in the last few years- learn how to help by using ecological solutions and strategic gardens with certified horticulturist Hattie White from Apis Garden Coaching. Rain gardens, rain water run off management and alternative garden and landscape maintenance techniques will be discussed. Detailed hand outs with rain garden specific plant lists are included. This workshop is geared towards home owners and smaller projects, but will also touch on large scale projects.