Classes

Design by Shopping Cart

Garden designer and garden writer Marcia Tatroe will take you on a shopping cart tour through our wonderful collection of plants, pointing out favorites and suggesting wonderful companions for plants that you love. This is your one time to get Marcia’s full attention and spend “one on one” time with a premier Front Range gardener…. Read More

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Instructor(s): Marcia Tatroe
Date: Saturday, May 19th
Time: 9 – 11 a.m.
Cost: $10

The Waaay Alternative Garden

A hodge-podge of out-of-left-field garden concepts that not only think outside the box, but crush the box and light it on fire. From pruning/cleanup with a matchstick (fire!) planting two plants in one hole, guerilla (illegal) flower gardening, to garden methods that exclude pulling weeds (yes, really!). Most of them entail working less: take a… Read More

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Instructor(s): Kenton Seth
Date: Saturday, May 26th
Time: 9 – 11 a.m.
Cost: $10

The Grass Class: How to Select, Plant, Design, Care-for, or Kill Ornamental Gardens

As a per-individual count, there are more grass plants on this planet than any other vascular plant species; and a majority of our diet relies on them. Why are they so few in flower gardens? This is a class to highlight the known and unknown advantages (or disadvantages) to this family of plants-for instance; grasses… Read More

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Instructor(s): Kenton Seth
Date: Saturday, May 26th
Time: 12 – 2 p.m.
Cost: $10

Four Seasons in the Cactus Garden

What a wonderful group of plants: Cactacea! These plants native only to the Americas have so much to offer in the garden. In the spring they rehydrate and inflate like “Jiffy-Pop”, in the summer they flower gloriously, in the fall their spines shine in the afternoon sun and in the winter their stems turn the… Read More

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Instructor(s): Marcia Tatroe
Date: Saturday, June 2nd
Time: 9 – 11 a.m.
Cost: $10

Companion Plants for Hardy Cacti: Richness in the Non-irrigated Landscape

As we approach an era of gardening with less water, innovative garden designers like Marcia Tatroe have reveled in the richness of dry land plants that flourish in our gardens. This class compliments Marcia’s previous class “Four Seasons in the Cactus Garden”. Marcia will show you her favorite plants that soften the prickly edges of… Read More

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Instructor(s): Marcia Tatroe
Date: Sunday, June 10th
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $10

Cacti and Succulents for Cold Climates: Outstanding Species for Challenging Conditions

Hearty Colorado gardener Leo J. Chance has finally revealed his book with the same above title. We are so delighted to have Leo come and discuss his book, his suggestions for succulent culture and to walk you through our beautiful cactus gardens and help you shop for cacti and succulents in our nursery. Bring his… Read More

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Instructor(s): Leo J. Chance
Date: Sunday, June 10th
Time: 1 – 3 p.m.
Cost: $10