Session Two: Growing a Garden
You get:
- timely tips for fall gardening and spring planning
- what you need to know about growing perennial plants successfully
- shade gardening advice, ideas and inspiration
- expert garden-design advice, whether you’re creating a new bed or renovating a mature plot
- a guide to pruning
- and more!
PLUS:
- You’ll find extensive resource lists with each class that provide links to websites, and suggestions for books and articles that will teach you even more on the subject
- You’ll feel like you have a new gardening friend in Kathy Cropp—the workshop instructor who has been a lifelong educator and who is a former garden-radio show host
| GHTU’s class schedule currently offers the newly released Session Two: Growing a Garden. Session Two can be taken as a whole or as four separate classes: | |
| Class 1: Fall Gardening Tips & Spring Planning Class 2: Creating a Garden – More Than Just Plants | Class 3: Shade Gardening Class 4: Growing Perennials |
Get all four classes listed above for the price of three when you buy Session Two together. | |
Find out what each class in Session Two covers below.
Garden How-To University Session Two: Class 1
Fall Gardening Tips & Spring Planning
By Horticulture & Kathy Cropp
Do the right thing now! Get a checklist of what you should be doing now in the garden to get ready for winter, and to be planning ahead for spring. Plus, you’ll learn about low-maintenance plants and fall pruning.
Garden How-To University Session Two: Class 2
Creating a Garden: More Than Just Plants
By Horticulture & Kathy Cropp
When our gardens must grow around permanent structures or man-made creations (also known as hardscapes) we need to know how to improvise. You’ll learn how to choose plants that work with your hardscapes, and you’ll discover design ideas if you want to add objects to your garden (think: walls, walkways, or even garden art!). This class is for you whether you’re a beginner or experienced gardener.
Garden How-To University Session Two: Class 3
Shade Gardening
By Horticulture & Kathy Cropp
Yes, you can grow a garden in the shade! You’ll learn the right plants to grow whether you have wet or dry shade, and you’ll find ideas for how to grow a garden under the canopy of a tree. Plus, we’ll bust that myth that only green plants grow in the shade!
Garden How-To University Session Two: Class 4
Growing Perennials
By Horticulture & Kathy Cropp
Gardeners love plants and we always want more, but we’re frugal, too. So discover how growing perennials can be a cost-saving endeavor. You’ll get lists of the right plants for the right places in your garden, and we’ll share our deer-proofing secrets!
Want more gardening education? Check out Session One: Gardening from A to Z!