Natureworks is
famous for it’s wild and wooly cottage garden style. I will show you
how to create a garden that is a little bit loose around the edges,
with self seeding annuals, herbs, and perennials appearing in
unexpected places. We will discuss
creating strong “bones”, classic cottage garden flowers, and techniques
to tame the wildness when it gets out of hand.
° Foundation
Plantings
&
Your
Front Yard: 21st Century Design Concepts
Banish gumdrops,
lollipops and other outdated planting styles from the front of your
house! Whether you are starting from scratch or redesigning a
“post-mature” landscape eyesore, this class will expand your mind with
myriad possibilities, design styles, and plant choices.
° Growing
Fresh,
Organic
Food
in your Own Back Yard
No matter how big or small your
yard, garden, or container garden area is, you can grow some of your
own food! Learn about
basic vegetable crops such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, potatoes,
garlic, greens, carrots, cucumbers, squash, and beans. Find
out
which
plants
you should start ahead of time and which can be direct
seeded in the garden. Learn how to organize your planting beds so you
can rotate crops to prevent diseases. Discover how to double your
harvest in a small space by planting in succession from early spring
until fall. Of course, you will learn how
to do it all organically!
° Simplifying
Your
Garden
Do you love to garden but find that
the landscape you’ve created is too much work for you to handle? You
are not alone! I will help you to get a handle on the process of
simplifying or possibly downsizing your gardens to accommodate your
changing physical abilities or other realities. Determine your wants
and needs and formulate a systematic
approach to making the decisions necessary so your yard a livable space
for years to come. Begin enjoying your gardens again!
° Succession
of
Bloom
with
Native Plants
Native plants are adaptable to Connecticut conditions, easy to
grow, and help build habitats, even in suburban backyards. Learn how to
incorporate a wide palette of native perennials, ornamental grasses,
trees, and shrubs into your landscape to provide colorful blossoms,
berries, and foliage every single month of the growing season.
° Superior Plants
for Connecticut
Gardens
What makes a
plant truly garden worthy? With more than 25 years of hands-on
gardening experience, we’ll teach you what plants WE think are the best
and why. Besides expanding your plant palette, you will learn to ask
the right questions when deciding on varieties of perennials, shrubs,
ornamental grasses, and vines to select for your own gardens.
Topics
to
choose
with
a Green Focus:
° Creating
an
Organic
Ecosystem
in your Back Yard
° Lawn
Reduction
&
Lawn
Alternatives
° What’s
Bugging
You…
Organic
Solutions for Perennial Pests
Nancy can also speak on any of
the following topics:
° Boughs
&
Berries! Beautiful
Winter
Greenery
for Decorating
Inside & Out
° Drama Queens
of the Garden
° Fall Bloomers
° Interesting & Unusual Flowers &
Shrubs for Cutting
° Nine
months
of
color
with Flowering Shrubs
° Orchid Basics
° Perennial Shade Gardening
° Succession of Bloom with
Shade Plants, in the Perennial
Garden
° Unusual Annuals & Tropicals for Container Gardens
° Unusual Herbs & Edible Flowers
