March/April Seminar Schedule
All seminars at the Garden Shop Nursery are held at 3636 Mayberry Drive.
Seminars will begin at 10:30am and last for an hour, and they are FREE!
Classes are
taught by the Garden Shop Nursery team and special guest speakers from the
gardening community.
March 6th
Easy edible
gardening. Marnie Brennan will host this class with the very basics on
choices. You will learn how to turn your yard, garden and even containers
into beautiful displays of flowers, veggies and or herbs.
March 13th
Growing and
storing herbs and potatoes with Jana and Tom from the River School. Now is
the time to get the potatoes in the ground and think about what kinds of
herbs you would like to grow.
March 20th
Alan
Gubanich, VP and acting President of the Lahontan Audubon Society will come
to the nursery and talk birds. We have a nice large room that will be ready
to accommodate all bird lovers.
March 27th
Houseplant
care with Suzanne Cody Adams, Master Gardener and garden teacher for TMCC
will teach us about our house plant care.
April 3rd
Here is a two for one seminar;
lawn care and perennials all in
one class. Join Ed Bath, owner of the Garden Shop Nursery and Marnie
Brennan, Garden Coach and learn all you need for a great lawn and hardy
perennials. Ed will cover spring lawn care, and Marnie, our own perennial
lover, for an introduction on how to best utilize perennials for our
unique region and zone.
April 10th
Rose care
for spring with Diane Storz-Linz, horticulturist and rose expert.
April 17th
Home
composting, this almost hands on seminar will be given by our own Ryan
Sharrer. Ryan has been tending our pile and will show you how easy it is to
make our own organic compost.
April 24th
Vegetables and Orchids This
being a busy time of the year we have scheduled 2 very important seminars.
Orchid care will be discussed with Sean Abbott,
President of the Northern Nevada Orchid Society. Sean will be in the
greenhouse with our orchid collection and will talk about the basic care of
orchids. Master Gardener Randy Robison, is a our local vegetable
garden expert. Randy has completed his training in square foot gardening and
will help with all your vegetable garden needs, this is one not to be
missed. |