OCTOBER
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Gift Shop Open House Weekend
Friday-Sunday, October 18-20, 2019
Join us for a three day event, celebrating our Gift Shop. We'll have tons of terrific gifts for gardeners, just in time for the holidays. Come join us, browse and get an early start on that holiday shopping list. We'll also have several seminars on Saturday (see below). We've been looking forward to this event since fall began. We hope you will join us and help us celebrate!

Bonsai Introductory Class
Saturday, October 19, 2019 • 9:00am-11:00am
Join us for a two hour introduction to bonsai class and learn the simple truth about growing ancient trees. A unique art form that can offer you hours of peaceful work – four dimensional living art. By the end of the class you will be able to decide if you should take a bonsai home with you. Your tree can become a family heirloom that may live for hundreds of years.
Class fee: $20.00. (Attendees may also purchase a beginner's bonsai for an additional $20.00 - A $50 VALUE!)
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Fall Garden Chores
Saturday, October 19, 2019 • 10:00am
Jim Chennault presents an educational and entertaining seminar on the best way to handle your fall garden chores. Topics will include: Lawns: mowing, fertilizing and adding lime; Orchard Clean-Up: sanitation, harvesting and dormant spraying and Moles: fall mole control.
FREE CLASS • REGISTER ON-LINE>>

Bonsai Continuing Class
Saturday, October 19, 2019 • 11:00am-1:00pm
REQUIRES PREVIOUS ATTENDANCE IN INTRODUCTORY CLASS
In this continuing class, each time you will go one step further, receiving accurate and valuable information about this art, how to create a bonsai, how to maintain it, keep it alive and how to make more beautiful specimens. The October class will focus on bonsai propagation methods, the study of several specimens and a 15 minute Q & A for any specific information you want.
Class fee: $30.00.
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Container Gardening Through the Seasons
Saturday, October 19, 2019 • 1:00pm
With Dana Rea. Dana shows us how to create beautiful container gardens for any time of year. There will be an opportunity to work with Dana after the class for customers wanting to purchase containers and plant materials for her to design.
FREE CLASS • REGISTER ON-LINE>>

Getting your Pond Ready for Winter
Saturday, October 19, 2019 • 2:00 pm
With Jim Chennault. Learn the tips and tricks to protect your water features and ponds throughout the cold weather.
FREE CLASS • REGISTER ON-LINE>>

*Seating is limited. Please register ahead online or call
(360) 225-8750. Most classes are 1-2 hours long and are FREE unless otherwise noted. Please check our website and email for updates. New classes will be posted as they are scheduled.