A Class Is Being Held at Howard Community College
Learn to design a native garden using some of Maryland’s 3,000 native plants. You will redesign or design a garden for your yard using “keystone plants” and other natives from perennials to sedges, ferns, grasses, shrubs, and trees.
This six-hour course will be held on three consecutive Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, March 7 to 21. The class will start with everyone discussing their own garden and their goals for the class.
After reviewing plants that are invaluable to pollinators as well as other native plants, learn how to combine plants to create your own garden.
Determine how to choose the “right plant for the right place” by using research tools. Design a garden that blooms for three seasons by using basic design elements and incorporating plants that attract pollinators. You will also learn what conditions different plants need to succeed.
Join the leave the leaves movement and save pollinators. Learn about local nurseries that sell native plants in your area.
Gardeners of all backgrounds are welcome. Bring a sketch of the garden you would like to design, redesign or have questions about. Photos of your garden are also welcome.
Other topics will include how to support pollinators; ways to control deer (it is a challenge); “aggressive” versus “shrinking violets” plants; and invasive plants.
Dr. Doug Tallamy’s free Homegrown National Park program will also be discussed.
Gardeners of all backgrounds are welcome.
The class will be taught by Laura O’Callaghan. A Master Gardener since 2014, she is a native plant enthusiast and a Finksburg resident. She started the website, IntheGardenwithLaura.com, in 2016. Laura was a founding member of the Finksburg Library Gardens. She teaches at Carroll Community College, lectures at local libraries and covers the Philadelphia Flower Show every March.
The course costs $105 (this includes $72 in fees). The class will be held at Howard Community College in the Hickory Ridge Building. To register, go to https://www.howardcc.edu/media/howardcc/programs-courses/continuing-education/documents/WS2024_Noncredit_Final-brochure.pdf
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