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Pots
with Panache
More than just patio decorations! Versatile and beautiful, these containers are a way for a gardener to express individual creativity. Produce anything from functional, portable features to glorious displays or artistry. A container may be large or small, last for one season or many, and serve a multitude of purposes in the landscape. Designer and writer Lucy Hardiman, of Perennial Partners, has over 50 containers in her garden and delights in creating the right pot for the right place. Using a variety of plants she will demonstrate creating pots which will then be for sale at the end of class. Bring your own empty pot of between 12” and 16” in diameter and receive three free plants with additional available for purchase. We provide the potting soil.
Lucy Hardiman
Saturday, 5/3/08, 10am-noon
$20 ($16 Members) Limit 20
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Styrofoam
Planters Made Classy
Do you love the look of those stone garden planters but hate the cost and weight? Learn how to create the look without the hassle in a hands-on class with our trough guru Ginny Maffitt. Make "faux stone" planters using foam boxes, paint, sand and creativity. They're lightweight and great for container gardening. Besides being functional, this project keeps non-biodegradable plastic from going to the landfill. Bring your own foam container and a screwdriver for texturing. Ginny will also spend some time discussing planting your trough, and alpine plants will be available at a discount.
Ginny Maffitt
Sunday, 5/4/08, 1-3pm
$18 ($14 Members)
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Geology
and Botany of Camassia Natural Area
The Camassia Natural Area, though only 26 acres, supports an extraordinary diversity of habitats: oak-madrone woodlands, ponds, and stunning wet-meadows. On this hike with geologist, Dick Thoms, learn where and how the dark gray basalt bedrock originated and how it became exposed. We'll also look at the unique flora of this site, including the stunning camas (camassia quamash), which should be blooming. Be prepared for muddy trails on this easy hike.
Dick Thoms
Monday, 5/5/08 1:30pm-4:30pm
$10 ($8 Members) Limit 15
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Worry-Free
Drip Irrigation
Kym Pokorny, garden writer for The Oregonian for 13 years, will take the mystery out of drip irrigation. She'll be demonstrating a simple, step-by-step system, showing you how to assemble one from start to finish. She'll discuss sources of materials and the advantages of drip irrigation, which include conserving water, money and time. Simplify your gardening!
Kym Pokorny
Thursday, 5/8/08, 7-9pm
$15 ($12 Members) Limit 25
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Eco-Logical
Garden: Practical Permaculture
Are you ready to take your garden to a new level? Author of celebrated home permaculture guide, Gaia's Garden, and PSU adjunct professor, Toby Hemenway has devoted many years to the science and art of functional and beautiful landscapes. His instruction has been called "supremely practical, balancing the ideal with the real." In this day-long workshop, learn to design natural landscapes that not only produce food and beauty for people, but also shelter birds and beneficial insects, harvest water and preserve biodiversity. This workshop will cover basic principles of ecological landscape design, including efficient and pest-resistant garden layout, selecting plants that have many uses, drought-proofing your yard, creating plant communities that work together and conserving energy through careful landscape planning.
Toby Hemenway
Saturday, 5/10/08 10am-4pm
$50 ($40 Members)
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Pine
Needle Basketry
Kim Black is back by popular demand! A teacher of basketry for over 15 years, Kim will guide us through a modern exploration of a traditional Native American craft. Gather with like-minded souls in our visitor center and enjoy a May day in the garden. Take home your own handmade pine needle bowl. Kim will have for purchase extra supplies, and a booklet and video that feature additional techniques and ideas. A wonderful treasure and a fun way to spend the day.
Kim Black
Saturday, 5/17/08, 9am-4pm
$40 ($32 Members) Limit 14
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SOLV's
"Down by the Riverside"
Join SOLV for a state-wide day of volunteer activites to
help improve watersheds. At the BBG you can join the volunteer
crew with clean-up and removal of garlic mustard and other weeds, planting, and trail maintenance.
Saturday 5/17/08 10am-1pm
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Ethnobotanical
Foray for Kids & Adults
Kids will love this hands-on class! Ethnobotany is the study of how humans use plants. In this entertaining workshop naturalist Deb Scrivens will share her knowledge of plants traditionally used for food, medicine, baskets and many other uses. You will create cordage and tea from stinging nettles, demonstrating the surprising ways a single plant may be used. She will provide a list of resources for further investigation and discuss the ethics and safety protocols involved in the harvest of wild plants.
Deb Scrivens
Sunday, 5/18/08, 2-4pm
$15 ($12 Members, $10 Children 12 and under) Limit 15
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Landscape
Sustainably with Native Plants
From drought tolerant gardening to cooling your house with beautiful trees, native plants make your world a better place to live. Green designer Gail Dresner of Circadian Consulting & Design draws on principles of ecology and aesthetics to produce vibrant and luxuriant landscapes with an eye to biodiversity and resource conservation. In this workshop she will illustrate landscape techniques and a variety of native plants to complement them.
Gail Dresner
Wednesday, 5/21/08, 6:30-8:30pm
$15 ($12 Members) Limit 25
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Urban
Agriculture & Heifer International
For over 60 years Heifer International has helped people all over the world to become self-sufficient in animal husbandry and crop production. As a HI volunteer, Leo Tautfest, has visited project sites from Tanzania to Zenger Farm in SE Portland. Urban agriculture is one aspect of HI's vision. Join us as Leo illustrates, through images from his trips and a special DVD, HI's impacts upon the lives of people.
Leo Tautfest
Wednesday, 5/28/08, 7-9pm
$5 Limit 25
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CLASS CATALOG
DOWNLOAD
the class registration form. You'll need Adobe Acrobat to read and print it.
register@berrybot.org