The Berry Botanic Garden

March 2009

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Naturescaping
When you garden with native plants, natural landscapes, and water-friendly gardening, you need less water, fewer chemicals, and less time doing maintenance. This is good for you, your garden, beneficial to wildlife and the environment. You'll receive a free workbook and native plant to take home. Rain or shine, we'll be going outside to study plants along BBG's Native Plant Trail.
Sunday, 3/1/09, 1:00-5:00pm
Register online at http://emswcd.org/workshops-events Or by phone: (503) 936-5368
Free! Limit 20
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March Expectations: Six More Weeks of Work
March is the month of expectations; bring yours along with sketches, ideas, and problems to solve in your garden. Artist and botanist Mary Bushman will help you solve your problems by identifying resources and creating a plan for this year’s garden expectations. Drawing on her experience designing numerous native, cottage and kitchen gardens, Mary will be covering rain gardening, lawn reduction, incorporating vegetables and native plants into the landscape.
Mary Bushman
Thursday, 3/12/09, 6:30-8:30pm
$15 ($12 Members)
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Conifers for the Small Garden
Conifers have a special place in the garden. The typical small yard offers particular challenges, but conifers offer unique color, form and shape to your landscape. Join Don Howse of PorterHowse Farms for a slide show and presentation from his years of experience with conifers of all kinds. Catch a sneak preview of new introductions to the trade. Don is past-President of the Western Region of the American Conifer Society and the proud owner of over 2300 varieties and species of conifers, from bonsai to full size.
Don Howse
Saturday, 3/21/09 10am-noon
$15 ($12 Members) Limit 25
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Bonsai for the Beginner
Described as "soundless poetry," bonsai literally means a "tree in a dish" but it is an ancient artistic expression of the harmony between heaven and earth, man and nature. In this class, you'll learn the basics from noted bonsai artist Alan Taft. Bring your own plant to start with if you wish; appropriate plants will be available for purchase. We will supply pots and potting mix for you to create your own living sculpture. Also bring your favorite bonsai pruners if you have them, and bring bonsai from home that you have questions about or need help with pruning and training.
Alan Taft
Saturday, 3/28/09, 1:00-5:00pm
$30 ($24 Members) Limit 10
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Creating and Planting a Spring Trough Garden
Troughs are ideal for small space gardening, or for those who want a few alpines without a ton of rocks. Whether you're new to rock gardening and troughs or an "old hand," you'll enjoy the camaraderie and cement-mixing efforts of a group. You'll also learn about planting your trough garden. There will be special BBG alpines for sale.
Ginny Maffitt
Sunday, 3/29/09, 1:00-3:00pm
$30 ($24 Members) Limit 10
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