Learn how you can choose flowering perennials while still enjoying fruit and vegetable production through the use of native plants and xeric landscaping techniques that will produce throughout the growing season despite the hot, dry summers that we are experiencing.
DurationAre you under water restrictions but still want an abundant garden?
Learn how you can choose flowering perennials while still enjoying fruit and vegetable production through the use of native plants and xeric landscaping techniques that will produce throughout the growing season despite the hot, dry summers that we are experiencing.
We will also touch on water harvesting to help prolong the watering season into the summers, and tips and tricks for a thriving garden in our evolving landscape conditions.
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Students learn how to use the proper tools and the techniques for pruning shrubs, trees and plants.
We will discuss techniques and timing in the Alberta region for best fall harvest, preserving and storing vegetable and fruit crops, growing produce indoors, and getting a jump start on your garden for spring!
This gardening workshop educates newcomers and seniors about the joys and benefits of growing their own plants and vegetables.
Join Horticulturist and Nursery Manager, Tim Walsh, and learn how we have been successfully growing vegetables in raised beds for over 30 years.
This two-day workshop packed with practical hands-on activities will teach you the basics of soils, climate, plant nutrition, botany, mulches and watering.
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