9:30am - 12pm

Palm Room

Garden Talks with Lili Singer: Easy Native Plant Gardening with Barbara Eisenstein

Classes  

$100 for the series, $20 per class / Reservations or you may pay at the door
Information and registration: 626.821.4623 or jill.berry@arboretum.org

Native plants have the undeserved reputation of being difficult to grow. Learn how to minimize the work while maximizing success with California native plants. Barbara Eisenstein, a native plant garden writer and consultant, will introduce you to unusual natives that will convert your garden into a peaceful, sustainable, backyard habitat, while using less water, resources, and effort.

Upcoming Classes

Nov 5 Gardening in the Shade with Lili Singer
This session celebrates dappled, partial and deep shade – conditions that please some exquisite plants as well as the gardeners who tend them. Common and unusual shade-loving plants will be shown, and watering, pest management and other cultural practices will be discussed. Lili is an award-winning horticulturist and garden writer. She leads the Thursday Garden Talks at The Arboretum and is special projects coordinator for the Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers and Native Plants.

Nov 12 Plants of the Arboretum: A Tour for Home Gardeners with Jill Morganelli
Explore The Arboretum’s collections with the new curator of the Kallam Perennial Garden! Along the way, we’ll discover the season’s most interesting and colorful plants, with detailed descriptions and tips on using these plants in home landscapes. In addition to her Arboretum position, Jill is adjunct faculty at Cuyamaca College and owner of Panorganic (www.panorganic.com ). Her current areas of focus include sustainable landscape design and organic agriculture.

• October 29, 2009

  Thursday

  9:30AM - 12:00PM