4:30pm - 12:00pm

Thursday Garden Talks with Lili Singer

Classes  

Fall 2010: 8 Thursdays, September 16-November 11
9:30am–Noon / Palm Room
(Please note special times for field trips, which are self-driven and require pre-registration)
$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

September 16    Native Trees for Urban Gardens with Lili Singer
Trees are the heart of the landscape, and California offers a wealth of native trees for home gardens. In addition to beauty, shade and color, these trees provide habitat for native birds and other wildlife. Learn which species are right for your landscape, how to plant and keep them healthy, and how to select companion plants. When not heading the Thursday Garden Talks, Lili is a horticultural consultant and garden writer, and special projects coordinator for the Theodore Payne Foundation in Sun Valley.

September 23 – No class

September 30    Designing a Garden for Children with Laramee Haynes
How do you get kids to garden? Learn what kids like and be creative! This inspiring illustrated program offers the basic components (water, creatures, refuge, etc.) for gardens that kids can’t resist, along with practical inexpensive ideas for outdoor spaces that foster awareness, imagination and play. Laramee is a Pasadena-based landscape designer and contractor (www.hayneslandscaping.com ).

October 7    A Decade of Change with Emily Green
Learn what happens when you break from a traditional turfgrass lawn and let in mostly California natives, as witnessed first-hand in a West Adams garden. Emily is a garden and science writer. She pens the weekly The Dry Garden column for the Los Angeles Times and blogs at www.chanceofrain.com .

October 14    Field Trip: Inner City Smart Gardens, 10:00am-12:30pm
Our first autumn excursion takes us to two home gardens that artfully combine wildlife-attracting native flora with innovative resource-conserving design and a spark of whimsy. The gardens – in West Adams and Oxford Square – each surround a classic Craftsman-style home. The tour is self-driven. Registration required.

October 21    Great Plants for Fall Planting with Matthew Roberts
Our fall series kicks off with a plant extravaganza provided by Santa Barbara-based San Marcos Growers, one of the region’s finest wholesale nurseries. Discover new temptations for mediterranean-climate gardens – succulents, South Africans, Australians, California natives and more – then seek them out at your local nursery! Matthew is a sales representative at San Marcos Growers (www.smgrowers.com ). He is an avid plant nerd with 19 years experience in the nursery trade and a degree in horticulture from University of Florida.

October 28    Less-Known and Less-Grown Bulbs with Dylan Hannon
This session for serious plant nuts features fascinating and unusual bulbs – living jewels for collectors’ gardens. The program includes fabulous images and live bulbs and plants. Dylan is curator of Conservatory Collections at the Huntington Botanical Gardens. He collects, photographs, propagates and now sells rare bulbs, primarily from South Africa, South America and Mexico.

November 4    Field Trip: Nuccio’s Nurseries and a Peaceful Garden in Altadena, 9:30am-12:30pm
Fragrant Sasanqua camellias and other autumn delights are guaranteed at our first stop: world-famous Nuccio’s Nurseries in Altadena, purveyors of camellias and azaleas since 1935. Our private tour will be led by Tom Nuccio. The field trip ends nearby at a lush drought-tolerant residential garden, where old trees shelter a stone-walled “council circle,” mass plantings of native iris and coral bells, and a water garden edged with monkey flowers and hummingbird sage. Trip is self-driven. Reservations required.

November 11    The Arboretum through Time: Past and Future with Richard Schulhof
The Thursday series welcomes The Arboretum’s new CEO for a special program and class discussion. Citing precedents in England and the U.S., Richard will explore the remarkable evolution of The Arboretum, including plant introductions and research, and  share his visions for the upcoming year and beyond. No doubt, he'll also mention a few of his favorite plants! Richard, a Los Angeles-to-San Diego chaparral native, previously served as executive director at Descanso Gardens, as well as deputy director at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston.

• September 16, 2010

  Thursday

  4:30PM - 12:00PM

  September 30, 2010

  Thursday

  9:30AM - 12:00PM

  October 07, 2010

  Thursday

  9:30AM - 12:00PM

  October 14, 2010

  Thursday

  9:30AM - 12:00PM

  October 21, 2010

  Thursday

  9:30AM - 12:00PM

  October 28, 2010

  Thursday

  9:30AM - 12:00PM

  November 04, 2010

  Thursday

  9:30AM - 12:00PM

  November 11, 2010

  Thursday

  9:30AM - 12:00PM