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The New Castle County Master Gardeners is offering a variety of events to help plant lovers prepare for a spring filled with flowers and foliage.
A series of 12 gardening workshops will run from Feb. 19 until May 14 in Newark at the UD’s Fischer Greenhouse and the Cooperative Extension Building at 910 South Chapel St.
Eight new workshops have been added in this 12th year of the program to teach area residents how to grow, maintain and design personal gardens filled with berries, veggies, trees and perennials.
Most single-session day and evening workshops have a $12 fee and will be held at the Fischer Greenhouse, with all materials and tools provided.
A four-session workshop, titled “Design Your Dream Landscape,” is set to kick off the series from 7 to 9 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 19. Homeowners will learn how create a professional looking backyard. The remaining three sessions will meet at the same time on Feb. 26, and March 5 and 12.
Other offering include:
“Puzzled by Pruning,” from 7 - 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, designed to help explain techniques, timing and equipment useful when pruning trees and shrubs;
“Organic Veggies,” from 7 - 9 p.m., Wednesday, March 13, for those interested in growing vegetables in a pest-free, natural way;
“For a Berry Good Time” from 7 - 9 p.m., Monday, March 18, to help participants learn the basics about growing strawberries, blueberries and raspberries;
“Beds and Borders,” from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 19, at the Cooperative Extension Building on South Chapel Street, to teach amateur gardeners to design flowerbeds and mixed borders for any lawn;
“Perennials For Gardens Great and Small,” from 7 - 9 p.m., Thursday April 4, providing instructions on how to make the best out of a perennial’s once-a-year appearance;
‘I Hate My Lawn,” a two-part workshop from 6:30 - 9 p.m., Monday and Wednesday April 8 and 10, designed to help solve grassy dilemmas that occur in everyone’s lawn;
“Water Gardening,” from 7 - 9 p.m., Thursday, April 18, on how to install and maintain ponds of any size.
“Ground Covers,” from 7 - 9 p.m., Monday April 22, teaching backyard enthusiasts how to solve problems such as wet spots and tree roots;
“Structure in the Garden” from 7 - 9 p.m., Thursday May 2, about the uses of trellises, pergolas, statues and benches;
“Go Native,” from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Monday, May 13, at south Chapel Street, about using local shrubs and perennials guaranteed to thrive in New Castle County; and
“You Can’t Not Compost,” from 7 - 9 p.m., Tuesday, May 14, providing instruction on how to recycle all sorts of household scraps into a safe, organic fertilizer.
For more information on these workshops, contact the New Castle County Master Gardeners for a free brochure and registration form at 831-COOP.
Feb. 11, 2002
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