GARDENING FOR THE HOMEOWNER &
PLANT LOVER

• Overview
• Registration

• Botanical Art
• Custom Courses
• Edible Gardening
• Edwards Lectures
• Floral Design
• Gardening
• Garden Tours
• Garden Travel
• Hands-on in the Gardens
• Health & Wellness
• Instructor Bios
• Special Events
• Straw-bale
• Style Series 2008
• Toronto Walking Tours

Partnership
Programs

• Ryerson University
  at TBG
• TBG at George Brown College
• Second Base Youth Shelter Training Program

These classes are designed for the beginner to the avid gardener and feature practical how-to information with visual presentations.

When I’m Feeling Blue: Blue Flowers and Foliage
[PG08S08] Marion Jarvie
Enjoy a tranquil blue garden year round using plants that display distinctive blue foliage and flowers – from hardy perennials to flowering shrubs and groundcovers coupled with the evergreen beauty of dwarf conifers. Learn which plants are right for your garden and how to design to bring out the best with the colour blue.
Thursday, July 3, 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Public $35 / Members $30

Orchids and Aroids
[PG08S09] Marion Jarvie
Leave it to Marion to broaden your knowledge on these hardy plants and provide you with some new and exciting choices for your garden. Discover our most desirable wild flowers plus some exotic foreigners; the familiar ones include the pink lady slipper, calla lilies, and philodendrons as well as many different species of hardy but exotic arisaemas, also known as cobra lilies, which include among many others the well-known wildflower jack-in-the-pulpit. You’ll adore these hardy and highly-rated garden plants with bold, striking foliage and their most unusual flowers. Marion will provide you with information on their culture and on how to grow these plants with great success.
Tuesday, July 15, 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Public $35 / Members $30

The Chelsea Chop: Timed Pruning
[PG08S10] Marion Jarvie
Tired of gangly, top heavy and drooping summer perennials? Want to learn how to gently persuade your clematis to bloom longer into the season? Then join Marion as she discusses the technique known as the Chelsea chop, long used by nurserymen at the end of the famous Chelsea Flower Show. Learn what, when and how to cut back garden perennials to bring about a summer display worth waiting for. You’ll soon learn not to cringe as you trim back your perennials and vines for a delightful extended period of bloom and re-bloom. Your plants will be better shaped for container growth and better behaved throughout the summer season into fall.
Tuesday, July 22, 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Public $35 / Members $30