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Master Pruner Workshop: Summer Fruit Tree
Small groups of students will rotate between stations within the garden to get time with different fruits and also learn different pruning approaches from our instructors. Experts in the field will demonstrate the basics of fruit tree pruning for the fruits types at each station, followed by opportunities for attendees to give it a try — with ample coaching available as needed.
Pines & Pints: Drip Irrigation: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Drip irrigation is the most efficient method for watering plants! Is your experience different? Join us to learn all about drip irrigation. Mark Guthrie, Landscape Water Efficiency Program Manager with the Saving Water Partnership, is here to help! Mark will address how drip irrigation fits in with other methods of watering, outline why it’s an important watering method, explain how it functions, and provide tips for you – the professionals – who want to design, install, and maintain drip irrigation systems for your customers. Whether you are a future drip irrigation designer or just want to fill in the knowledge gaps, this night is for you!
Plant Walk: Soos Creek Botanical Gardens with Patrick Storey
Soos Creek Botanical Garden is dedicated to promoting the enjoyment, understanding and conservation of plants and the natural world along with our community’s local history through education, research, and stewardship. Patrick Storey is an ISA Certified Arborist with more than 30 years of certification and hands-on experience in the field of arboriculture. He is the owner of Grun Tree Care, a Seattle company proudly serving 17 years in business and on the Plant Amnesty ‘Arborist referral’ list.
Plant Walk: Dunn Gardens with Michelle Rau
In our walk at Dunn Gardens, we will discuss the strong history and care of Dunn Gardens, including the Olmsted Design that has been preserved, and the vision of the future while acknowledging the past. We will identify an exceptional collection of trees and shrubs, and analyze the work and preservation efforts that go into caring for State Champion trees, and others who continue to stand strong past the age of 100. We will discuss the role that nature and humans have played in this space over the years, and we will have a good time doing it!
BBG Tree Talks Series: The Tales These Trees Could Tell
Horticulturist Michelle Rau will dig into the tree stories of a couple of the most frequented public gardens in the Puget Sound area.
Master Pruner Class: Shrubs III - The Puzzlers and Consequences
Rhododendrons can seem out of control, but we will make sense of them -- as well Hydrangeas, Viburnum bodnantense, Abelia, and others.
Master Pruner Class: Corrective Pruning
Learn how to restore the natural shapes of trees and shrubs that have been malpruned. Malpruning may include topping, over-thinning, inappropriate shearing, and more. Included are discussions of watersprouts, suckers, radical renovation techniques, and crown restoration.
Pines & Pints: Wood Chips as a Soil Amendment
Come learn how wood chips can be an effective soil amendment with City of Seattle’s Clay Antieau.
Plant Walk: The Pinetum with Walt Bubelis and Van Bobbitt
In our walk at Dunn Gardens, we will discuss the strong history and care of Dunn Gardens, including the Olmsted Design that has been preserved, and the vision of the future while acknowledging the past. We will identify an exceptional collection of trees and shrubs, and analyze the work and preservation efforts that go into caring for State Champion trees, and others who continue to stand strong past the age of 100. We will discuss the role that nature and humans have played in this space over the years, and we will have a good time doing it!
Master Pruner Class: Prune & Renovate the Overgrown Landscape
Has the original design for a landscape been lost through neglect or through poor pruning? This is one of PlantAmnesty’s most popular classes and offers an introduction to landscape renovation, using pruning techniques that you have learned in the Master Pruner series, along with other renovation strategies.
Master Pruner Class: Hedging Your Bets - Pruning Art or Pruning Horror?
In this class, we compare and contrast common mal-pruning techniques that impact plant longevity with bona fide examples of pruning art: pollarding, cloud pruning, topiary, pleaching, and coppicing.
Plant Walk: Alex LaVilla’s Garden
Alex LaVilla’s small urban garden features a wide selection of both common and unusual plants. Established in 1997, the garden has undergone numerous iterations since its inception, serving as an experimental testing ground for how plants perform in varying garden conditions in the PNW. Plants were selected and arranged primarily for their design value when planted together and secondarily as an interesting collection of cool plants.
BBG Tree Talks Series: Trees Under Construction
Join Ben Mark, consulting arborist and urban forestry specialist, as he shares the best management practices to protect existing trees during construction.
Plant Walk: Seward Park with Sue Nicol
This 2.5 mile walk through Seward Park will emphasize its history and original design. Originally called Bailey Peninsula, Seward Park was far outside the City limits in 1903 when the Olmsted firm of landscape architects proposed including it as part of Seattle’s Park & Boulevard System. In 1911 the City purchased the peninsula. This 2.5 hour walk will take us along the western shore and then back north on the Sqebeqed Trail through the park’s old growth forest.
Pines & Pints: Hazard Trees and Wildlife Habitat
Various kinds of wildlife co-exist with us in urban settings. Mostly these animals enrich our lives with their antics, and sometimes are nuisances that may require a response. Trees and shrubs are important elements of the urban built landscape, providing both aesthetic and ecological benefits. Some elements of wildland wildlife habitats can be utilized to help these urban creatures. Hazard to Habitat. Piles. Hedges. Feeders. Windows. Cats. Ken will talk about some of our featured wildlife species, and how we can help them.
Plant Walk: Bellevue Botanical Garden with Ciscoe Morris
“The perennial garden at the Bellevue Botanical Garden is considered one of the best in the state. We’ll walk the garden, identifying and talking about many of the coolest perennials, shrubs and trees. I’ll tell stories about some of my favorites, talk about how to grow them successfully and there will be plenty of time for questions. Be warned, however, that I do throw Brussels sprouts at anyone who stumps me!”
Master Pruner Class: Tree Pruning III - Specialized Pruning Strategies
Learn how to prune trees for various purposes. Included will be guidance on training young trees and maintaining mature trees, along with discussions of specialized tree pruning techniques.
BBG Tree Talks Series: Renovation Techniques for an Overgrown Yard
ISA-Certified Arborist and pruning coach Ellie Bender will talk about the overgrown yard.
Master Pruner Workshop: Spring Renovation
Our Renovation Workshops are popular hands-on sessions that feature a low student:teacher ratio and real world experience. Students will practice and develop skills in evaluating and renovating an overgrown garden, working on a variety of plants. This workshop will be held in the Carl S. English, Jr. Gardens in the Chittenden/Ballard Locks in NW Seattle.
Kruckeberg Botanic Gardens with Walt Bubelis and Van Bobbitt
Van and Walt will take you through this remarkable garden pointing out some of their favorite trees (and maybe a shrub or two) that the Kruckebergs planted along the way. The garden is rich in conifers but also has an impressive collection of oaks along with numerous Southern Hemisphere plants. We’ll walk down the recently installed aerial boardwalk (ADA accessible) to the lower garden where there are specialty groupings such as serpentine beds, native plants and an small pond. Afterwards, take advantage of the nursery plants on sale!
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Shrubs III: The Puzzlers and Consequences
This class was rescheduled from its original date. If you had previously registered for the class, you do not need to register again.
Learn how to prune the plants that Cass Turnbull called the Puzzlers and Consequences. This class includes information on how to prune plants such as Rhododendron, Hydrangea, Callicarpa (Beautyberry), Viburnum bodnantense, and Abelia. Included in this class are basic pruning techniques, common pruning mistakes and corrective pruning.
Please note that registration for online classes will end one hour prior to class start time.
Recordings of online classes will be available for viewing for two weeks after the class date.
Taught by Ellie Bender
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