PlantAmnesty
Spring Renovation Workshop
Magnuson Park, Seattle WAThis Renovation Workshop is a popular hands-on, session that will feature a low student:teacher ratio and real world experience in a public garden space. Students learn pruning and creative solutions for the overgrown garden, working on a variety of plants and landscaping designs. Some of the plants are in their third year of staged renovation,…
Spring Renovation Workshop
Woodinville, WA WAThis Renovation Workshop is a popular hands-on, session that will feature a low student:teacher ratio and real world experience on private property. Students learn pruning and creative solutions for the overgrown garden, working on a variety of plants and landscaping designs. There may be some transplantation and bed shaping, but the majority of the work…
Spring Renovation Workshop
Seattle, WA WAThis Renovation Workshop is a popular hands-on, session that will feature a low student:teacher ratio and real world experience on private property. Students learn pruning and creative solutions for the overgrown garden, working on a variety of plants and landscaping designs. There may be some transplantation and bed shaping, but the majority of the work…
Japanese Pine Pruning Workshop
Seattle, WA WAPlantAmnesty's Japanese Pine Pruning Workshop will give you hands-on training with experienced instructor on techniques for pruning pines in the Japanese Garden style. Depending on how the spring develops, candling might be included, but scheduling contraints resulted in the workshop date being beyond the ideal candling window. Our primary focus will be on larger scale…
Shrubs II: Shearables, Hackables, and Untouchables (Christina Pfeiffer)
Zoom WA, United StatesSome plants can be cut to the ground each year, but there are others you barely touch and it's pandemonium! Find out which ones are which, as well as which plants are appropriately sheared every year. Plants discussed include lavatera, heather, lavender, rockroses, witch hazel, winter sweet, double-file viburnum, Perovskia, and Senecio greyi. Please note…
Japanese Garden Pruning
Zoom WA, United StatesCreating and maintaining a Japanese Garden requires a high level of pruning skill and dedicated annual maintenance. This class covers the pruning of Japanese maples (upright and weeping), bamboo, cloud pruning pines, and tamamono shearing. Please note that registration for online classes will end one hour prior to class start time. Recordings of online classes…
Shrubs III
Zoom WA, United StatesLearn how to prune the plants that Cass Turnbull called the Puzzlers and Consequences. This class teaches how to prune 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…
Vine Pruning
OnlineThis class covers pruning and management of some of our most common ornamental vines: wisteria, common varieties of clematis, Boston ivy/Virginia creeper, trumpet vine and honeysuckle. 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…
Summer Fruit Tree Workshop
Seattle, WA WAExperts in the field will demonstrate the basics of fruit tree pruning in small groups, followed by plenty of opportunities for attendees to give it a try on a variety of fruit types. This workshop will be held in south Seattle on a property that contains a mix of apple, plum, fig, cherry, and persimmon…
How To Renovate And Prune The Overgrown Landscape
Zoom WA, United StatesThis is one of PlantAmnesty’s most popular classes and offers an introduction to pruning and landscape renovation. You will learn how to undo overplanting errors, renovate neglected plants, clean up the landscape and determine when transplanting might be the best option. Please note that registration for online classes will end one hour prior to class…
Tree Hugger Bingo with Ciscoe Morris!
The Mountaineers 7700 Sand Point Way, Seattle, WA, United StatesEvent registration has closed! We reached our seating capacity, and it will be a great evening for everyone attending! If you would still like to experience the spirit of this fun event, we are accepting additional volunteers. More info and sign up available by emailing programs@plantamnesty.org. Tree Hugger Bingo is turning 18! Will that…
Meeting of Like Minds — Olmsted Parks in Seattle
Center for Urban Horticulture 3501 NE 41st St, Seattle, WA, United StatesJoin us at the Center for Urban Horticulture to learn about Olmsted parks Did you know that there are nearly 80 parks in Seattle where the Olmsted design firm left its imprint? Between 1902 and 1940, Seattle's park landscape was heavily influenced by John Olmsted, and many of those designs can still be seen in…
Rehabilitative Pruning
OnlineLearn how to restore the natural shapes of trees and shrubs that have been mal-pruned. The three most common forms of mal-pruning (tree topping, over-thinning of trees and shrubs, and inappropriate shearing) will be reviewed. Included are discussions of water-sprouts, suckers, radical renovation techniques, and crown restoration. Please note that registration for online classes will…
Art or Atrocity?
Zoom WA, United StatesThis class covers the three main forms of mal-pruning: tree topping, inappropriate shearing of trees and shrubs, and over thinning. We compare and contrast mal-pruning with bona fide examples of pruning art: pollarding, cloud pruning, topiary, pleaching, and coppicing. This class ends on a humorous note with photos of the Good, the Bad, and the…
Fruit Tree Pruning (Ingela Wanerstrand)
Zoom WA, United StatesLearn the basics of fruit tree pruning and why your pruning strategies might be different when you prune for production. This class will cover apple, cherry, plum and pear trees. Dormant season is a good time to prune many of our more common fruit trees, but summer pruning may be better for some fruits and…
Rose Pruning (Keith Dekker)
Zoom WA, United StatesLearn the basics of rose care and pruning and how to approach the different types of roses, including hybrid tea, shrub, and climbing roses. Please note that registration for 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.…
Tree Pruning I (Bess Bronstein)
OnlinePruning trees makes sense when you understand the science behind it. You will be introduced to the basics of tree biology and structure, tree responses to the basic types of pruning cuts, and pruning standards and best management practices. Please note that registration for online classes will end one hour prior to class start time.…
Winter Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop
Seattle, WA WAExperts in the field will demonstrate the basics of fruit tree pruning in small groups, followed by plenty of opportunities for attendees to give it a try on a variety of fruit types. Demonstrations and hands on learning will be given on a wide variety of fruits. Some fruits that are included on this site…
Tree Pruning II (Bess Bronstein)
OnlineThis class will show you how, what and when to apply a specific pruning system. This class will cover the natural pruning system, including structural pruning of young trees, as well as mature tree pruning techniques (crown cleaning, crown thinning, crown raising, crown reduction). More formal systems including pollarding, espalier, and pleaching are also covered.…