Garden Lectures Set for January, February

Just because it can be winter season doesn’t imply you won’t be able to start out imagining about gardening period! Be positive to check out the Harry Allen Winter season Lecture Series coming up at Environmentally friendly Spring Gardens, 4603 Green Spring Street. Here’s all the facts you’ll require:

When? Sundays in January and February | 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Charge: $12 advance registration

Join buddies of Eco-friendly Spring Gardens for this common annual sequence of digital and in-person displays by authors, yard designers, experts and other yard fanatics on the cutting edge of horticulture.

Sign-up on the net at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes (every occasion has a code shown for registration) or connect with Eco-friendly Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173.

Digital Wintertime Lecture – ‘Backyard Pollinator Oasis’

Jan. 15

Join pollinator professional Heather Andrews in this virtual dialogue on how to make a sustainable organic and natural oasis that will invite in an army of great bugs to minimize pest pressure and strengthen your veggie and fruit produce. A Zoom backlink will be emailed prior to the system. Code H3T.564R

Wintertime Lecture – ‘Making Eco-friendly Spring Greener’

Jan. 22

Eco-friendly Spring Gardens internet site supervisor Judy Zatsick and horticulturist Adam Bucher focus on how the funds from the 2021 FROGS annual enchantment, “Making Eco-friendly Spring Greener,” had been utilised all over the internet site and will go over the fascinating new updates to the backyard garden coming in the drop. This plan will be held in human being. Code EWI.P4MR

Winter season Lecture – ‘Tropicals for Temperate Landscapes’

Jan. 29

Tropical and subtropical crops can make unbelievable electrical power and pleasure in temperate landscapes and provide robust style and design components as a result of the toughest and hottest months of the escalating season. Using 5 memorable types from her new ebook “Tropical Plants and How to Love Them,” Marianne Willburn will concentration on incorporating some breathtaking examples in containers and beds—many of which are remarkably effortless to overwinter. This software will be held in person. Guide signing just after lecture. Code 8LN.YWHJ

Wintertime Lecture – ‘A Heritage of Hedges’

Feb. 5

Examine the intriguing historical past of hedges, from rural hedgerows to traditional backyard design capabilities with Inexperienced Spring Historian Debbie Waugh. Take into consideration their simple, ecological and decorative value and what they can convey to us about the folks who planted them. View breathtaking hedges from all around the planet and hear about Environmentally friendly Spring’s possess historic hedge. This system will be held in person. Code RO5.FV0M

Virtual Winter season Lecture – ‘History of American Gardening’

Feb. 12

Be a part of celebrated landscape designer and winner of the 2021 Philadelphia Flower Show “Best in Show” Wambui Ippolito for a virtual exploration of the heritage of American gardening by way of the lens of the immigrants who aided cultivate techniques and plant existence that are nevertheless employed today. A Zoom link will be emailed prior to the program. Code QXD.Z9Y3

Virtual Winter Lecture – ‘Stressless Gardening’

Feb. 19

Sign up for landscape architect Preston Montague for a virtual discussion on how to prevent common gardening techniques that cause unneeded tension and decrease the ecosystem prospective of our landscapes. Discover strategies to keep gardening wholesome for us and the setting. A Zoom backlink will be emailed prior to the method. Code QIW.U0H2