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Past fun:
Renovating to Simplify the Landscape, Troy, MI
Want to improve an existing landscape and reduce the work you do
in your yard? This presentation will help you meet those goals,
whether you're continuing a long-term landscape project or just
starting in on the plantings you acquired in buying a home.
Although there isn't any such thing as a no maintenance
yard, you can greatly reduce and simplify the work needed via
design modifications, informed plant choices, and variations in
your approach to garden care. These tips come to you from 35-year
professional gardener and writer Janet Macunovich.
Pruning Trees and Shrubs, Saginaw, MI
How and when to prune your trees and shrubs to ensure beautiful
bloom, good shape, manageable size, and healthy plants. In this
class garden designer and writer Janet Macunovich covers:
• Simple, proven techniques for keeping plants within the bounds
you set.
• How well and how long popular landscape plants hold up to
pruning.
Macunovich encourages you to "Bring a branch!" Clip a limb
from each plant you want to trim and bring them with you to be sure
they are included in the "how to."
Saving Time and Money on Yardwork, Youngstown, OH
Now is the time to plan what you will do, when and how, to
reduce the work you do and money you spend on your yard. Although
there isn't any such thing as a no maintenance garden or
no-cost yard, there are low maintenance gardens
and yards. This presentation is full of back-saving, budget-easing
tips from a professional gardener and garden writer. Every one has
proved its worth in real gardens. You may be surprised at how much
difference you can make, looking with professional gardener and
educator Janet Macunovich at everything from design modifications
to variations in tools, timing and even perspective.
Lore and Lure of Plants: Growing Kids into Gardeners,
at English Gardens stores, southeast MI
Professional gardener and writer Janet Macunovich has been
around long enough to see and help three generations of gardeners
develop. She knows you, too, love not only planting seeds but
growing new gardeners. In this talk she shares her bag of tricks
for engaging kids to pass on our love of the natural world. Come
gather ideas for the youngsters in your life... and for your own
inner child.
Getting the Garden Ready for Spring, White Lake,
MI
Even if your garden makes you happy just as it is, there are
things you can do in early spring to make the whole season easier
and the garden more lush. Shrubs, trees, groundcover beds and lawn
benefit from your attention in the spring, and repay you with
reduced needs in summer. It's also a wonderful time to rearrange or
expand a perennial garden. Professional gardener and author Janet
Macunovich will help you start off on that right foot toward a
great season