Seattle Sun Newspaper - Vol. 7, Issue 3, March 2003
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Gardening lectures
The University of Washington Center for Urban Horticulture will offer the following gardening lectures. All are open to the public.
March 6: Ciscoe Morris, master gardener (and Wedgwood resident), will explain basic lawn care techniques for spring.
March 11: Rob Lucas will expound on proper care for orchids, such as correct temperature, lighting, repotting and substrate material.
March 15: Judy Zugish will give a talk on trellis-making and will demonstrate how best to form plants into decorative and useful garden structures.
March 20: Judy Macias, a botanist with the USDA Plant Inspection Station in Seattle, will explain the do's and don'ts of importing plants.
March 25: arborist Cass Turnbull will offer tips for careful pruning of difficult plants. On March 27: Eric Nelson will lecture on drought tolerant grasses on March 27.
Cost for the lectures range from $10 to $45. Preregistration is required for most of the events. For details, call the Center for Urban Horticulture at 543-8616, or see www.urbanhort.org.
Free gardening classes
The free sustainable landscape and green building classes sponsored by Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center, Seattle Public Utilities and the Phinney Neighborhood Association continue through March.
On March 8, there will be a class at Swanson's Nursery on plant choice for a healthy watershed, which will feature plants that thrive with less maintenance, chemical use and watering.
On March 22, a class titled "Rain, What is it Good For?" at the Phinney Neighborhood Center will teach gardeners how to put ground and storm water to use, as well as getting advice on gardening in very wet conditions. The class concludes with a tour of the site water management examples in the Pipers Creek watershed.
On March 15 and 29, a Watershed-wide Garden Design Workshop will be held, which focuses on applying basic site analysis tools to your own gardens. Both workshops will be held at the Phinney Neighborhood Center.
Preregistration required to attend. For details, call 783-2244.