Community Education > Adult Evening Program > Winter/Spring 2010 Schedule of Classes and Workshops > Greenery & Seasonal Home Decorations Courses

FRESH FLOWER CENTERPIECE
Course #108
Cost: $16
Material Fee: $25 payable to instructor in class.
Instructor: Lois Wismer, The Herb Shed
Monday (1 Session) 3/21/2011 7:00-9:00PM Indian Valley Middle School – Health Room

Try your hand at fresh flower arranging as you make a beautiful floral arrangement. Made with traditional and seasonal flowers, this arrangement will brighten up your home or dining table. Bring a hot glue gun, extra glue, and scissors to class.

DEVELOP YOUR OWN LANDSCAPE PROJECT (& PERSONAL HOME VISITS)
Course #404
Cost: $58
Instructor: Trish Coqueron
Thursday (8 Sessions) 3/3- 4/28/2011 (No Class: 4/21/2011) 6:30-8:30PM Franconia Elementary School – Library
Home Visits: 3/17-4/28/2010 (Please let instructor know in class if your home is available to visit)

This landscaping course is designed for the individual who desires to plan their own design with the assistance of our expert instructor. There will be two indoor classes to learn the basic concepts of planning an area and to view plant material in order to gain ideas for how you want to landscape your property. You will draw a sketch or bring photos of your property, then work on the plan that you hope to achieve. The class will make field trips to at least 6 homes of class participants where the instructor will give her suggestions on the best landscape solutions for each property.

Workshops In Co-operation with County Line Nursery, Harleysville, Pa
Instructor: Denni Jones & Nursery Staff
These Classes will be held at County Line Landscape Nursery, Route 113, Harleysville, Pa

Dress for Weather - all classes are held in an enclosed greenhouse.
Remember to bring work gloves & pruning shears
Refreshments Will Be Served
~ In the event you miss your class, County Line Nursery will hold your materials for one week.

• BOG PLANTER
  Course # 516 Thursday, April 14, 2011 7PM
  Course # 517 Saturday, April 16, 2011 2PM
  Cost: $49 Per Course (Includes Materials)
  
  No pond? No problem! You love water plants and you’ll love this planter filled with a variety of funky aquatic growers, pebbles, and H2O. Looks great set amongst your beds in the yard, or even on the deck or porch. Last year’s surprise sleeper of a class. Once people saw these, they had to make one.

• LIVING SUCCULENT WREATH
  Course # 525 Tuesday, April 12, 2011 7PM
  Course # 526 Saturday, April 16, 2011 11AM
  Cost: $39 Per Course (Includes Materials)
  
  Alive with color and texture, survives and thrives with neglect. Enjoy indoors all winter and spring, then move it outside for another season. Succulents have had a resurgence since people have seen the color and varieties they provide. Master Gardener chic with novice ease. Can last up to 4 years!

• TOPSY TURVY RAINBOW
  Course # 531 Thursday, April 28, 2011 7PM
  Course # 532 Saturday, April 30, 2011 11AM
  Cost: $39 Per Course (Includes Materials)
  
  Clay pots stacked in a tipsy pot tower and overflowing with colorful flowers! A show stopper! Reuse your pots again in the fall for an autumn topsy turvy creation. If you already have your pots from another time, we will deduct $10.

• TOPSY TURVY HERB PLANTER
  Course # 529 Thursday, April 28, 2011 7PM
  Course # 530 Saturday, April 30, 2011 11AM
  Cost: $39 Per Course (Includes Materials)
  
  Herbs can be artistic too. We’ll take our tipsy pot tower idea and fill it with cascading edibles. If you already have your pots from another time, we will deduct $10. Tasty and fun; a great value!

• HUMMINGBIRD HAVEN
  Course # 523 Sunday, May 1, 2011 1PM
  Course # 524 Tuesday, May 3, 2011 7PM
  Cost: $39 Per Course (Includes Materials)
  
  A sellout class 2 years in a row! Fill a natural moss hanging basket with vivid colored annuals that attract these beautiful birds to your home. This is made for the shade and works well hung under a tree or on your covered porch.

• HUMMINGBIRD FEEDER
  Course # 521 Sunday, April 10, 2011 1PM
  Course # 522 Thursday, April 14, 2011 7PM
  Cost: $19 Per Course (Includes Materials)
  
  Garden art that really attracts Hummingbirds! Create a painted glass feeder and wrap it with copper wire to hang in your yard. Watch these colorful birds flock to your masterpiece! Due to the fragile nature of glass, this project is for adults only please.

• FLOWER POWER
  Course # 519 Sunday, May 1, 2011 1PM
  Course # 520 Tuesday, May 3, 2011 7PM
  Cost: $39 Per Course (Includes Materials)
  
  This will be your most favorite flower planter! Choose from a selection of large colorful glazed ceramic pots and plant it with as many flowers as you can fit! Sun or shade, you choose. This class is a great value!

• PRUNING FOR SMARTIES
  Course # 528 Saturday, March 26, 2011 11AM
  Cost: $15
  
  Hands on class to learn the proper pruning techniques for your garden. Even if you don’t do your own gardening, you should know what methods are correct. We hope to make you see pruning as an artistic and therapeutic activity rather than a chore. Bring gloves and pruners; dress for the outdoors. If you don’t have any pruners, we will offer a reasonable and serviceable pair for under $10 available at the class.

• BASIC LANDSCAPE SKILLS For People Who Don’t Like Working Any Harder Than Necessary!
  Course # 515 Saturday, March 26, 2011 1PM
  Cost: $15
  
  Do it like the pros. Edging, mulching, transplanting, planting. We will spend an hour or so teaching you how to do these jobs the easiest and most efficient way.