Replace Your Lawn with Native Plants
Get rid of that expensive water-guzzling, care-intensive lawn, and make way for a gorgeous native garden. Our Replace Your Lawn (RYL) workshop series is a four part series about the basics of converting your lawn into a beautiful, carefree, sustainable habitat.
These workshops will be held SATURDAYS at 9:30 AM in January, starting the 19th. This RYL series will include a very helpful Design Question and Answer session with the very relatable educator and designer, Pat Overby, and a design elements workshop by our Designer in Residence, Rob Moore. You can also expect the usual high-quality information you’ll get from owners Jeff Bohn and Mike Evans.
The four parts are:
January 19 – RYL I: Creating and Caring for your Native Garden
January 26 – RYL II: Kill the Lawn!
February 2 – RYL III: Design Foundations – Design Q & A, How to get the most out of your Landscape
February 9 – RYL IV: Design Foundations – Get Started with the Basic Elements of Design
All of these workshops are FREE of charge and no reservations are necessary. Each session lasts about an hour, (depending on questions!). Read More for more details…
9:30 AM January 19, 2012
Replace Your Lawn II: Creating and Caring for your Native Plant Garden
Mike Evans will give you a native gardening crash course that is not to be missed. Want a garden that looks attractive year round with a minimal amount of “maintenance”? Come to this class. Using sound horticultural practices specific to native plants will help your project be successful and attractive. Change “maintenance” tasks into caring for your garden – because a garden involves care, not just tasks!
9:30 AM January 26, 2012
Replace Your Lawn I: Kill the grass!
Step one – get rid of it! Jeff Bohn will share how this may be more involved than you would expect and the methods to get rid of a lawn are quite varied. Avoid unnecessary labor and learn several successful methods for lawn removal, depending on you turf type, budget, and timeline. First in our popular four-part series.
9:30 AM February 2, 2012
Replace Your Lawn IV: Design Q and A with Pat Overby
If you’ve been to any of Pat Overby’s talks, then you know she is an excellent communicator who translates the overwhelming details of “DYI Design” into relatable, manageable and understandable action steps. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from Pat, bring your questions and learn not only the answer, but how to think about design concepts as a whole. Pat Overby has a long history of designing with native plants and a clear understanding of how to communicate about design topics related to native plants.
February 9 – RYL IV: Design Foundations – Get Started with the Basic Elements of Design
Rob Moore will speak about the basic elements of design, how to prepare yourself for a garden design or re-design and some basic skills to get you started. Speaking from years of design experience, Rob will give you tools for your project.