Replace Your Lawn Workshops this June – Our Four-Part Series condensed to Two!
Our Replace Your Lawn Series designed to help you learn how to replace your lawn with beautiful and sustainable California native plants will be presented in its entirety this June on two Saturdays, June 11 and June 18th, 9:30-11 am. Each Saturday will cover two parts of our popular Replace Your Lawn Workshops. Please join us and get twice as much information in almost the same amount of time. Longer-distance customers, these workshops are for you!
Saturday June 11, 2011 – Replace Your Lawn I and II – 9:30 am – 11:00 am
9:30 am – 10:10 am – Kill the Grass!
Learn the basics of how to kill your lawn. We’ll cover the basic steps of identifying the grass and plants you have, followed by appropriate measures for removal of the existing landscape to make way for a sustainable native plant garden.
10:10 am – 11:00 am – Design Elements.
Guest speaker and landscape designer Rob Moore will return to Tree of Life to lead the Design Elements session. This will be structured as a discussion format addressing various issues you may have with your property (come ready to discuss!). Rob will address some design parameters and criteria by providing ideas on plant selection, hardscape, and how to organize your thoughts around a theme!
Saturday June 18, 2011 – Replace Your Lawn III and IV – 9:30 am – 11:00 am
9:30 am – 10:10 am – Creating and Caring
Come learn more about how to initially install and care for your plants and how to plan for the long term well-being of your native garden. We will introduce plant selection by discussing the importance of structure and balance using our “Thirty Plants” plant list as the pallette.
10:10 am – 11:00 am – Plant Selection: Thirty Plants
We’ll discuss foundation plants, trees, shrubs, flowering perennials, accents, and groundcovers with plenty of plant combination ideas. There is a lot to consider when picking out your plants, but we’ll keep it simple and help you break it down to what you need to know! Join us!
Saturday June 18, 2011
12:00 noon – Stick around for our Customer Appreciation BBQ also known as, “Yes Virginia, there IS a Free Lunch (just not very often)!”