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  • March, 2021 – Art of Growing Food Webinar with Ellen Ogden

    Are you ready to redesign your existing garden, or get started on a new garden design? In this virtual class taught by Ellen Ogden, you will learn her six steps to successful kitchen garden design, then start your design on paper to map out a plan. A beautiful food garden is both a source of nutrition and a sanctuary for living, and in this class she will share tips and techniques from her new book, The New Heirloom Garden. 

    Get out the graph paper and pencils, photos of your garden. Be ready to discover new ways to  set up your garden for beauty and ease, what to plant for the best flavor and fragrance  plus how to add whimsy and style to elevate your kitchen garden from ordinary to extraordinary. 

    This virtual class will give you with 6 hours of training, individual attention together with other participants on a virtual platform. This class follows her lecture format, yet goes deeper to learn more about the elements that add art and whimsy to your design. Next class starts in March. Sign up in Ellen’s shop.  $175, limited to ten students.

  • Friday, June 26, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – 11th Annual Garden Symposium: Artful Gardens, Creative Design

    Designing and cultivating a garden creates opportunity for artistry, style, and creativity. On June 26 from 9:30 – 3:30, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens welcomes three innovative landscape designers and garden writers who embrace and emphasize art and creativity in design. Join us for an inspiring day that will help you learn to unleash your own artistry and style to create beautiful garden spaces. Lectures topics and speakers will be Express Yourself: Cultivating Garden Style with Rochelle Greayer; The Art of Growing Food: Elevating Ordinary to Extraordinary with Ellen Ogden; and Creating the Places of Beauty and Meaning with Julie Moir Messervy.

    $85 for CMBG members, $100 for nonmembers, which includes continental breakfast, box lunch, and Gardens admission. Register online at https://reservations.mainegardens.org/Policies.aspx or call 207-633-4333.

  • Wednesday, March 16 – Sunday, March 20 – The Boston Flower & Garden Show

    Leave behind the gray days of winter and rejoice in the 2011 show, entitled A Burst of Color: Celebrating the Container Garden. Boston’s biggest horticultural happening provides the tools and inspiration to kick off the season in style.  Hours are 9 am – 8 pm Wednesday, March 16 through Saturday, March 19 and 9 am – 6 pm on Sunday, March 20.   A complete schedule of lectures and demonstrations will be posted at www.thebostonflowershow.com, but some highlights include a talk by Tovah Martin on The New Terrarium, a lecture by Ellen Ecker Ogden  on The Complete Kitchen Garden, and a charmingly entitled “Growing Your Groceries in Containers” by Teresa O’Connor and Jayme Jenkins.   The show plays host to amateur competitions as well, coordinated by The Massachusetts Horticultural Society along with The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts.

  • Friday, July 24, 9 – 3 – Organic Gardening Magazine Program

    This is going to be one great day of gardening insights, delicious food, and gardening fellowship. Please make plans to join exceptional professionals in their fields Steve Silk, Ellen Ogden, Tim Kane, and Kerry Mendez at the elegant Glen Sanders Mansion (www.glensandersmansion.com) on Friday, July 24 from 9:00 – 3:00 p.m. Continental breakfast and registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. The first garden presentation starts at 9:00 a.m. Featured topics: European Kitchen Garden Designs; The Crazy, Mixed-up Border: An Eclectic Approach to Using Trees, Shrubs, Annuals, Tropicals, Edibles and Perennials; Hellstrip Gardening (some of the toughest, top performing plants for tough to garden areas including dry shade, slopes, poorly drained areas, poor soils, and hot, baking sites),and the best fruiting shrubs and trees, including their care and pruning requirements. For more about the speakers and topics, please visit www.pyours.com/gardenclasses.html.

    As a bonus, every attendee will receive a one-year complimentary subscription to Organic Gardening magazine. This premier magazine is a must for everyone interested in tips and how-to’s for organic gardening and living a healthier lifestyle. Check out this fantastic publication at www.organicgardening.com.

    The registration fee is only $65 per person for four dynamic garden talks, continental breakfast, lunch, door prizes, a one-year subscription to Organic Gardening magazine, and terrific handouts. To register, please visit Kerry’s garden classes page at www.pyours.com/gardenclasses.html. You can pay by PayPal or by check.