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  • Tuesday, October 20, 6:30 – 9:30 – Landscaping and Decorating with Bulbs

    Explore a variety of colorful bulb options you can plant now for a spring display for the mixed flower border or for indoor forcing. You will learn the secrets to growing bulbs outdoors, including when and how to plant, designing for color combination, and resources for quality bulbs. We’ll also explore options for bulbs in shady spots. We’ll go beyond tulips and daffodils to explore bulb varieties that will add interest to your garden, and expand the bulb blooming season with lasting color. Plan this fall for a colorful spring, and then just sit back and enjoy the show.  The class is sponsored by Brookline Adult and Community Education, costs $38, and is taught by Peter Medaglia, owner of Gold Medal Gardens, who traded-in a career in marketing to start his own landscape design and construction firm specializing in intimate urban and suburban gardens. He has studied at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, The Arnold Arboretum, and The New York Botanical Gardens.  To register, log on to www.brooklineadulted.org, or call 617-730-2700.

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  • Thursdays, Sept. 24, Oct. 1, 8, 15, 6:30 – 8:30 pm – Private Spaces: Garden Redesign for Homeowners

    Have you bought a home and with it an overgrown garden? Or are you living with a garden that’s become uninspiring? Even the smallest of yards can yield a successful garden if planned wisely. You will learn how to design your personal space for maximum use and aesthetic appeal and to deal with questions of sun, shade, drainage, and water in an urban or suburban environment. Peter Medaglia, Landscape Designer and Owner of Gold Medal Gardens, will discuss plants suitable for smaller spaces and will work with you to develop your own redesign. These classes will take place at the Hunnewell Building at the Arnold Arboretum.

    Fee: $96 Arnold Arboretum member, $115 nonmember.  For more information, and to register, log on to www.arboretum.harvard.edu, or call 617-384-5277.  Photo courtesy of edgeplot (Flickr).

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