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Tag: shade gardens

  • Thursday, July 20, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm Eastern- Shade Gardens: Embracing the Dark Side, Online

    Creating lush and vibrant gardens in the shade tends to frustrate even the best gardeners. How do we infuse more color, adventure, and intrigue into those spaces? The mood, plants, and conditions act as our guide. This July 20 Native Plant Trust virtual workshop with Cheryl Salatino blends site-specific assessment, design strategies, and plant options to help enliven your imagination. The webinar will be from 5:30 – 8:30, and is $45 for NPT members, $54 for nonmembers. Register at http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/shade-gardens-embracing-dark-side/ Please note: NPT does not make video or audio recordings of classes or programs available after the fact, because we believe education is interactive, with instructors and students building a community and culture of learning. Some programs may be recorded strictly for instructor-training purposes.

  • Saturday, August 22, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Shade Gardens: Embracing the Dark Side

    Creating lush and vibrant gardens in the shade tends to frustrate even the best gardeners. How do we infuse more color, adventure, and intrigue into those spaces? The mood, plants, and conditions act as our guide. This workshop on August 22 from 1 – 4 at Garden in the Woods in Framingham blends site-specific assessment, design strategies, and plant options to help enliven your imagination. Bring your project to participate in a flash design collaboration.

    Co-sponsored by The Native Plant Trust and the Ecological Landscape Alliance. $45 for sponsor members, $54 general admission, limited to eight participants in compliance with State COVID-19 guidelines. Advance registration required at https://www.ecolandscaping.org/event/shade-gardens-embracing-the-dark-side/ or at http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/shade-gardens-embracing-dark-side/?highlight=Embracing%20the%20Dark%20Side

    Instructor: Cheryl Salatino is a Landscape Designer, with a Certificate in Landscape Design from Radcliffe Seminars of Harvard University and a Certified Massachusetts Horticulturist. Cheryl is the owner of Dancing Shadows Garden Design and specializes in landscape design and installation that emphasizes manageable maintenance.

  • Thursday, October 3, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Shade Gardens

    We are fortunate in New England to have a rich canopy of trees in our landscape. Who doesn’t love the majesty of a mature specimen or escaping the summer heat in a woodland. Yet, creating lush and vibrant gardens in the shade tends to frustrate even the best gardeners. How do we infuse more color, adventure and intrigue into the shade? The mood, the plants, and the conditions act as our guide. This program blends site-specific assessment, design strategies and plant options to help enliven our imagination for those shady spots. Come to Tower Hill Botanic Garden on October 3 at 6 pm to explore lightening up the dark side. Please bring a photo of your shady area. $39 for Tower Hill members, $47 for nonmembers. Register at www.towerhillbg.org.

    Instructor Cheryl Salatino is the principal designer and owner of Dancing Shadows Garden Design, a residential landscape design and services firm. She has been designing gardens across Massachusetts since 2002. Cheryl is a Certified Landscape Designer and a Massachusetts Certified Horticulturist (MCH). She received her certificate in landscape design from the Radcliffe Seminars Landscape Design Program of Harvard University. She was awarded the status of Massachusetts Certified Horticulturist by the Massachusetts Nursery & Landscape Association (MNLA) as evidence of achieving the industry’s highest standards in nursery and landscape professionalism. Cheryl has also earned an Advanced Certificate in Horticulture and Design as part of the New England Wildflower Society’s Native Plant Studies Program.

  • Wednesday, June 21, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Growing a Vibrant Shade Garden

    Walk into most botanical gardens and you will see a few shade trees in an otherwise sunny garden. Though bee balm, anise hyssop and milkweeds display a blast of color in the sunny garden many folks find themselves at a loss when dealing with the shade.

    Join Dan Jaffe at Garden in the Woods, 180 Hemenway Road in Framingham on Wednesday, June 21 at 1 pm for a crash course on all things shade. From blasts of color to great groundcover filler species we’ll have you walking out ready for any shady site. Dan is the propagator and stock bed grower at New England Wild Flower Society (NEWFS) in Framingham, Massachusetts. He earned a degree in botany from the University of Maine and an advanced certificate in Native Plant Horticulture and Design from NEWFS. After interning at Garden in the Woods, Dan worked for a year as Plant Sales Coordinator at the Garden. $26 for Ecological Landscape Alliance members, $32 for nonmembers – See more at: http://www.ecolandscaping.org/event/growing-a-vibrant-shade-garden/#sthash.KYWGPuSQ.dpuf