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Tag: shade plants

  • Thursday, March 5, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Eastern – Grow with Us: Made in the Shade, Gardens in Lower Light, Online

    Gardening in the shade can be very rewarding! On March 5 at 6 pm Eastern, we will discuss a variety of plants that will brighten and add color to your cool shady retreat. N.C. Cooperative Extension – Guilford County Center and our N.C. State Extension Master Gardener program invite you to join us for:

    Grow with Us- Made in the Shade: Great Gardens in Lower Light (Virtual)

    This is an ONLINE SEMINAR via ZOOM, presented by our Extension Master Gardener volunteers. The same program will be presented in-person at the Kathleen Clay Edwards Family Branch Library in Greensboro, NC on a different date.

    An abundance of large trees and shady areas in the yard is an exciting challenge to the creative gardener, not an obstacle. Gardening in the shade can be very rewarding! We’ll discuss a variety of shrubs, annuals, perennials, and woodland plants that will brighten and add color to your cool shady retreat.

    The talk is free – but capacity is limited. Please register through Eventbrite HERE to reserve the Zoom link.

    This session will not be recorded. A program handout providing links to abundant resources and in-depth information will be made available to registrants via the email address provided in a reminder email 24 hours before the program.

  • Wednesday, January 31, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Fun in a (Little) Sun

    Jessie Blum, Conservatory Horticulturist at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, will lead a group through the Orangerie at Tower Hill on Wednesday, January 31 from 2 – 3, to discover what types of plants do well in low light conditions and how to best take care of them.  Free with admission to the Garden. For more information visit www.towerhillbg.org, or call 508-869-6111, x 124.

  • Thursday, January 12, 11:00 am – 12:00 noon – Live Webinar: Plants for Shade

    Ever return from the nursery with a bunch of new plants only to realize that you bought only sun-lovers? The New England flora has a rich diversity of shade-tolerant species that will brighten any shady area of the garden. This New England Wild Flower Society webinar on Thursday, January 12 from 11 – noon is part of our nine-part series “Natives for any Garden” which will focus exclusively on garden plants. Join our horticultural staff for suggestions on the best native plants for any garden condition. $10 for NEWFS members, $13 for nonmembers. Register online at http://www.newfs.org/learn/our-programs/live-webinar-plants-for-shade

  • Sunday, March 29, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Practicing the Dark Arts: Tips and Plants

    Tips, techniques and lesser known plants for shade, with a special emphasis on later blooming herbaceous plants, is the topic of this Tower Hill Botanic Garden class on Sunday, March 29 from 2 – 3 with Ed Bowen. THBG member price $15, non-member $25. Register online at www.towerhillbg.org, or call 508-869-6111.

    Ed Bowen is a working gardener and proprietor of Opus Plants, a small nursery in southeastern New England specializing in unusual herbaceous plants. For
    years he was an instructor in the Massachusetts Master Gardener Program, is involved with Sakonnet Garden in Little Compton, RI, on the horticultural steering committee at
    North Hill in Vermont, and has written for Horticulture Magazine and other publications.