Containers Galore Class
Ideas, color, and creativity abound in this smorgasbord of sessions all about containers. Choose any or all of the different sessions throughout the day. Learn how to make great containers on the cheap, fill your container with luscious colors and textures, climb into the sky with vines in containers, add water containers to a small space, learn the intricacies of trough gardening, and/or make your own container to take home. Read on for the details.
Great Containers on the Cheap
with Duane Campbell
8:30 to 9:30 am
Do you want a lavish and lush container array on your deck or drive or patio? One that looks as good in August as it did in June? Your budget is twenty bucks, and that has to include the tubs and pots? But it can't look cheap and tacky? No-o-o problem. Come see how.
Luscious Colors and Textures in your Containers
with Dan Benarcik
9:45 to 10:45 am
Container gardening continues to gain popularity. Why is that? Because every year brings new and exciting plant options. Let Dan show you some of what makes the containers at Chanticleer sizzle all season long. Hot colors, cool textures; the plants you can't garden without. Primarily tender plants with a good helping of tender perennials will be featured.
Up, Up, and Away—Growing Vertically in a Container
with Dan Long
11:00 am to Noon
Do you have limited space? Grow up in the air! Learn general guidelines for selection of containers, potting mix, support structures, watering and care. Dan will review specific vines suitable for container culture by themselves or in combination with other plants. A wide selection of genera both hardy and tropical will be discussed.
Cool Aquatic Plants
with Tim Jennings & Patrick Nutt
1:00 to 2:00 pm
Do you want to grow water plants, but don’t have space for an entire pond? Join the Longwood Gardens water plant experts to see the exciting aquatic plants you can grow in small containers. Learn which containers work best, specific needs aquatics have, maintenance requirements during the growing season, and how to overwinter your wonderful water garden addition.
Trough Gardening
with David Culp
1:00 to 2:00 pm
Watch and learn the art of trough and small container gardening. David will share hints and information to make your trough or small “rock garden” container a success. Admire the beauty of the smaller plants that sparkle and show off in their special place in the trough garden. David will demonstrate how to plant, place, and care for a sun and shade trough garden.
Location: Visitor Center Auditorium
Fee: $29 for 1 class; $49 for 2; $79 for 3; $99 for 4