Participants should meet at the Scott Arboretum Offices on the Swarthmore College Campus. Whether grand or small, trees add a structural element to any garden that nothing else can accomplish. Rhoda Maurer will instruct on the proper site selection, planting and care of trees, Jeff Jabco will discuss designing with trees as well as pruning, Greg Paige will discuss pests and pest management, and Sue Stark will focus on winter interest. Chuck Hinkle will share information on small trees, Dwight Darkow on conifers, Andrew Bunting on the genus Quercus and Claire Sawyers on native trees. Data sheets will be provided on all of material discussed.
Registration includes lunch.
Advance registration required. An Herb Garden, a Garden Park and a Private Garden. Jim Adams, curator of the National Herb Garden will give a private tour of this amazing, scent-filled garden looking its best before the annual Halloween evening tour. Next, a garden of a different scale, the home garden of Peggy Bier, buyer and manager of Merrifield Garden Center. Her garden has been featured on HGTV and is designed with four seasons of interest with special attention placed in structure.