Botanical Drawing II

Thursdays, Mar 19 – Apr 16, 7 – 9:30 p.m. $160; pre-registration required.

Learn techniques for producing fully rendered botanical drawings, including work with light and shadow. Students who haven't taken Botanical Drawing I may still start at this level after a discussion with the instructor. Call 360-297-8858 or email kmckeehen@centurytel.net.

View the full list of weekend walks, classes and events. For more information, call 206-685-8033.

Landscape Design for Homeowners

Mondays and Wednesdays, Mar 30 – Apr 22, 7 – 8:30 p.m. $200; pre-registration required.

Need a DIY plan to create the garden room of your dreams? Develop a practical, beautiful project that will leave you with a plan for spring planting! Kim Rooney is an award-winning landscape architect who will give you the tools you need to make your space shine.

View the full list of weekend walks, classes and events. For more information, call 206-685-8033.

ProHort: Pruning Trees

Monday, Mar 16, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Pruning techniques for trees in urban settings. Space is filling fast! Learn proper shrub pruning techniques and shrub renovation. Program includes indoor lecture and outdoor demonstration. Dress for the weather.

View the full list of weekend walks, classes and events. For more information, call 206-685-8033.

Books wanted for the Miller Library sale

Help make the Fourth Annual Garden Lovers' Book Sale a success! The Miller Library is accepting donations of gently used books until March 31.

Donate your used books on plants, gardening, horticulture, botany, landscape design, field guides, ecology, flowers, bugs, soils, anything related to plants! No magazines, please. All proceeds of the sale are used to purchase the best and newest in horticultural books and journals.

Books can be dropped off anytime during regular library hours. Click here for library hours and directions – and thank you for supporting the library!

March Plant Highlight: Muscari armeniacum

A somewhat rampant but stunningly beautiful spring bloomer when planted en masse. This grape hyacinth creates a stunning drift of blue and, once established in the garden, it is relatively carefree and comes back reliably each year. In the South Slope of the Soest Garden, it has spread happily and looks absolutely smashing with the dried foliage of Japanese Blood Grass (Imperata cylindrica ‘Red Baron’) as shown.

Location: South Slope, behind bench underneath Nandina domestica (Heavenly bamboo)
Family: Hyacinthaceae
Origin: Southeastern Europe
Height: 4-7”
Spread: 2-3 inches per bulb. Naturalizes easily
Bloom Time: Spring
Bloom Color: Pale-Medium Blue/Purple
Sun: Part Sun
Water/Soil: Medium moisture and amended soil with organic matter. Fairly drought tolerant and carefree once established.

More >> Soest Gardener Notes

Other UWBG happenings

Classes and events calendar
Youth and family programs at the Washington Park Arboretum
Miller Library news

For kids this month

Arboretum self-guided Explorer Packs
Family programs at the Miller Library

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In This Issue:

Botanical Drawing II

Thursdays, Mar 19 – Apr 16, 7 – 9:30 p.m. $160; pre-registration required.

Landscape Design for Homeowners

Mondays and Wednesdays, Mar 30 – Apr 22, 7 – 8:30 p.m. $200; pre-registration required.

ProHort: Pruning Trees

Monday, Mar 16, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Books wanted for the Miller Library sale

March Plant Highlight: Muscari armeniacum

Other UWBG happenings

For kids this month