Yard & Garden
E-mail: cearts@mtroyal.ca
Information: 403.440.6012
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Location: Lincoln Park Campus, 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW
Designing Gardens for the Calgary Region
Meet a professional landscape designer and get practical advice about designing a residential garden for the Calgary area. Learn about formal and informal designs, creating contrasts, and choosing trees and shrubs. There will be time to answer your gardening questions.
| Subject code: XFLD 10109 |
3 Hours. Fee: $49+GST |
| CRN 50513 |
1 class |
May 1 |
9 a.m.-12 noon |
Sat. |
Small Yard Organic Vegetable Gardens
Obtain great yields in small spaces, naturally. Be introduced to growing vegetables organically in raised beds using French intensive and companion planting methods. Your garden will thrive when you know which crops complement rather than compete with each other.
| Subject code: XFLD 10073 |
3 Hours. Fee: $49+GST |
| CRN 50133 |
1 class |
May 3 |
6:30-9:30 p.m. |
Mon. |
Low Maintenance Naturalized Landscape
Reduce your use of pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers, and the need to replace plants annually by creating landscaping using hardy native plants that conserve water and reduce maintenance. Prepare planting areas, identify plants that protect and enhance each other and mulching materials that help retain natural moisture. Subject code: XFLD 10085
| Subject code: XFLD 10085 |
3 Hours. Fee: $49+GST |
| CRN 50135 |
1 class |
May 4 |
6:30-9:30 p.m. |
Tue. |
Landscaping with Native Plants
Discover the beauty and variety of hardy plants and flowers that are easy to maintain. Discuss which native plants and wildflowers flourish in the Calgary climate. Spend an evening touring a local nursery and explore the types of soil, irrigation, mulch and compost native plants and flowers need.
Note: Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear. Check registration confirmation for location. You are responsible for your own transportation. You must sign a waiver form.
| Subject code: XFLD 10084 |
3 Hours. Fee: $49+GST |
| CRN 50134 |
1 class |
May 8 |
9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. |
Sat. |
Perennials for the Chinook Zone
Examine the pros and cons of gardening with perennials in the Calgary region. Identify things to consider when selecting a site, selecting appropriate plants and preparing the soil. Find out which plants to use to create herbaceous borders, continuous summer colour and textural winter appeal.
| Subject code: XFLD 10092 |
3 Hours. Fee: $49+GST |
| CRN 50457 |
1 class |
May 11 |
6:30-9:30 p.m. |
Tue. |
Container Gardening
Is your time or space for gardening limited? Why not create your own container garden. Cover container choices, planting techniques and maintenance. Discuss design considerations including colour, form, viewpoint, scale, setting and texture. Explore the use of annuals, perennials, succulents, herbs, shrubs and tropical plants in your container garden.
| Subject code: XFLD 10091 |
3 Hours. Fee: $69+GST |
| CRN 50340 |
1 class |
May 29 |
9 a.m.-12 noon |
Sat. |
Water Garden Feature
Create a small water garden for your yard, deck or balcony. Explore choices for containers, hardy and tropical water plants, small fountains and fish you can incorporate into your water garden. Discuss design principles to achieve interesting visual effects and biological factors to help you maintain a healthy ecosystem. Beginners welcome. Subject code: XFLD 10086.
| Subject code: XFLD 10086 |
3 Hours. Fee: $49+GST |
| CRN 50341 |
1 class |
June 12 |
9 a.m.-12 noon |
Sat. |
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