FREE WEEKEND CLASSES!

July 26th 2008 -An ALL DAY FREE EVENT -Victoria Gardens in ROSENDALE invites you to visit for Garden Day, a full day of FREE lectures and classes covering topics that many of you have been asking about. Our clients and customers have told us they are concerned with conservation and “going green” as a gardeners and as citizens. We kept those concerns in mind as we scheduled our annual Garden Day.

9 am Cheryl Alloway, Master Gardener
Xeriscape gardening: By applying these simple techniques you will be conserving water and improving local water quality - all while still having a beautiful garden.

10 am Frank Almquist, Master Gardener
Rain gardens: A rain garden is a planted depression that is designed to absorb rainwater runoff from impervious urban areas like roofs, driveways, walkways, and compacted lawn areas. This reduces rain runoff by allowing storm water to soak into the ground (as opposed to flowing into storm drains and surface waters which causes erosion, water pollution, flooding, and diminished groundwater). Rain gardens cut down on the amount of pollution reaching creeks and streams.

11 am Peter Landau, ISA Certified Arborist and ASCA Consulting Arborist, Owner of Northeast Arboricultural Associates, How trees conserve: Trees conserve energy by shading buildings and paved surfaces, filtering airborne pollutants, removing atmospheric carbon dioxide, and reducing storm water runoff.

1 pm Victoria Coyne, Moss as lawn: We've had so many questions about growing moss as a greener alternative to a grass lawn, ever since The New York Times article - "Moss Makes a Lush, No-Care Lawn" (May 1, 2008). So we've created this class to answer all your questions.

2pm Sarah Williford and Kevin Skvorak, Regeneration CSA
Sustainable food production: Permaculture based, no-till systems that use no chemicals and avoid or eliminate fossil fuel use, and regenerate our soils.

And more to come!

Victoria Gardens
1 Cotteklill Road
Rosendale, NY 12472
(845) 658 -9007

More free weekend classes:

Saturday 8/02/08 Xeriscape gardening 1pm -Xeriscape gardening: By applying these simple techniques you will be conserving water and improving local water quality - all while still having a beautiful garden.

Sunday 8/10/08 Grasses and Sedges 1pm - Deer resistant, drought resistant, low maintenance, and beautiful! The many different practical and ornamental applications.

Saturday 8/23/08 Attracting Birds to your Garden 1pm - If you were a bird, why would you visit your yard? Once you eat the free food you still need a place to get a drink and take a bath. You also need great hiding places, safe nesting spots, and no predators -- what more could a bird want!

Saturday 9/13/08 Fall in the Garden 1pm - Summer may be over, but your garden can still have interest and even blooms! Learn about texture, spectacular fall color foliage, and fall blooming perennials.