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Green Gardener Training: Selecting, Siting, and Pruning Plants
April 5, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
$65
Green Gardener Training for Landscape Professionals: Module #3 Selecting, Siting, and Pruning Plants
Make your landscapes healthier and more attractive through proper plant selection, installation, and maintenance. Covers plant structure, physiology, placement, installation, pruning and managing pests and disease.
Thursdays, April 5 and 12, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm.
Saturday, April 21, 9:00 am – 11:30 am
Howe Park Community Center, 2201 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA
In this three-part course, you will learn:
- How to space plants to minimize maintenance and pest problems
- How to select plants that thrive in our region
- How to match plants with the existing site conditions
- How to group plants by water and solar requirements
- How to arrange plant varieties in the landscape for beauty and function
- Low-water use lawn alternatives
- Selecting, placing, and planting trees
- How to identify and treat a multitude of landscape pests
- Best methods for managing weeds
- New eco-friendly pest management products and how to use them
- How to identify and take advantage of naturally occurring biological pest controls
- The anatomy of a tree
- Why natural pruning styles improve plant health and landscape beauty
- How to properly prune and maintain trees
- How proper pruning can rejuvenate shrubs
And more!
The Green Gardener Training Program is offered in THREE, 3-CLASS MODULES.
The modules may be taken as stand-alone courses; however, participants must register and complete all three modules to become a Qualified Green Gardener and the opportunity to become an EcoLandscaper™ and be advertised on the Professional Referral List.
Questions? Email teresa@ReScapeCa.org