Landscaping
with Native Plants
March 28,
2015
9 am -4
pm
Planning a landscape for wildlife, whether a whole yard or fifty square
feet, means simply identifying the creatures you want to attract, analyzing
your present landscape and designing your new one to meet the need of your new
tenants.
Wildlife need food, water and cover. By selecting plants for a maximum
diversity of flowering and fruiting times, planting them in a structural
arrangement to offer cover, and providing a reliable water source, you will
entice beneficial wildlife to visit and, perhaps, to take up residence in your
yard.
Think about what you want and need. Do your children need a place to play? Do you have pets? Do
you want trees and shrubs to be placed to help with energy savings for your
home? Do you want to attract wildlife or a water feature?
In this workshop we will learn to prepare the site for planting. We will make soil to help the plants
become established. We will discuss ecosystems, plants and create a landscape
designed for each participants yard.
REQUIREMENTS: A copy of “Back to Eden: Landscaping with Native Plants”, pair
of work gloves and gardening clothes.
Native Plant Identification and Propagation
Date: April 25, 2015
Time: 9AM to 4PM
There is nothing more
satisfying than to discover a wildflower during one of your outdoor excursions
and being able to identify properly the botanical name of the plant. For many
plant enthusiasts, however, plant identification can seem an insurmountable
task. I have heard folks say “I did not take Latin in high school.” Or, “They
did not offer botany.” Like any new endeavor, you take one step at a time. We
will learn the basic steps to identify wildflowers and native grasses during
the morning sessions. In the afternoon, we will learn how to propagate native
plants from seeds, cuttings, and root divisions.
·
Requirements: You
will need a copy of Lawrence Newcomb, Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide. New
York, 1977. Please bring a pair of gardening gloves, gardening clothes, and
hiking boots
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Cost for Class $60 includes
Lunch and supplies.
Rock Gardening with
Native Plants
Date: May 30, 2015
Time: 9AM to 4PM
Rock gardening is a highly specialized way
of gardening with plants normally adapted to high altitude growing conditions.
It was at one time the preserve of wealthy landowners, especially in England,
who had the means not only to create rock gardens but enough influence to gain
access to the rare and difficult to-grow species to plant in them. While
enthusiasts continue to search the globe for plants to add to their
collections, many aficionados are surprised to learn that there are beautiful
native species growing in the Ohio Valley that are perfectly suited to use in
rock gardens. Another way to enjoy rock gardening is to use troughs, more
commonly known as hypatufa containers. Hypatufa is a mixture of Portland cement
with peat moss and perlite.
We will learn how to design and construct
a rock garden, identify native species that can be used in rock gardens and
hypatufa containers, and construct a hypatufa container to be taken home at the
end of the day.
Requirements: You will need a pair of
gardening gloves, work clothes, and boots. Please obtain a copy of Back to
Eden: Landscaping with Native Plants. We will be referring to it throughout
the day.
Class cost is $60 including lunch and
snacks. See last page.
Creating a Rain
Garden with Native Plants
Date: June 27, 2015
Time: 9AM to 4PM
In recent years, the amount of damage to
private and public property because of flooding has totaled billions of
dollars. As mountains are reduced to negligible semblances of their former
stature; as more highways are built and paved; as more new homes are
constructed; and as more parking lots cover once productive meadows, the
ability of the soil to absorb rainfall is limited. These impervious surfaces
are areas that quickly shed rainwater into already overtaxed storm drains and
nearby streams and rivers. One way to help prevent this runoff and pollutants
from pouring into our precious waterways and contaminating underground water
supplies is to create a rain garden. A rain garden, quite simply, is an
attractive and landscaped area that has been planted with native wildflowers,
grasses and sedges that grow naturally in wetlands. These beautiful gardens are
built in depressions, which have been designed to capture and filter storm
water runoff from rooftops and driveways around the home. In this workshop, we
will learn the basic techniques of constructing a rain garden and identify the
native plants that can be used successfully in them.
·
Requirements:
Please obtain a copy of Back to Eden: Landscaping with Native Plants. We
will refer to it throughout the workshop.
·
Cost
of Class is $60 including Lunch and snacks. Please see last page for sign up information.
Dr. Frank
W. Porter
Dr. Frank W. Porter is the owner and operator of
Porterbrook Native Plants, located along the beautiful Ohio River in Meigs
County, Ohio. For the past twenty-five years, he has been collecting seeds and
plants of native species from the Ohio Valley region and growing them in
display gardens to determine their suitability for home landscapes, land
restoration, and green space in urban environments. He has also been studying
the native grass and sedge species of this region. Dr. Porter recently wrote, Back
to Eden: Landscaping with Native Plants, which was published by Orange
Frazer Press in Wilmington, Ohio. His book was awarded the Evergreen Book
Silver Medal for Nature Conservation from the Living Now Book
Classes will be held at:
Jenkinson Farm and Gardens
4283 Marshfield Road
Athens,
Ohio 45701
740-541-4190
For additional information
please check jenkinsonfarmandgarden.blogspot.com
We have only been farming since 2010, but do not
use herbicides, pesticides and antibiotics only as needed. We are planning to apply for “Certified
Organic” status in the future.
Registration
must be made and paid in advance, as class size is limited
and to assure lunch and snacks.
Checks should be made to Jenkinson Farm and Gardens,
$60 per workshop/per person.
Sorry we are not yet able to accept Credit Cards. Refunds will be given if notified 48
hours prior to class.
Name of Class (Please Circle
class that you are taking.):
*March
28, 2015, Landscaping With Native Plants
*April 25, 2015, Native
Plant Identification and Propagation
*May 30, 2015, Rock
Gardening with Native Plants
*June 27, 2015, Creating a
Rain Garden
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Classes will be held
at:
Jenkinson Farm and
Gardens
4283 Marshfield Road
Athens, Ohio 45701
740-541-4190
For additional information please check
jenkinsonfarmandgarden.blogspot.com
We
have only been farming since 2010, but do not use herbicides, pesticides and
antibiotics only as needed. We are
planning to apply for “Certified Organic” status in the future.
We
have just been notified of receiving the Athens County, Soil and Water
Conservation Department “Conservation Cooperator of the 2014” award.
Directions: (Use your GPS at your own risk or turn it on after reaching
Athens, Ohio) From Athens takes 33 South to Route 32/50 West to Albany. Just after Lake Snowden turn right at
the light (going past Marathon) to the first right. This is Lee Street…. take Lee to the first Stop sign
and turn right again. You will be
on 681 West…. follow this out of town. As it takes a large turn there is a new
road starting… this is Marshfield Road.
Go straight on this road 1.8 Miles, looking for the cluster of brown
buildings on your left. We are at
4283 Marshfield Road…go up the lane and park near the barn.
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