Xeriscape - the Dry Garden - with Andrea Greco
09/24/23 2 pm - 3:30 pm
Xeriscaping (zeh·ruh·skay·puhng) is a landscaping technique involving the use of conscientious design to create a drought tolerant and lower maintenance landscape that will conserve the use of supplemental water. While the Atlanta region typically experiences generous seasonal rainfalls, we regularly go through periods where rainfall is scarce and these drier durations may become increasingly more common due to climate change. Whether you are interested in reducing your water usage for conservation or cost reasons, or because of a stubbornly dry area of your yard, participation in this workshop will enable you with a skillset to address the challenge!
Class participants will receive a 15% discount on grasses or sedges offered in October.
Welcome to the Piedmont Prairie - with Linda Chafin
09/30/23 2 pm - 3:30 pm
Please join us Saturday September 30th from 2-3:30, as Georgia wildflower expert Linda Chafin gives a presentation about Piedmont Prairies in Georgia: are they really prairies? How do we know? What plants and animals are found there? Class starts at 2 pm and goes until 3:00, with time for questions and discussion after.
Linda's “Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia and Adjacent States” will be available for sale. Class participants will receive a 15% discount on grasses or sedges offered in October.
Gardening Guided by Natural Communities - with Leslie Edwards
10/21/23 2 pm - 3:30 pm
One of the biggest challenges a native plant gardener faces is choosing which plants to grow where. Learn how to situate yourself on the landscape and to recognize the plant communities most similar to your own garden setting for an inspiring and successful approach to plant choice.
In addition to giving talks and classes on natural communities, she enjoys spending time in her garden, which is certified by GNPS and Georgia Audubon. Leslie Edwards is the lead author of The Natural Communities of Georgia, and copies of the book will be available for sale.
Class participants will receive a 15% discount on shrubs offered in October and November.
How to Plant a Tree - with Neil Norton
10/22/23 2 pm - 3:30 pm
Trees can outlive us by a few centuries, but only if we give them what they need to succeed. Neil Norton will go over the best practices to help your green antidote to climate change (tree) Wildlife habitat (tree), and shade machine (tree), to adapt to its new home in your yard. Class participants will receive a 15% discount on trees offered in October & November. Here's to trees!
Neil Norton is an ISA-Certified Arborist since 2002 and earned his Master Arborist certification (#SO-4158B) in 2021.
Neil is passionate and active around issues of tree conservation and education, both locally and nationally. He has served for almost eight years as the Executive Director of the Georgia Arborist Association, and works with other non-profit organizations around tree care and preservation issues.
Click HERE to sign up! https://beechhollowfarms.com/shop-native-plants/how-to-plant-a-tree/
Avoid the Frankenforest! - with Kathryn Kolb
11/05/23 2 pm - 3:30 pm
Selecting the right tree for the right space is important to the health of the tree, the success of your planting plan and truly restoring native biodiversity. We often consider sun, shade, and moisture, but there's so much more – each tree species has an ecosystem niche where it will do best. Kathryn Kolb, Master Naturalist and Director of Ecoaddendum, creates greenspace and yard restoration plans,
and helps forest managers as well as homeowners understand each landscape's unique potential for native ecosystem restoration.
Class participants will receive a 15% discount on trees offered in October and November. Here's to healthy trees!
Click HERE to sign up! https://beechhollowfarms.com/shop-native-plants/avoid-the-franken-forest/
How to Build Your Soil - with Jeff Killingsworth
11/12/23 2 pm - 3:30 pm
Does your garden struggle with clay soil? Welcome to Georgia! Clay is an important component of nutrient rich soil, but too much clay is hard for plants to deal with. In the dog days of Southern summers, clay is as hard as a rock and plant roots can't penetrate it. In Georgia's wet winters, clay makes a gloopy, gooey muck that can rot the best plants. The good news is that there are easy solutions to creating good soil.
Jeff Killingsworth has worked in large gardens all over the Georgia Piedmont, from Beech Hollow's stock beds, to private Atlanta gardens, and currently in the gardens at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
Jeff will cover topics including: soil food web basics, sheet mulching, and how to brew compost tea. Jeff knows how to build good soil, and he's willing to show us how.
Class participants will receive a 15% discount on trees offered in October and November.
Click HERE to sign up! https://beechhollowfarms.com/shop-native-plants/how-to-build-your-soil/
