Plant Selection and Design (2 part class)'23

$50.00

03/22/23 & 03/29/23 7 pm - 8:30 pm, Andrea Greco

$50.00, two day Workshop. Limit 15.

During this two day workshop, you will learn how to utilize native plants that play a critical role in the life cycles of our indigenous wildlife. The workshop will be interactive, and we will discuss how to assess your current garden habitat and add features that will enhance your garden’s aesthetic, ecological, and practical functionality. We will also look at low impact methods of managing and maintaining your landscape to sustain the habitat you have created. This is a hands-on workshop.

What to bring

Bring pictures, sketches, or diagrams of your yard for discussion. Graph paper and other materials will be available for participant use. Bring pictures, sketches, or diagrams of your yard for discussion. Graph paper and other materials will be available for participant use.

Diverse plantings fill the landscape beneath an apartment complex.

The Gainesville Botanical Gardens features many diverse plantings, laid out in interesting combinations of height, texture, and color.

Class Sign-up Information:

Location:

Beech Hollow Intown,

389 North Clarendon Ave.,

Scottdale GA 30079

Date: 03/22/23 & 03/29/23

Limit 15 participants.

Time: 7 pm - 8:30 pm,

Cost: $50.00 for two day workshop

Bio: A professional landscape architect and certified arborist, Andrea has been working on projects in the Atlanta region and all around the southeast for the past 20 years. While her career has mainly focused on the planning, design and construction of

Professional landscape architect and certified arborist Andrea Greco is smiling in an open field filled with colorful wildflowers.

parks, multi-use trails and institutional site planning, her free time is spent gardening at her home in Decatur, volunteering with the Georgia Native Plant Society, hiking and kayaking around the southeast and observing and identifying plants wherever she goes. Andrea became passionate about plants and ecological landscaping because of her love and concern about the conservation of animals including the furry 4 legged ones AND the ones with more than 4 legs. She received an Masters in Landscape Architecture from the University of Georgia, an undergraduate degree from Bucknell University and earned a Certificate in Native Plants from the State Botanical Garden of Georgia.