June 2013
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All classes are an hour long unless otherwise noted
Getting to Know Clematis
with Suzy Hancock of Portland Nursery
For years Suzy has had a passion for growing clematis, flowering vines that can fill many niches in the garden with their diverse forms. Come learn about some good beginner varieties as well as the newest introductions available from our very own clematis buyer.
5050 SE STARK • Saturday • June 1 • 1:00pm
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What to Do in June in the Veggie Garden
with Donna and Robyn of Your Backyard Farmer
Join Donna and Robyn, of Your Backyard Farmer, for a great refresher on what to do in the veggie garden for the month of May. They will cover topics such as seeding and planting seasonal crops, what to harvest, methods of planting, combating weeds, and organic techniques for dealing with various undesirable pests that might be invading your garden.
9000 SE DIVISION • Saturday • June 1 • 1:00-2:30pm
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Attracting Hummingbirds, Butterflies & Bees
with Jolie Grindstaff of Portland Nursery
Portland Nursery’s Jolie Grindstaff shares her experience in attracting these beautiful and beneficial winged creatures to the garden and offers plant ideas and gardening techniques to help your garden buzz to life.
9000 SE DIVISION • Sunday • June 2 • 11:00-12:30pm
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Keep Gardening as You Grow Older
with Patty Cassidy
Your senior years can be brighter and healthier if you continue to be outdoors and work in your garden. Don’t let normal aging aches and pains end your favorite pastime. Patty Cassidy, registered horticultural therapist, Master Gardener, and author of the Illustrated Practical Guide to Gardening for Seniors, will share ways of adapting your tools, methods, and plant selections in order to stay a happy and healthy gardener.
5050 SE STARK • Sunday • June 2 • 1:00pm
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Waterwise Irrigation
with Sarah Lovell of Oregana Gardens
Are you tired of dragging hoses around, fiddling with sprinkler heads, and watering by hand? Join expert Sarah Lovell, of Oregana Gardens, to learn how easy it is to set up a water-wise irrigation system for your ornamental and edible landscape. Sarah will discuss the various types of drip irrigation, how to figure out the water needs of your diverse landscape, water-wise plant suggestions and more. Come away with great tips and techniques for how to encourage healthier plant growth, lower your water bill, and free up time to enjoy your garden!
9000 SE DIVISION • Saturday • June 8 • 11:00-12:30pm
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Controlling Pests/Diseases in the Landscape
with Claudia Groth, The Garden Doctor
Join Claudia Groth, The Garden Doctor, to learn great techniques and products to use for controlling pests and diseases in your ornamental landscape. Claudia will discuss various organic and chemical solutions for the most common issues found in the Oregon summer garden. She will also discuss great ways to prevent infestations and infections before they begin, and how to help ensure their survival.
9000 SE DIVISION • Saturday • June 8 • 1:00-2:30pm
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¡Arriba Arriba!: Making a Salsa Pot
with Heidi Brinnich
This hour-long demonstration will guide you to a summers’ delight of fresh pico de gallo from your patio or garden. Join Heidi Brinnich as she plants a salsa pot using traditional and heirloom varieties of tomatoes, peppers and herbs. Everything you need to know about water and feeding requirements, pinching and pruning to harvest. Voila: a culinary treat!
5050 SE STARK • Saturday • June 8 • 1:00pm
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Bonsai Techniques: Pruning & Wiring
with George Bowman
Join bonsai enthusiast George Bowman, to learn the basics of bonsai pruning and wiring. George will discuss the proper tools, timing, techniques and general maintenance requirements for outdoor bonsai. The wiring and pruning techniques presented in this class are also applicable to indoor bonsai, although their care and maintenance will not be specifically addressed.
9000 SE DIVISION • Sunday • June 9 • 11:00-12:30pm
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Summer Bonsai Care
with Steve T. Mulvaney of Portland Nursery
How do you keep your outdoor bonsai happy through the heat of the summer? Learn about the pruning, fertilizing and watering needs of the little trees during the dry season with Portland Nursery’s Steve T., a favorite on-staff bonsai guru.
5050 SE STARK • Sunday • June 9 • 1:00pm
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Basics of Herb Gardening
with Maggie Stuckey, author of The Complete Herb Book
Herbs are expensive in the store and beautiful and fragrant in the garden. Most are also remarkably easy-care plants, making them a great entry into kitchen-oriented gardening. Come learn about some essential herbs for your garden: their needs, their design potential, the best times to harvest, and delicious and creative ways to use your aromatic bounty.
5050 SE STARK • Saturday • June 15 • 11:00am
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Get Dad Cooking—Making an Herb Container for Father’s Day
with Maggie Stuckey
Whether it’s french tarragon for the omelettes or rosemary to skewer the kebabs for the barbecue, a bit of fresh herbal magic will enhance dad’s cooking. Join Maggie Stuckey in making a decorative and useful herb container as a gift for Father’s Day— or keep it for yourself! We won’t tell. Hands-on workshop, $30 materials fee, bring your gloves.
5050 SE STARK • Saturday • June 15 • 1:00pm
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Gardening with Medicinal Plants
with Gradey of the Arctos School
Put your health back into your own hands by exploring ways to incorporate medicinal plants into your garden. Join Gradey from the Arctos School as we discuss strategies for creating the habitat in which these plants thrive. We will also look at how to cultivate, tend, and harvest medicinal plants.
9000 SE DIVISION • Saturday • June 15 • 1:00-2:30pm
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Intro to Outdoor Bonsai
with George Bowman
If you’ve always been curious about growing outdoor bonsai, this is the class for you! Join Portland Nursery bonsai enthusiast George Bowman, to learn the basics of growing outdoor bonsai. George will provide a great overview of bonsai styles, tree and pot selection, planting, pruning and training. This is a great primer for our make-and take-home bonsai classes.
9000 SE DIVISION • Sunday • June 16 • 11:00-12:30pm
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Bring Back the Pollinators!
with Mace Vaughan of the Xerces Society Pollinator Program
Mace Vaughan, Xerces Society Pollinator Program Director and coauthor of Attracting Native Pollinators, joins us to talk about what home gardeners can do to help preserve and encourage the health of our diverse community of native pollinators. Discussion will include suggested plants that provide abundant nectar, pollen, and larvae food, how to create nest sites, and gardening techniques that support pollinator health.
9000 SE DIVISION • Sunday • June 16 • 1:00-2:30pm
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Favorite Unusual Edibles
with Vern Nelson, the Hungry Gardener
Vern has been practicing and writing about edible gardening for years, and has run into all kinds of wonderful and unusual edible garden plants in his career. Learn about some of his favorites!
5050 SE STARK • Sunday • June 16 • 1:00pm
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Portland Nursery on Division: Bonsai Event
Portland Nursery and the Bonsai Society of Portland (BSOP) want to Rock Your Bonsai with a showing of Your Best Bonsai! Any customer can exhibit! For your participation, you'll get a 10% off coupon (one per customer). Participate by entering one or more trees into the exhibit.
All entries will be judged by the public and the staff. Awards will include:
- Customer's Choice $25 Gift card
- Staff Choice $25 Gift card
- Entry ticket lottery $25 Gift card
Watch this site for more information and store specials for the event.
Contact George Bowman, Portland Nursery, Division Street Location Manager.
Portland Nursery and the Bonsai Society of Portland are excited to bring you this community event!
9000 SE DIVISION • Saturday • June 22 • 10:00-3:00pm
ENTRY FORM FOR BONSAI EVENT
Vermiculture: the Art of Working with Worms
with Katie Gwynn of Portland Nursery
If your main source of compostable materials is the kitchen, there’s a great alternative to outdoor compost bins: a worm bin! Katie will talk about how to get a worm bin running right, and keep the little workers happy. Worm castings make great fertilizer, and the worms themselves are intriguing to children and adults alike.
5050 SE STARK • Saturday • June 22 • 1:00pm
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Planning & Planting for Year-Round Harvests
with Tim Lanfri of Community Garden Creators
If you are interested in harvesting fresh vegetables every month of the year, this class is for you! Join Tim Lanfri, of Community Garden Creators, to learn great planning and planting techniques for growing food year round! Tim will discuss making a planting plan, timing your plantings, succession planting, fall and winter growing techniques, and how to maximize your harvest without a greenhouse.
9000 SE DIVISION • Sunday • June 23 • 11:00-12:30pm
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Edible Flowers
with Maggie Stuckey, author of The Bountiful Container
Why should your salad be less beautiful than your garden? Bring the color to the table with Maggie’s tips on using classic garden flowers in stylish cuisine. Maggie brings her always-engaging teaching style and broad knowledge to this fun and informative class.
5050 SE STARK • Sunday • June 23 • 1:00pm
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Controlling Weeds & Pests in the Vegetable Garden
with Tim Lanfri of Community Garden Creators
Is some creature or bug eating your greens? Do you have splotches, spots, powdery coatings, or other worrisome markings on your edibles? Join Tim Lanfri, of Community Garden Creators, to learn how to troubleshoot what might be affecting your veggie garden. He will provide great tips and techniques on how to identify and treat common pest, fungus and disease problems in the veggie garden. Healthy crops lead to bountiful harvests!
9000 SE DIVISION • Sunday • June 23 • 1:00pm
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Food Preservation Series Part 1: Rhubarb
with Chef Dan Brophy
Join Chef Dan Brophy in a delicious series about making and putting up the seasonal fruits of the garden. Chef Brophy shares harvest and cooking tips, recipes, demonstrates a recipe, and provides everyone with a taste! This session centers around rhubarb, the pie plant—and so much more.
5050 SE STARK • Wednesday • June 26 • 5:30pm
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Staghorn Fern Mounting Workshop
with Bruce Fothergill of Fothergill’s Tropicals
Join houseplant expert Bruce Fothergill, of Fothergill’s Tropicals, for this hands-on workshop and take home your very own mounted Staghorn Fern! Bruce will walk you through the step-by-step process of properly mounting Staghorns to wooden boards. He will also discuss proper care, lighting and growing requirements to keep your fern healthy and happy for years to come!
Cost: $15, payable to teacher day of class (**Cash or check only). All materials included. Class limited to 15.
9000 SE DIVISION • Saturday • June 29 • 11:00-12:30pm
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Watering in the Veggie Garden
with Rachel Freifelder and Sarah Canterberry of Living City
Summer in Portland is the dry season, so we have to provide for the water needs of our plants, especially those we want to be fresh and toothsome or bear us delicious juicy fruit. Rachel and Sarah are veteran gardeners and garden educators and will tell you their recommended techniques to make sure different plants get the moisture they require without wasting water.
5050 SE STARK • Saturday • June 29 • 1:00pm
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Smart Succession for Winter Veggies
with Polly Gottesman of Pumpkin Ridge Gardens
It may seem like summer’s just started, but now’s the time to start planning your winter veggie garden! Polly grows veggies year-round on her farm, and will give you some tips on how to extend your harvest season with good planning.
5050 SE STARK • Sunday • June 30 • 1:00pm
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Classes at PN
Getting to Know Clematis, June 1
Bonsai Techniques, June 9
Veggie Garden, June 1
Keep Gardening, June 2
Plant Healthy, June 30