Age.

You know full well the first
step outdoors will bring down
buckets of rain and hurricane
winds immediately followed by
blizzards and ice storms. Still, this
current weather (as of the writing)
is enough to make even the half-
hearted gardener’s pulse quicken.
So how do you calm your racing
heart and satisfy this irresistible
urge to get dirty?

Why not take some gardening
classes? This would allow you the
opportunity to get your feet wet
without getting too literal about
it.

Just two weeks ago, I saw an
article that listed a number of
courses being offered by North
Shore Continuing Education. And
just the other day I saw a list of
very impressive classes being of-
fered by UBC Botanical Garden.
The following is a copy of the list
of subjects scheduled for February
and March at the Botanical
Garden.

Designing Patio Gardens —

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Saturday, Feb. 2, 1-4 p.m., Geoff
Woods.

Come and learn how your patio
can become an integral part of
your garden, providing a sense of
enclosure yet flowing into the rest
of the landscape. Along with con-
struction materials and plants,
special features, such as ornamen-
tal ponds and arbors, will be
discussed.

General Gardening — six Tues-
days, Feb. 5-March 12, 7-9 p.m.,
Wilf Nicholls and Judy Newton.

Many different aspects of
gardening will be covered from
plant requirements, perennials,
bulbs, annuals, lawns, vegetables,
fruits, shrubs and trees to general
care, maintenance, and pest and
disease control.

Roses for Your Garden
Saturday, Feb. 9, 9 a.m.-12 noon,
Wilf Nicholls.

Learn about roses for the
garden: the different types of
roses, their care, pruning, plant-
ing, fertilizing, disease and insect

Geoff
Tobiasson

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OVER THE GARDEN GATE

control, and soil preparation.

Grafting Trees, Shrubs and Co-
nifers — Saturday, Feb. 9, 9
a.m.-12 noon, Bruce Macdonald.

This hands-on workshop covers
grafting skills. Everyone will graft
some plants to take home.

Hedges and Ground Covers —
Saturday, Feb. 23, 1-4 p.m., Peter
Wharton.

Peter will show you how to
choose, plant and care for hedges
and ground covers. You will be
able to take home cuttings of
selected plants.

Bedding Plants from Seed —
Saturday, March 2,. 9 a.m.-12

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Classes shorten wait for spring

Keep your hand in gardening
without getting your feet wet

THE SUN is shining, the weather has been relatively mild
and yet we all know it is much too early to begin any ma-
jor gardening projects. Especially after this article which, if
my tuck holds true, will have jinxed us back into the Ice

noon, Christia Roberts.

Learn to save money by grow-
ing ali your annuals from seed.
You will learn how to sow,
transplant and care for your seed-
lings and pot some to take home.
Meet at the Plant Science
Greenhouse, West Mall at Gate 7.

Upgrading Your Garden —
Saturday, March 2, 9 a.m.-12

+ noon, Joe Rykuiter.

This is a class that will help you
with basic garden planning. Joe
welcomes a chance to discuss your
own projects. You will tour the
Botanical Garden and see how the
same plant varieties could be used
in your home garden.

Sunrooms and Solariums -~—
Saturday, March 2, 9 a.m.-12
noon, Greta and Henry Heinen.

Sunrooms or solariums are a
wonderful addition to the house
but how do ycu heat and cool
them? What type of plants will
grow well and how do you look
after them? All aspects of con-
struction, care and design will be
discussed.

Vegetable Gardening — Satur-
day, March 16, 9 a.ni.-12 noon
and Thursday, July 25, 7-9 p.m.,
Judy Newton.

This is a two-part class. The
March session will deal with all
aspects of vegetable gardening,
including site choice, soil prepara-
tion and planting techniques. The
second session will! take place in

the Botanical Garden where we'll
see the different
vegetables.

Smail Space Gardening — three
Tuesdays, March. 19-Aprif 2, 7-9
p-m., David Tarrant and Judy
Newton

A class for gardeners with only
a baicony, deck or townhouse-
sized Iot to grow a garden. The
sessions cover efficient use of
small sites, suitable plants, prob-
lems and the use of containers.

How to Espalier Fruit Trees —
Saturday, March 9, $ a.m.-12
noon, Murray Kereluk.

The basics of how to espalier
fruit trees in the home garden.
Murray will cover the cultural re-
quirements and everyone will take
home a one-year-old tree to
espalier in their own garden.

Getting Down to Earth —
Saturday, March 9, 9 a.m.-12
noon, Wilf Nicholls.

You will never call it dirt again;
not after you learn what soil is
and how it works. We’ll examine
soil problems and how you can
improve conditions.

Summer and Fall
Saturday, March 23, 9 a.m
noon, Judy Newion.

Learn how to culture the many
common and some unusual bulbs
that bloom through the summer
and fall.

For more information call the
Botanical Garden at 228-3928.

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