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Landscape Design Basics
This informative, four-week course will teach the basics
of designing your own landscape.
Participants will learn how to create a plot plan, develop ideas, utilize
basic design elements, apply maintenance shortcuts and finally how to develop a
beautiful master plan. Fundamental
drafting supplies will be provided, and participants will create a master plan
for their own landscape. Cost for the
course is $100 ($75 for Garden Members.) Class size is limited, so registration and
pre-payment for the class is required. For more information, please call Stacie at
the Davis County Extension Office, (801) 451-3403.
When: May 5, 12, 19, 25 (Wednesdays)
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 noon
Where: The Learning Garden
2837 East Highway 193,
Layton
(Weber Basin Water
Conservancy District)
Instructor: JayDee Gunnell, USU Davis County
Horticulture Agent
Backyard Bounties- Get Growing!
Raised Bed Gardening: FREE CLASS!
Thursday, Apr. 15 12:00pm -1:00pm at Ogden
Botanical Garden
Thursday, Apr. 15 5:00pm-6:00pm at Ogden
Botanical Garden
Saturday, Apr. 17 11:00am - 12:00pm at Utah Botanical Center
Fruit Tree Grafting: Workshop
Thursday, Apr. 15 6:00pm-7:30pm at Ogden
Botanical Garden
Saturday , Apr. 17 9:00am-10:00am at Utah Botanical Center
Saturday, Apr. 17 10:00am-11:00am at Utah Botanical Center
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If you plant a seed from an apple, there is literally a "one in a million" chance that the fruit from that seed will resemble what you just ate. This truism is due to centuries of genetics and cross pollination. To get a specific or named variety, there are a couple of things to know. Most modern fruit trees are actually two trees in one. They consist of a rootstock and the scion wood. The rootstock controls the overall size of the tree, contributes to cold hardiness and can enhance insect and disease resistance. The scion wood is the fruiting portion of the tree and is selected according to prominence as well as personal preference. Grafting is one technique used in joining the two (rootstock and scion wood) together. Grafting takes place during the dormant season just before growth occurs in the spring by joining small branches from a desirable apple variety to a rootstock. If you would like to perpetuate that perfect apple variety, USU Extension is holding multiple apple grafting workshops this spring. 
