Raised Beds, Planting Trees & Shrubs, Growing Perennials and Composting (Gardening Mini Classes)
When: April 14
Where: Ogden Botanical Gardens
Time: 9 a.m.-noon
Cost: $20 Public/$14 Garden Members
Register: Click Here
Learn to make the most of your growing space and protect your investment in new trees and shrubs by selecting the right ones for the right spot. This morning full of classes covers topics that will get you started on a successful growing season this year and for years to come.
Explore the Gardens Family Night
When: April 23
Where: USU Botanical Center
Time: 6-8 pm
Cost: Free
Bring the entire family and celebrate spring. Cindy Bennett will share some of what she has learned from many years of raising and showing rabbits and introduce visitors to several different kinds of her furry friends. Activities include children's crafts, tours of the Utah House and landscape and get a sneak peak of the upcoming Baby Animal Days. Join us near the Varga Arboretum. It's all free!
Backyard Chickens
When: April 28
Where: USU Botanical Center
Time: 9-10:30 am
Cost: $37 Public/$29 Members of the Garden
Register: Click Here
Raising chickens helps maintain a sustainable food source, teaches children responsibility and has become enormously popular in the past few years. Come learn the basics of selection, feeding, management, predator control and legalities.
Create a Hanging Basket
When: May 17
Where: Ogden Botanical Gardens
Time: Noon - 1 pm & 6 -7 pm
Cost: $37 Public/$29 Members of the Garden
When: May 19
Where: USU Botanical Center
Time: 10 - 11 am
Cost: $37 Public/$29 Members of the Garden
Register for either class here.
Learn to construct and care for colorful hanging baskets that will last through the summer. Then design and plant a basket to take home.
It's officially spring! Crocus are brightening spots in the landscape and most of us can't wait for the lawn to shed its dormant look and show green signs of life. There are plenty of vendors ready to sell you services and products to feed your turf, but what do you really need? Improper fertilizer application can leave your lawn with burned spots and pollute groundwater that we all depend on. Excessive fertilizer also runs off with stormwater and heavy irrigation. In much of Kaysville that means nutrients from fertilizer end up in the USU Botanical Center ponds and cause profuse algae bloom when the weather warms up. That makes the ponds less hospitable to the fish that visitors value.
