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This is an abbreviated edition of our Garden Talks Online this week!
We are on the verge of the Portland Flower Show and as always we are very excited about the show. The 2010 theme is "Gardens Gone Wild". The show kicks off tonight with the Opening Night Preview from 6 PM to 9 PM. The Show Dates are this weekend March 11 through March 14. Advance tickets are available here at Skillin's and show details can be obtained at http://www.portlandcompany.com/flower/index.html. Show hours are 10 to 6 Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 10 to 5 on Sunday. We hope you can make it into the show to support the show and most importantly because you will LOVE it!
The following weekend, March 19 through March 21 is our Spring Open House at Skillin's Falmouth. The first day of Spring is March 20 so this will truly be the first Garden Show of the Spring. This show is quite the annual event and will feature landscape exhibits, tasty refreshments, colorful plants, scents that will immediately inject you with the spirit of Spring and lots and lots of items on sale! Check below for an exciting Open House Coupon that you can cut out and bring to Falmouth all weekend for some great discounts!
As if that is not awesome enough, we keep the Spring Spirit going with our Spring Open House at Brunswick and Cumberland on the weekend of March 27 & March 28! We have just unbelievable staff at each Skillin's location with some great teamwork and also individual talents. We love to show off what we can do for you, so visit us as often as you can to see what we have done for you.
Click HERE for a list of events at each Open House! These include some NEW classes and topics that are NOT part of our published series but will really give you some great information that you can trust!
Click HERE for a list of specials at each Open House!
Check your inbox next week for your special Open House Coupon for the Brunswick and Cumberland Open House!
Here are some of our ongoing classes for the remainder of the month:
Our FREE classes will be held Saturdays at all three locations (unless otherwise stated) at 10 AM and 2 PM. Space is limited so reserve today for the classes of your choice! Just give us a call at any of the above numbers or drop us a note at skillins@maine.rr.com. Class participants receive a special Skillin's 10% discount coupon for use on the weekend of your class.
March 13 Fresh Floral Arranging (10 am & 2 PM) (Special encore class in Falmouth at 2 PM on March 14) (March 13 classes sold out in Falmouth, March 13 morning class sold out in Cumberland)
(still available: March 13 2 PM Cumberland and March 13 10 AM & 2 PM Brunswick)
How about brightening your home with fresh flowers arranged by you? This is our most popular hands on class and you get to bring your own arrangement home. There is limited space so sign up early. $15.00 material fee.
March 20 Vegetable Gardening (9 AM Falmouth, part of our Open House celebration!) (note this Vegetable Gardening class is sold out; you may contact us to be on the waiting list or sign up for the 3/27 9 AM Vegetable Gardening Class in Brunswick or Cumberland.)
March 20 Pruning for a Purpose (10 am & 2 pm Brunswick & Cumberland)
Special classes March 27 10 AM & 2 PM Falmouth
To prune or not to prune, that is the growing question. Proper pruning makes our outdoor trees and shrubs look great and healthy. We are bringing in some experts to show you how to "do it right the first time" and every time. Learn techniques to help rejuvenate and keep your landscape in shape. Free
March 27 Vegetable Gardening (9 AM only Brunswick and Cumberland, part of our Open House celebration!)
Let us give you the best tips going for how to plan and prepare a vegetable garden. Over the years, we have seen the good and the bad so we can advise on the best and safest steps to be had. Free
The best way to find out about Skillin's Classes and Events is by being a Skillin's Email List member so encourage friends and family to sign up for our Email List at www.skillins.com!
Spring Bonds are selling fast! They are available through the end of this month. Pick them up at any Skillin's location OR www.skillins.com!!!
Mike Skillin
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