Guts of the Garden-Seminar
One-Day Tune Up for Gardeners and Designers
October 14, 2011: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
@ The Gardens at Heather Farm: Walnut Creek
 | | Swale Garden by Karla Dakin |
In design language, we often talk about the bones of the garden. If a garden has good bones, then it is a good garden, we say. Digging deeper, this seminar will talk about the underpinnings, the guts that make a well-designed garden, a really good garden. This discussion is not aimed just at beginners but at those of us who have been at it for a long time, and would benefit from stepping back and reviewing the process and the results. This horticultural and design seminar in the 2011 Ruth Bancroft Garden Horticultural Series is presented by the Garden Conservancy and the Ruth Bancroft Garden. It is cosponsored by Pacific Horticulture magazine and the Gardens at Heather Farm, with additional support from the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show and the Urban Farmer Store in San Francisco, Mill Valley, and Richmond. Talks Green is Green Inside and Out-the long view of garden sustainability Getting over Irrigation Anxiety-planning irrigation anatomically and physiologically Beautiful Concrete-an artful and functional medium Fabricated Fences and Gates: alternatives for built elements in the garden Buying Plants on Multiple Scales-one plant at a time or a whole garden full! Design Panel Discussion with Karla Dakin and Roderick Wyllie, moderated by Dick Turner, editor, Pacific Horticulture Location The Gardens at Heather Farm 1540 Marchbanks Drive Walnut Creek, CA 94598 Registration Fees include morning refreshments, buffet lunch, and wine reception. $85 members Garden Conservancy, Ruth Bancroft Garden, and Gardens at Heather Farm $95 Pacific Horticulture subscribers $105 General admission Register online Or call the Garden Conservancy in San Francisco at 415.441.4300 | 
