Free Garden Workshops: Third Sundays at Flora Grubb

If you ever shop at Flora Grubb Gardens, you've probably noticed they've got an amazingly knowledgeable and creative staff. Well lucky for us, they recently launched a series of free monthly workshops with the aforementioned staff, designed to help you garden successfully (and beautifully!) in our Mediterranean climate. Click through to find out what you can learn at this weekend's workshop...

This Sunday's workshop is about growing bamboo, an oft-maligned plant that can be stunning in a garden if properly maintained. Two store managers will be introducing several different varieties and offering ideas for how to incorporate them into your garden.

The workshops will be taking place on the third Sunday of every month at 10:30am in the nursery (1634 Jerrold Avenue, off of Third Street)). Staff experts and friends will speak and demonstrate on topics like succulent design, growing your own food, and indoor/outdoor plants. Visit the Flora Grubb events page to read about all of the upcoming workshops.

(Images: Flora Grubb Gardens)

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And, if you dig those wavy chairs or the concrete planters in that photo, you can learn to make cool outdoor concrete patio furniture and planters all by your little ol' self.

CHENG Concrete in Berkeley has a 1/2 day Concrete Workshop called Outdoor Living Essentials coming up on Saturday, May 30.

It's not free, but it's affordable and you get to take home the drawings, so you can build as many as you want after the workshop.

http://www.concreteexchange.com/workshops/outdoor_essentials.jsp

See you on the patio.

posted by rachelryan6 on May 14th 2009 at 2:31pm
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What are the galvanized planters in the picture. I'm at a loss for the proper search terms... I always thought those were watering troughs!

posted by Heather C on May 14th 2009 at 2:47pm
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@rachelryan6, that is awesome! Thanks for the info.

@Heather C, those are called "stock tanks" -- indeed, they're just watering troughs, but they make fantastic planters.

- Susie

posted by susiekn on May 14th 2009 at 5:26pm
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Sorry, I got the last spot for the May 30 Cheng outdoor concrete workshop. BUT they have a new date posted for June 27.

posted by rachelryan6 on May 18th 2009 at 2:32pm
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Rachel, What plans do you end up taking home?

posted by Heather C on May 18th 2009 at 4:35pm
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