• Instructor: Robert Pavlis
• Fee: $10 (plus HST) per person, per session or sign up for all 7 and get one free ($60 instead of $70). Please note: You must sign up for all 7 at once in a single transaction to receive the discount.

Garden Fundamentals will focus on ornamental gardens including trees, shrubs, perennials, bulbs and grasses. You will gain a good understanding of how these plants grow and their relationship with the soil. We’ll cover lots of practical topics such as planting, maintenance, plant selection, sun/shade requirements, and Robert will give you some of his top picks. This course is suitable for the beginner and intermediate gardener.

Week 1: Techniques - Gardening techniques will be discussed including making new beds, raised beds, composting, crop rotation, mulching and cover crops.
Week 2: Vegetables - This week Robert will discuss growing vegetables from seed including how to start them indoors, transplanting, selecting the right kind, summer care and harvesting.
Week 3: Starting from Seeds - This session is about more advanced topics on seeds including collecting, cleaning, storing, stratification etc. He will also provide the all the information you need to start any seed you want including trees, shrubs, annuals and perennials.
Week 4: Trees and Shrubs - An introduction to trees and shrubs. Selecting, planting, growing them for success. As well as an introduction to pruning them.
Week 5: Perennials - This will be a start to finish course of perennials including selecting, growing planting, dividing. Robert will discuss different types of perennials and how to design with them.
Week 6: Bulbs and Grasses - Spring bulbs, summer bulbs and perennial grasses. They are all essential for a garden that flowers all season long.
Week 7: Pests, Diseases and Garden Myths - This will be a short introduction to pests and diseases, explaining how Robert handles problems in the garden. The second half of the night will look at a wide range of garden myths.

Robert is a Master Gardener and garden writer who publishes two popular gardening blogs and has published several gardening books. He owns and operates a private botanical garden where he grows over 3,000 different varieties of plants.

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