Come see us: Upcoming classes, talks and workshops

Where we'll be to teach and to learn along with you. 
 

 

Pick a date and meet us there

Our schedule is in chronological order below. Or click here for a calendar to help you pick-a-date and zap straight to the details. For more detail about any topic you see listed here,  download our complete catalog of talks and worskhops.

How do we set these dates?

People ask us to come present a talk, lead a workshop or supervise what we call a garden barn-raising. You can do that, too!

Tool cleaning and sharpening parties, 2012.

Bring your tools, learn how and then make them like new.

Each winter for the past 9 years we've come to gardeners' get-togethers to help you make your tools like new. We demonstrate how to, then help you get to it in work space provided by the party host. Try your hand on your own tools so you can start this spring with clean, sharp tools. The company is grand -- gardeners bearing their favorite tools, settin' a spell with others and chatting while working.

7 parties so far. One more! We'll be at a party on
4/9/12
Please see the information listed by date below.

Want to set up a tool cleaning for your group? Contact us now for winter 2013.

 

Wednesday, March 27, 2012, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

At the Rochester Hills Public Library, Rochester Hills, Michigan Janet describes Great Plants and Combinations for many situations in your landscape. At the library, 500 Olde Towne Road in downtown Rochester. Limited to Rochester Hills residents. Free. Call the library at 248-650-7124 to reserve a seat.
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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Steven's the keynote speaker at the Huron County, Michigan Master Gardeners' Spring into Gardening Day, in Ubly, Michigan. Start the day with Steven's Great Plants and Combinations, enjoy his lunchtime program as well (Garden Kaleidoscope) and there are more classes during the day. More information and registration at http://www.msue.msu.edu/portal/default.cfm?pageset_id=27408&page_id=44700&msue_portal_id=25643 or contact Carol Holtrop at 989-553-2992 or holtropc@gmail.com. 
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Saturday March 31 and Sunday, April 1, 2012

At the English Garden stores in the Metro Detroit Area, Janet will present 8 Months of Color. Free.
Saturday, 10 a.m. at the Dearborn Heights store
Saturday, 1 p.m. at the West Bloomfield store
Satruday, 4 p.m. at the Brighton store
Sunday, noon, at the Royal Oak store
Sunday 3 p.m. at the Clinton Twp. store

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Monday, April 2, 2012, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Steven's at the Hardy Plant Society meeting to show you Great Tools and How to Care for Them. In Bloomfield Hills, Michigan at the Congregational Church on Woodward at the corner of Cranbrook Road. Members free, guests are asked to pay a small fee at the door.
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Tuesday evening, April 3, 2012

Janet will help you Persuade Perennials to Delight You for All Four Seasons. At the Frst United Methodist Church, 45 N. Manning Street, Hillsdale, Michigan. Hosted by the Hillsdale Master Gardeners and Hillsdale Garden Club as a service to the gardening community. Free, no advanced registration required.
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Monday, April 9, 2012

In the evening in Lathrup Village, Michigan, at the meeting of the Village Gardeneers. Only a very few seats are available. Call or email Nancy, 248-552-5095 or nstrodl@yahoo.com .

Tool care parties are limited space workshops, so call or email early to reserve a seat. Most hosts offer seats free of charge or ask only a small contribution toward community-use materials.

Come prepared-- check our  What's Coming Up 29 for a description of what we do and what supplies you may wish to bring with you, along with your weeder, pruners, spade, etc.

See you there!
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

The Public Library in Royal Oak, Michigan is hosting a 3-Wednesday Green Thumb Gardening Series, with Janet in this kick-off spot to present Choosing and Placing Plants in the Landscape. Free, but registration is required by going to www.ropl.org and using the calendar on that Home page, or calling 248-246-3727 or stopping in at the library.
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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Janet's part of the Putnam County Master Gardeners' Spring into Gardening Day, in Kalida, Ohio. Janet's topics in this all-day event are Thank You Great Grand-folks, Horticultural All-Stars and Gardens of the Future. It's all about how history and our forebears have shaped our gardens today and what we should grow and carry forward from here as we shape the gardens of tomorrow. Registration information to follow.
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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Janet and Steven are conducting their workshop All the Best Sense in a Garden, for those who want to explore the  non-visual aspects of a garden and enhance a garden's sound, scent, feel and taste. At the Inn at the Rustic Gate in Big Rapids, Michigan. Details and registration at www.innattherusticgate.com or 900-319-5867.
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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Janet presenting Fine Pruning the Landscape as part of Plymouth Nursery's spring celebration in Plymouth, Michigan. Details to follow at Plymouth Nursery, 734-453-5500 or http://plymouthnursery.net/  
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Sunday, April 22, 2012

At Ray Weigand's Nursery in Macomb, Michigan. Steven's on stage to help you with garden care. Free. More details to follow here, or contact Ray Wiegand's at 586-286-3655.

 

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Janet's speaking about Gardeners and Allergenic Plants at Botsford Hospital in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Details to follow.
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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Janet's leading two one-hour classes at Abele Greenhouse in Saginaw, Michigan. Low Maintenance Landscapes at 10 a.m., and Great Plants and Combinations at 1 p.m. Contact Sally or Jennifer at the Greenhouse for more information, at 989-752-5625.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Another Garden by Janet and Steven. You can Shoot with Steven at Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts. Details to follow or contact us any time!
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Janet's speaking in Hale, Michigan about 50 Great Before-After Garden Ideas. Hosted by the Sunrise Side Michigan Master Gardener Association of Iosco County, at the Plainfield Township Hall on M-65 in downtown Hale near the fire hall. Free, and no registration required.
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Thursday, June 14, 2012, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Can't Judge that Plant by its Cover is Janet's topic in Belleville, Michigan. Look at some garden plants from the favorite to the obscure to glean fun and useful information about their care, history and uses. At the Belleville Area District Library. Free, registration required to reserve a seat 734-699-3291. More information at the library website if you click the "Calendar" tab.
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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Janet's leading workshops on Native Plants and Garden Color at Chicago Botanic Gardens. Details to follow at http://www.chicagobotanic.org/school/index.php
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

A Garden by Janet and Steven, to Shoot with Steven at the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Details to follow or contact us any time!
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Janet's speaking about Never Too Late -- summertime garden planning and planting. At the meeting of the Master Gardener Society of Oakland County at Beautiful Savior church, Adams Road south of Square Lake Road in Bloomfield, Michigan. Open to all Master Gardeners and guests. Other registration details to follow.
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Thursday - Saturday, July 12 - 14, 2012

Janet and Steven are speaking at the American Conifer Society National Meeting and Conifer College in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Topics, stellar speakers and side tours abound during the College and Conference, so register early. Janet at the College explains the how to of pruning in Clipping Conifers and Steven helps you with problem diagnosis as Columbo on Conifers. Details and registration information at http://www.conifersociety.org/cs2/index.php.
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Thursday, July 19, 2012, 7 - 8 p.m.

Janet's speaking about Hot Weather Gardening Tips at the Guelph Enabling Garden in Riverside Park, Guelph, Ontario. We meet outdoors so you can enjoy this great garden as well as take away ideas for planning and maintaining a garden to not only survive but thrive in the heat and humidity of July and August. No advance registration needed. Free  - with donations to the gardens gladly accepted on site. More information at the Guelp Enabling Garden's blogspot.

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Sunday, August 19, 2012

A Garden by Janet and Steven. Come Shoot with Steven and explore with Janet at the Toledo Botanical Garden, Toledo, Ohio. Details to follow or contact us any time!
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Saturday afternoon, August 25, 2012

A Pruning Workshop by Janet & Steven at Belle Isle Nature Zoo, Detroit, Michigan. Hosted by the Detroit Garden Center. Details to follow or contact us any time!
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Janet & Steven are on the program at the Washtenaw County Master Gardeners' Association meeting in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Details to follow.
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Saturday, September 22, 2012

Janet's on the program at the Growing With Master Gardeners conference, hosted by the Master Gardeners Association of Wayne County, at the Universityof Michigan campus in Dearborn, Michigan. Details to follow.

 

Friday and Saturday, September 28 -29, 2012

The Midland Area Master Gardeners host a two-day workshop, The Natural Gardener and the Wooded Lot. Instructed by Janet and Steven with Celia Ryker. In Midland, Michigan. Public is invited. Details to follow. To register, contact Carol Brown at carolbrown@hotmail.com or  989-705-7337
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Friday and Saturday, October 5-6, 2012

Janet and Steven are speaking at the Indiana Master Gardener Conference. Details to follow.
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And another year passes....

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Janet's conducting a workshop at the Fond du Lac area Master Gardener's garden conference in Fon du Lac, Wisconsin. Details to follow.
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Calendar Index

Click on a date to zap straight to the details.

Letters following dates are State/Province abbrevations. (In Michigan, seMI is eastern lower peninsula, mMI is middle lower peninsula, wMI is western lower peninsula, etc. and uMI is upper peninsula Michigan.)

*Asterisks indicate hands-on Garden by Janet and Steven sessions.


January 2013

 

 

 

 

February 2013           

 

 

 

 

March 2012

27 seMI, 31 seMI, 31 neMI

 

3/23/13 WI

 

April 2012

1 seMI, 2 seMI,  3 sMI,

9 seMI, 11 seMI, 14 OH,

21 wMI, 22 seMI, 22 seMI,

25 seMI, 28 neMI

May 2012

9 MA, 19 seMI

 

 

 

June 2012

12 neMI, 14 seMI,

16 IL, 27 MA

 

 

July 2012

3 seMI, 12-14 seMI

19 sOntario

 

August 2012

19 OH, 25 seMI

 

September 2012

18 seMI, 22 seMI, 28-29 neMI

 

October 2012

5-6 IN

 

November 2012

 

 

December 2012