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The Plant Delights Nursery Education Center

We have been very pleased with the response to our classes. During the last few years, visitors have come from several states to learn from our interactive series of classes and expert instructors.

We hope you will join us this year for one or all of the following sessions. If there is a topic that you would like to see covered that we do not already offer, please let us know.

The following classes are scheduled for 2010. Pre-registration is required, and space is limited. To register, call 919.772.4794, fax us at 919.662.0370, enter the class title and time on the back of your order form, or register online below.

We will confirm your registration by phone two or three days prior to the class. If a class is already full when your registration is received, you will be notified at that time.


2010 Schedule of Classes

Saturday, May 8, 2010    8 am - 4 pm
Photography Workshop

Josh Taylor, www.archiphotoworkshops.com
  $150  

This all-day workshop is designed for photographers of all skill levels. Emphasis will be on photographing garden settings, individual plants as well as close-ups, with a focus on designs and patterns. Other topics include panorama stitching, focus stacking, and using enhancement software such as Photoshop. The workshop will include time in the gardens taking the images as well as classroom instruction and image critiques. The workshop also includes an informative illustrated handout. We are very pleased Josh agreed to hold a workshop at PDN. Josh has conducted workshops at the US Botanic Garden, the Smithsonian, Brookside Gardens, Longwood Gardens, and many more. He was also a judge for the 2009 Garden Writers Association National Media Awards. (Lunch on your own.)


Saturday, June 5, 2010    10 am - 4 pm
Propagation Workshop

(Tony Avent, PDN Staff)
  $150 THIS CLASS IS FULL
call to be added to wait list

Our interactive propagation workshop has also become one of our guaranteed sellout classes each year. The day-long hands-on workshop will cover an amazing array of topics including seed, cuttings, divisions, plant breeding, and darn near everything but grafting. The focus of the workshop is perennials, but the techniques can be adapted to most plants you grow. By the time you are finished, you'll leave here with lots of goodies, and be feeling ready to start your own nursery. The class is held in our non-air conditioned shipping shed, so it may be quite hot during the class...dress accordingly. (Lunch on your own.)


Thursday, June 10, 2010    2 - 4pm
Let's Talk Plants Garden Walk

(Tony Avent, PDN Staff)
$35  

June is an amazing month between our open house dates when visitors miss many of the late spring goings on in the garden. Join Tony for this two hour class...an interactive outdoor walk through our extensive botanical gardens, discussing the plants in the garden, and how and why they grow. Come prepared to write as we send you on plant overload.


Saturday, October 16, 2010    10 am - noon
Let's Talk Plants Garden Walk

(Tony Avent, PDN Staff)
$35  

October is a transitional month in the garden, as the plants of summer begin to fade, and the stars of the autumn garden begin to shine. Join Tony for this two hour class...an interactive outdoor walk through our extensive botanical gardens, discussing the plants in the garden, and how and why they grow. Come prepared to write as we send you on plant overload.


Saturday, November 13, 2010   10 am - noon
The World of Soils

(Tony Avent, PDN Staff)
$35  

With the increasing interest in soil care as a means of avoiding plant stress and subsequent pest problems, the demand for this class has risen each season. The interactive lecture will discuss nutrient balance, soil test reports, how to incorporate organics, taking care of microbes, and an array of misconceptions regarding planting techniques. If you have soil test reports, be sure and bring them to class.


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