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| April 25 - Saturday,
10-11:30 am |
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Early Spring / Spring
Gardening – Getting
a Head Start |
| We may discuss: wildflowers,
bulbs, forcing branches, starting seeds and cuttings, heat mats,
indoor lights, rockwool, peat-lite and
more. This is the time of year to start if you want to really take
advantage of our very short growing seasons. The first Tuesday
in March is the traditional day to start tomato seeds indoors so
we’re already late when this class occurs. We’ll have
all your seed and seed starting supplies in the shop. |
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| April 30 - Thursday,
6-9:00 pm (Sierra College Truckee Campus) |
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Successful Mountain Gardening for
Truckee and Tahoe |
| This class is NOT at the
Villager and requires pre-registration at the College. Our spectacular
surroundings offer many rewards as well as some unusual challenges. ÿEvery
gardener or aspiring gardener, at any skill level, will find something
encouraging or newly informative from this very short course in high
Sierra gardening methods, practices, resources and materials. This
is a VERY short course - overview of mountain gardening - for more
info, take the T.D. Rec. Dept. / Villager Classes. |
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| May 2 - Saturday, 10
- 11:30 am |
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Basic Pruning and Damage Repair |
| Explore
the best time to trim your pines. Discuss using nuts & bolts
along with splints, stakes and masking tape to bring your woody trees
and shrubs back from the brink of certain death. Many broken trees
can be repaired. Taught by ISA Certified Arborist - Eric Larusson.
You have our sympathy and understanding, our own trees and shrubs
were thrashed this winter. We have some specials on pruning tools. |
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| May 7– Thursday,
6-7:30 pm |
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Organic Veggies and Berries in
Truckee |
| (How to produce food
in a mountain climate with no frost-free days.) - Growing vegetables
is a little challenging in this climate but the owners and staff
along with hundreds of friends and clients, have wonderful gardens
every year. Come away from the class with tips, techniques and ideas
for successful cold-climate vegetable and berry production. Sarah
has specialty tomato seeds grown for us in 3 sizes and the nursery
has all the organic seeds, soils and nutrients available. |
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| May 14 - Thursday, 6-7:30
pm |
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Container Vegetables & Prolific
Tomatoes in Truckee |
This workshop
is a lecture and ?lab? for container gardening. Small materials fee
($25) covers a hands-on tomato planting, Ocean Forest potting soil
and Fox-Farm fertilizer. Class size is limited to 15 ? please pre-register
early @ 587-0771 or info@villagernursery.com. It?s Rob?s Birthday.
Vegetable and Tomato aficionados and novices are welcome. Container
gardening techniques, organic methods, hand pollination, soil types,
common problems, etc... Bring your own success stories to share with
the class. It?s really not that difficult, 4 pots yield a great deal
of food. |
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| May 17 - Sunday, 10-11:30
pm |
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Container Vegetables & Prolific
Tomatoes in Truckee |
A repeat
Workshop on Sunday for those who can?t make Thursday - This workshop
is a lecture and ?lab? for container gardening. Small materials fee
($25) covers a hands-on tomato planting, Ocean Forest potting soil
and Fox-Farm fertilizer. Class size is limited to 15 ? please pre-register
early @ 587-0771 or info@villagernursery.com.
Container gardening techniques, organic methods, hand pollination,
soil types, common problems, etc... Bring your own success stories
to share with the class. |
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| May 21 - Thursday, 6-7
pm |
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Long Blooming Flower Pots and Hanging
Baskets |
decorate your deck,
porch or patio with so much color and texture. There are new hardy
plants available every year and we love unique and cool plants.
This fun class will give you first hand experience. Space is limited.
Registration is required for this class @ 587-0771. Have Fun! |
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| May 24 - Sunday, 9-11
am |
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Long Blooming Flower Box Workshop |
Bring your own container
or purchase one here. Use our finest potting soil, fertilizer, water
holding gel. With an eclectic selection of scintillating plant materials
we will help you arrange and create your own unique, living show.
A materials fee ($25) is applied toward your materials and your choices
of plants or pots. Space is limited to 10 ? Registration is required.
Call 587-0771.
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| May 28 - Thursday, 6-7
pm |
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Organic Gardening and Landscaping
Basics |
| "Dirt First!" Rob
and Eric will cover the basics of sustainable gardening. Topics will
include soils, soil biology, cultural practices, pest prevention,
and natural pest control. We?ll discuss native and drought tolerant
plants. We will also cover organic potting soils, bio-active fertilizers,
natural soil amendments and of course? MULCH. These two have degrees
and advanced study in Botany, Plant Physiology, Ecology, Entomology,
Mycology, Microbiology, IPM, Organic Chemistry, Horticulture and
much more. . This has been a declared Villager focus since the early
1980?s. Eric is an EX-California Certified Pesticide Applicator. |
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| June 4 - Thursday, 6-7
pm |
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Natural Lawns for Children and
Pets |
| A lush green lawn using
easier and more effective Earth friendly practices. Avoid the commercially
ubiquitous, harmful chemical standard. From size, soil prep, mowing,
watering, fertilizing, lawn repair, rodents and weeds all the way
to winterizing. We have been experimenting with natural lawns and
mowable groundcovers for 30 years and we have all the seeds and supplies
you?ll need. http://www.homeseekerstahoe.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=83 |
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| June 6 / 7 |
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Pick up a Villager Garden Gift
Card for your favorite teacher to say "Thanks!"
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| June 11 - Thursday,
6-7 pm |
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Meadows, Wildflower Gardens and
Naturalized Plantings |
| Villager Naturalists and
Botanists will discuss the many ways to grow a beautiful meadow of
wildflowers and grasses using natives and nearly natives from seeds,
bulbs, and plants. This is a fun and variable topic, bring questions.
The Villager has created and tested (and recreated and tested and
reformulated and tested?) for sale, 10 (at least) different ?wildflower?
and restoration seed mixes. |
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| June 18 - Thursday,
6-7 pm |
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Tough and Tolerant Natives for
Your Landscape |
June 18 - Thursday, 6-7 pm: Tough and Tolerant Natives for Your Landscape
? Villager Naturalists and Botanists will discuss the many ways
to grow dense thickets, aspen groves, woodlands gardens using natives
from seeds, bulbs, and plants. Learn to choose the best and easiest
native plants for your low maintenance mountain garden. Learn how
to protect and enhance your existing native plant populations.
Gather some seed collecting tips and get ideas for wild berry jellies
and jams. We'll also cover a few of the historically important
introduced species that have been thriving in Truckee without care
for more than a century. Bring samples for identification if you
like. Obviously, this is another of our passions and a Villager
specialty. |
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| June 20 / 21 |
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Plant a tree for Dad. Give him
a cool book about California Conifers. |
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| June 25 - Thursday,
6-7 pm |
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Second Homeowner Easy Landscapes |
| Enhance the value of your
home. This is a short course on the absolutely easiest, bomb-proof,
drought tolerant, snow tolerant, rodent & deer resistant, plants
you can use. We?ll cover the simplest, least expensive and most reliable
irrigation systems. Learn the least painful and most fruitful planting
techniques and where to get great landscape supplies for free. We
are really lazy and cheap gardeners at heart. We like it beautiful
and easy. |
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| July 4 - Saturday, 11-4
pm |
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Open with limited hours |
Stop by on Independence
day to say hello. We?ll have some red, white & blue specials
for those that do.
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| July 11 - Saturday 10-11:30
am |
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Incredibly Cool Hardy Perennials |
| A Villager specialty.
Ornamentals and attractive natives, soil amendments, fertilization,
watering and pests will be covered. Wander with Rob and Eric through
the nursery and the 400+ varieties of tough and beautiful flowering
perennials. Learn the plants that will bring your garden to life
with blooming color, spring through fall, for many years to come.
We offer you THE best fascinating and unique hardy perennial selection
in the northern Sierra. |
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| July 18 - Saturday 10-11:30
am |
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The Toughest Trees and Shrubs for
Mountain Homes |
| Shrubs and Trees for shade,
spring or fall color, for fruit, or for screening, barriers, accent,
edible berries, snow-storage and more. Mountain planting techniques,
fertilization and care. There are quite a few native shrubs that
thrive in our gardens. P.S. We have killed HUNDREDS of roses in order
to offer you the ones that thrive with ease. |
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| July 25 - Saturday,
10am-4pm |
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Lake of the Sky Garden Club Annual
Garden Tour |
| Garden Tour Sale at the
nursery all day (20% off all plants and composts with a Garden Tour
Ticket). ? This is a fun tour that should never be missed. The Villager
is a convenient ticket outlet. Even when the gardens are on Lake
Tahoe, there are always ideas for Truckee gardeners to enjoy. |
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| August 2 - Saturday
10-11:30 am |
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TBA |
| TBA |
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| August 9 - Saturday,
10-11:30 am |
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Creating Drought Tolerant Landscapes & Gardens |
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| August 15 - Saturday,
10-11:30 am |
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High Sierra Planting Techniques:
Specific to our climates and soils |
| What to do to put your
garden to bed well so it rises as healthy as possible in the spring.
Protecting your plants from animals and the weather. Harvesting,
cutting back perennials, tying trees and shrubs, mulching, preparing
your lawn putting away tools, and more. We now stock Biosol year-round
as well as brown tree-tape, stakes, trunk wraps and the rest. It
is not difficult. |
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| October 18– Sunday |
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Truckee River Day XIII |
| Watershed Restoration
Projects - River restoration and projects for adult and children
volunteers.
Spend all day or part of a day learning about and working on our
river. Project leaders will specialize in revegetaton, native plants,
history, geology, fisheries, and forest health. Call the Truckee
River Watershed Council @ 550-8760 if you are interested in leading
groups or if you wish to participate. The Villager and U.S. Forest
Service Office will have registration forms by mid September. |
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| August, weekend morning |
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Aquatic Plants for Mountain Ponds,
Streams and Bogs |
| Learn the native and ornamental
species that bring your water feature to life. Mediums, fertilizers,
pests, problems and solutions. |
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| August, weekday evening |
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How to Plant a Tree or Shrub |
Planting by the Experts
We'll teach you the methods which our many years of experience and
hard earned knowledge have proven to work best in this climate
and in these soils. We'll discuss the options and field your questions.
These are not techniques you will learn in any book, yet. |
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| August, weekend morning |
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How to Plant a Tree or Shrub (Repeat) |
Planting by the Experts
We'll teach you the methods which our many years of experience and
hard earned knowledge have proven to work best in this climate
and in these soils. We'll discuss the options and field your questions.
These are not techniques you will learn in any book, yet. |
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| September, weekend morning |
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"X"-rated Plants |
| "X"-rated Plants,
and Water Aware Gardening in the Sierra Rain Shadow ? A selection
of
the time-tested hardiest and most drought tolerant species plus some
very, very siomple ways to use less water and grow your plants faster
at the same time. |
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| September, weekend morning |
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Mountain Native and Naturalized
Plants (repeat) |
| Learn to choose the best
and easiest native plants for many situations. Learn how to protect
and enhance your existing native plant populations. Gather some seed
collecting tips and ideas for wild berry jellies and jams. Bring
samples for identification after the class. We'll also cover a few
of the historically important introduced species thriving in Truckee
without care for more than a century. |
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| September, weekend morning |
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Fall Color in Your Garden |
| Choose from trees, shrubs,
and perennials with the most colorful leaves, persistent berries
or super late blooms. We'll cover the chemistry and the natural artistry
of a showy fall garden. |
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| October, weekend morning |
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Fall Color Walk |
| take a leisurely stroll
through downtown and Brickletown to see the trees, shrubs and perennials
with the best fall displays. |
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| October, weekend morning |
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Bulb Planting |
| Now is the time to plant
the ultimate low-maintenance perennials. Learn when bulbs bloom,
what to feed them, how to plant them and more. Suggested planting
combinations and bulbs that are deer-proof. Plant now for color April
- July |
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| October, weekend morning |
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Gardening in the Fall |
| Fall is a time to accomplish
a great deal in your garden before another long winter. October is
a time to plant, transplant and divide trees, shrubs, bulbs and perennials.
Collect seed, propagate cuttings, fertilize, mulch, prepare soil
and prepare new beds. Ready the garden for next year's growth. |
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| October, weekend morning |
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"Winterizing" your garden |
| What to do to put your
garden to bed well so it rises as healthy as possible in the spring.
Protecting your plants from animals and the weather. Harvesting,
cutting back perennials, tying trees and shrubs, mulching, preparing
your lawn putting away tools, and more. |
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| November, weekend morning |
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Paperwhites, Amaryllis and other
Holiday Blooms |
| Indoor Bulb Forcing of
Amaryllis, paperwhite, hyacinth and Crocus... Plus Christmas Cactus
and Poinsettia. How to make things bloom indoors. Post bloom and
re-bloom care. Light, water and fertilizer requirements. Special
tips and fun facts. Get the most out of your flowering plants. |
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| November, weekend morning |
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Care for living Christmas Trees |
| Selecting the best species
for gardens in truckee and the toughest species that will survive
time indoors. Care and feeding before, during and after Christmas.
Planting tips, alternatives such as donations to parks and more.
What makes blue spruce blue? |
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| November, weekend morning |
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Creating your Own Fresh Wreaths |
| Select a variety of unique
foliage and stems from your garden and from the wild to build full,
fragrant holiday decorations. Save money and have fun. Sarah will
demonstrate the simple techniques she has used for more than 30 years. |
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