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| April 26 - Saturday,
10-11:30 am |
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Early Spring / Late Winter
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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| May 3 - Saturday, 10
- 11:30 am |
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Winter Damage in Your Woody Plants
(pruning and repair) – Mountain gardening pruning basics. |
| 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 8 – Thursday,
6-7:30 pm |
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Grow Your Own in Truckee (How
to produce food in a mountain climate with no frost-free days.) |
| You will receive the
short course: “Mountain Vegetable Gardens 2008” and come
away with tips, techniques and ideas for successful cold-climate
vegetable 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 15 - Thursday, 6-7:30
pm |
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Tomato Growing Workshop is a lecture
and “lab” for tomato growing |
A lecture
and “lab” for tomato growing. Small materials fee ($25)
covers your hands-on tomato planting, Ocean Forest potting soil and
Fox-Farms fertilizer. Class size is limited to 20 – please
pre-register @ 587-0771.
This “vegetable” needs its own special class.……it’s
a little challenging but well worth the effort if you have the right
information. Tomato aficionados and novices are welcome. Gardening
techniques, organic methods, pollination, soil types, common problems,
etc... Bring your own success stories to share with the class. It’s
really not that difficult, 4 pots produces more than a family of
4 can use.
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| May 22 - Thursday, 6-7
pm |
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Outrageous Planters and Hanging
Baskets |
| decorate
your deck, patio or porch with so much colorful life. 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 25 – Sunday,
8-10 am |
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Create a Planter Box Workshop |
Bring your own container
or purchase one here. Use our finest potting soil, fertilizer,
water holding gel. With an eclectic selection of interesting plant
materials we will help you arrange and build your own unique, living
creation. 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 29 - Thursday, 6-7
pm |
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Earth Friendly Gardens and Landscapes |
| “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 5 - Thursday, 6-7
pm |
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Pet and Child Safe Lawns |
| A lush green lawn via
Earth friendly care is easier and more effective than the commercially
ubiquitous chemical alternative. From 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. |
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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 26 - Thursday,
6-7 pm |
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Colorful, Cold-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 hardy perennial selection in the northern Sierra. |
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| July 12 - Saturday 10-11:30
am |
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Tough Shrubs and Roses for Mountain
Gardens |
| Shrubs can fill a garden
in a very short time. Learn shrubs for screens, barriers, accent,
flowers, fall color, edible berries, snow-storage and more. There
are quite a few native shrubs that thrive in our gardens. We have
killed HUNDREDS of roses in order to offer you the ones that thrive
with ease. |
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| July 19 - Saturday 10-11:30
am |
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The Hardiest Trees for Mountain
Homes |
| Trees for shade, spring
or fall color, for fruit, or for screening. Mountain planting techniques,
fertilization and care. Bring samples for identification after the
class. As we said above, we’ve killed thousands of plants in
the process of discovering which ones will thrive in your garden
(and we test more every year). |
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| July 26 – Saturday,
10am-4pm |
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Lake of the Sky Garden Club Annual
Garden Tour |
| 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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Native Plants for Your Garden |
| Learn to choose the best
and easiest native plants for your 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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| August 9 - Saturday,
10-11:30 am |
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Water Wise Gardening (“Xeriscaping”) |
| We’ll cover the
very easy ways that you can use less water, pull fewer weeds while
enjoying more growth from your plants. This is a rather high-profile
aspect of sustainable gardens and landscapes. The Nursery has water
retaining gels, moisture holding amendments, drip irrigation systems
and loads of expertise. |
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| August 16 – Saturday,
10-11:30 am |
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Mountain Planting Instructions |
| You will learn methods
that our many years of experience and scientific study have proven
to work best in this climate and in these soils. We’ll discuss
options and field your questions. These are not techniques you will
learn in any book just yet. These are the techniques we have perfected
over years and these are the methods that our landscape crews use
to insure successes. |
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| August 30 - September
1 |
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Labor Day Weekend – Fall
Color Combination Kits in the Nursery.
Seed Collecting for River Day- TBA
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| September 5 - 7 – All
Day |
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23rd Annual Lake Tahoe Autumn Food & Wine
Festival |
| The premier food and wine
event of the Sierra returns for it's 23rd year held at the Village
at Northstar. |
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| September 13 - Saturday,
10-11:30am |
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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 redistribute 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. Gardening is ALWAYS about "Next Year". Right now,
we have a lot less time to wait until next year. Most deciduous woody
plants (trees and shrubs) put on as much as 80% of their annual expansive
root growth in the fall…. AFTER they loose their leaves… Really,
Fall IS for planting! |
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| September 27 - Saturday,
10-11:30am |
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Easy Squirrel-Proof Bulbs |
| Now (Autumn) is the time
to plant the ultimate low-maintenance perennials. Learn when bulbs
bloom, what to feed them, how to plant them. Learn about bulbs for
sun and shade, for spreading and seeding and bulbs that are rodent
and deer proof . We'll offer suggestions for planting combinations.
Plant now into December for color April – July. Bulbs can be
among the brightest stars in a “wildflower” garden and
the Villager offers you many wildflower-like bulbs.
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| October 18 - Saturday,
10-11:30am |
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Be Prepared - "Winterizing" |
| 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 ??– Sunday,
All Day |
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Truckee River Day XI |
| 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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| October 25 - Saturday,
11:30-1:30am |
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Free Pumpkin Carving |
| Free Pumpkins and carving
tools for little ones while they last. We also have pumpkins for
sale earlier in October. We’ll have hot cider and cookies.
And specials on Bulbs, Trees and Shrubs (Fall IS for Planting!) |
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| November 1 - Saturday,
10-11:30am |
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Growing Flowers Indoors |
| Indoor bulb forcing of
Amaryllis, Paperwhite, Hyacinth and Crocus... Plus Christmas Cactus
and Poinsettia. Post bloom and re-bloom care; light, water and fertilizer
requirements; special tips and fun facts. Get the most out of your
flowering plants. We have really cool Poinsettia varieties each year
as well as a wide selection of indoor flowering bulbs. |
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| November 8 - Saturday,
10-11:30am |
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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 (spruce). Care and feeding before, during and after
Christmas. Planting tips, alternatives such as donations to parks
and more. What makes blue spruce blue? Don’t forget to pre-order
your living or cut tree so we can choose the best possible specimen
for you. |
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| 2009 April 25, 2009
- Saturday, 10-11:30 am |
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Early Spring / Late Winter 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. |
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