2007 Classes and Celebrations -Revitalizing a Tired Bed - Sunday, July 1

Joy Creek Nursery offers customers educational classes, workshops and special events throughout the gardening season. Classes are conducted in the outdoor classroom in our gardens, 18 miles north of Portland at 20300 NW Watson Rd in Scappoose. Please follow the signs to our workshop parking when arriving at the nursery.

All Sunday classes begin at 1:00 p.m. and are free to the public except as noted.

July 1 - Revitalizing a Tired Bed

Has a section of your garden lost its appeal? Are you wondering what to do about it? Acquire some techniques, from Jolly Butler, for assessing the situation and making the changes that will make you happy with your garden.

Jolly Butler became familiar to gardeners throughout the Portland area through her "Gardening 101" column in Garden Showcase magazine. Also, many gardeners learned their gardening basics in her classes at Portland Community College. Recently, she ran a two-hour, call-in radio show called "Gardening with Jolly Butler" on KPAM in Portland. She is an Oregon State University Extension Service Master Gardener and is active in the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon. Oh, yes, and she is a gardener.

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2007 Classes and Celebrations -Tastefully Labeling the Garden - Sunday,June 24

Joy Creek Nursery offers customers educational classes, workshops and special events throughout the gardening season. Classes are conducted in the outdoor classroom in our gardens, 18 miles north of Portland at 20300 NW Watson Rd in Scappoose. Please follow the signs to our workshop parking when arriving at the nursery.

All Sunday classes begin at 1:00 p.m. and are free to the public except as noted.

June 24 - Tastefully Labeling the Garden

How to know what you have in your garden without the use of miniature billboards! Dan Moeller has some innovative ideas that you won't want to miss.

Dan Moeller was a garden manager at the Chicago Botanic Garden before he made the big move to the West Coast to become the plant collections manager at the Hoyt Arboretum in Portland , Oregon. Dan also serves on the tree committee of the Great Plant Picks from the Elizabeth C. Miller Botanic Garden in Seattle.

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2007 Classes and Celebrations -Carnivorous Plants and Other Bog Treasures - Sunday, June 17

Joy Creek Nursery offers customers educational classes, workshops and special events throughout the gardening season. Classes are conducted in the outdoor classroom in our gardens, 18 miles north of Portland at 20300 NW Watson Rd in Scappoose. Please follow the signs to our workshop parking when arriving at the nursery.

All Sunday classes begin at 1:00 p.m. and are free to the public except as noted.

June 17 - Carnivorous Plants and Other Bog Treasures

There is growing interest in bog gardening because of all the unusual and unfamiliar plants that dwell in those special conditions. Scott Vegera will speak on how to grow and care for them at your home either in a garden or in a container. Venus fly-traps, pitcher plants and sun-dews will soon be part of your plant palette.

Scott Vegara writes "if you need a one sentence bio, say that one of my prized plants was a variegated poison ivy." That shows his passion for plants, but it does not tell the depth of his involvement with horticulture. He has done genetic research, been a college educator, worked as plant development coordinator, and served as director of two botanical gardens. He is currently the Executive Director and Director of Horticulture at the Berry Botanic Garden in Portland, Oregon. One of his passions is carnivorous plants.

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2007 Classes and Celebrations -Conifers - Sunday, June 10

Joy Creek Nursery offers customers educational classes, workshops and special events throughout the gardening season. Classes are conducted in the outdoor classroom in our gardens, 18 miles north of Portland at 20300 NW Watson Rd in Scappoose. Please follow the signs to our workshop parking when arriving at the nursery.

June 10 - Conifers

Let an expert guide you in finding the best, choice evergreens for your garden. Don Howse brings an extensive knowledge of and experience with the conifers best suited to our climate. There will be selected specimen plants for sale.

Don Howse is co-owner of Porterhowse Farms in Sandy, Oregon, and past president of the Western Region of the American Conifer Society. He has been collecting rare and unusual conifers for more than 30 years. Anyone who has visited his nursery knows that his interest in plants extends way beyond conifers. He himself confesses that he is a plant addict.All Sunday classes begin at 1:00 p.m. and are free to the public except unless otherwise noted.

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