Introduction to Hardy Trees and Shrubs With Sara Williams

Description

Join master gardener Sara Williams to discover hardy trees and shrubs for prairie gardeners. Extend your choice from old standards like Ohio buckeye to the newly introduced northern pin oak.

Additional Information

Part of RPL's Gardening and Nature programming series.

This program is conducted through Zoom.  Register to receive a reminder, the evaluation, and any other resources.

Click the link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87449369827 

Dates: The gardening series programs with Sara Willams run on March 9th and 16th, 2023 from 7:00 PM-8:00 PM. We encourage you to join us in both sessions.

Introduction to Hardy Perennials With Sarah Williams, March 9
Introduction to Hardy Trees and Shrubs With Sarah Williams, March 16

Introduction to Hardy Perennials: The range of hardy perennials for prairie gardeners increases every year. Extend the season of your borders through the use of early, late, and unusual perennials along with ornamental grasses. From the first blue, pink, or white hepatics in early spring through the clumps of ornamental grasses that compose your winter border, it’s all here.

Introduction to Hardy Trees & Shrubs: Our choice of hardy trees and shrubs has never been greater! From ground-covering junipers to towering subalpine firs, from old standards such as Ohio buckeye to the newly introduced northern pin oak. Over a hundred of the best trees and shrubs, suitable for a wide range of landscapes from urban to farms and acreages, and adapted to varying conditions from sun to dry shade.

Presenter Information: Sara Williams, Retired as a horticultural specialist at the University of Saskatchewan. Sara Williams is the author and co-author of many gardening books: In A Cold Land; the newly revised Creating the Prairie Xeriscape; Best Trees and Shrubs for the Prairies; Best Groundcovers and Vines for the Prairies; Gardening, Naturally: A Chemical-free handbook for the Prairies and The Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo: A Photographic History With Bob Bors. she is the co-author of Growing Fruit in Northern Gardens. She has written hundreds of articles for various publications. Sara was inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame in 2013 and received an Honorary Doctorate of law degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 2015. Sara holds a B. A from the University of Michigan in English and History as well as a B.Sc. (with great distinction) and M.Sc. from the University of Saskatchewan in Horticulture. Sara developed her first garden in the 1960s in the school courtyard in Tanzania in East Africa, where she was a volunteer teacher. She gardens on 5 acres of sand near Saskatoon.

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