Arts & Crafts Overnight – Three Different Classes – choose one
8- 6 to 8-7 (7 pm to 11 am, $60 -$72)
From Abstract to Realism Plein Air Studio. Bring oils, watercolors, acrylics, colored pencils or pastels to this multi-session, hands-on workshop to develop skills and enrich technique. For novice to professional.
Colors from Nature – Natural Dyes
Learn about color in nature and how to capture some of the tints and shades of the summer landscape using natural dyes on cotton, silk and wool. Experiment with leaves, flowers, barks,and roots to see what colors you can discover, then use these colors to create designs on fabric.
Nature Scrapbooking & Card-Making
A variety of card-making techniques along with a 2-page scrapbook layout will be the focus for this workshop. You will be sent a list of items to bring for your personalized scrapbook page after registration. Beginners welcome. Ages 10 and up welcome with accompanying adult. Shaw Nature Reserve, Dana Brown Overnight Center, Gray Summit, MO 63039. To register (314) 577-5140 www.mobot.org/classes.
Extreme Gardening –
Great Plants for Tough Environments
8- 7 (Sat. 10 am, free) Discover the gardening techniques to help your plants cope along with the best varieties that naturally do well in difficult gardening spots—be it poor soil or be it too wet, too dry, too shady or too hot. Sugar Creek Gardens, Kirkwood 314-965-3070 www.sugarcreekgardens.com.
Pesto Festo
8-7 (Sat. 10 –Noon, free) A crash course in making pesto. Bring an ingredient to use for preparing pesto and take home a free jar. Here are the ingredients we’ll be needing: basil, olive oil, parmesan cheese, pine nuts or walnuts or garlic. Greenscape Gardens, Manchester, MO 314 821-2440, www.greenscapegardens.com.
Monarch Mania –
Gardening for Wildlife Party
8- 12 (Thur. 5- 7:30 pm, free) Gardening for Wildlife talk at 6 pm. Learn how to attract hummingbirds, butterflies, birds and other wildlife by enhancing your gardens with nectar rich blooms, plump berries, and decorative seeds. Sugar Creek Gardens, Kirkwood 314-965-3070 www.sugarcreekgardens.com.
Prairie & Savannah Reconstruction Part I:
Site Prep and Seed Collecting
8-12 (Thurs, 1–4 pm, $8- $12) Native Plant School is a year-round series of indoor/outdoor classes in Whitmire Wildflower Garden at Shaw Nature Reserve. It covers various aspects of native landscaping. Bring questions, comments, photos, drawings, and plant specimens, etc. Shaw Nature Reserve, Gray Summit, MO 63039. To register (314) 577-5140 www.mobot.org/classes.
Tomato Mania
8-14 (Sat. 10 –noon, free) Sample the best that summer has to offer by enjoying our Heirloom Tomato Tasting Clinic. Savor the flavor of up to ten different types of tomatoes. Greenscape Gardens, Manchester, MO 314 821-2440 www.greenscapegardens.com.
Wildflower ID & Ecology
8-21 (Sat. 5 – 7:30 pm$18-$21) Learn about identification, relationships, and habitats of wildflowers of the season. Beginners, as well as serious students of wildflowers, will increase their knowledge and appreciation of the rich floral diversity of the Nature Reserve’s woods, prairie and wetland. Wear comfortable hiking clothes and have notebook in hand. Shaw Nature Reserve, Gray Summit, MO 63039. To register (314) 577-5140 www.mobot.org/classes.
Indian Summer, A Late Season Garden
8-21 (Sat. 10 am, free) Though beautiful in their own right, chrysanthemums and ornamental kale need not be the extent of your end-of-the-season garden display. There are a surprising number of beautiful flowering perennials that are at their best in late summer and fall. Sugar Creek Gardens, Kirkwood 314-965-3070 www.sugarcreekgardens.com.
Cool Season Vegetable Gardening Class
8-21 (Sat. 10 am, free) Extend the growing season well into the fall and grow your own lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, chard and more. Class will be held in our demonstration garden and we’ll show you how to build your beds, prepare the soil, choose the right plants and protect the plants from early frost. Greenscape Gardens, Manchester, MO 314 821-2440 www.greenscapegardens.com.
Up on the Roof
8-21 (Sat. 10 am, free) Tour of Bowood Farms and Cafe Osage roof top gardens. See the many herbs, sedums and flowering plants thriving up on the roof. The roof gardens are only accessible by ladder so wear sturdy shoes; adults only – 18 and older – for reasons of safety. Bowood Farms, St. Louis, (314) 454-6868 www.bowoodfarms.com.
Landscape Design School 101: A Great
Landscape Starts with a Great Plan
8-28 (10 am, free)
Get your garden on track by learning the basics of landscape design from Jerry Pence, Landscape Design instructor at St. Louis Community College. Bring pictures of an area in your yard and get design ideas from the staff at Greenscape. Greenscape Gardens, Manchester, MO 314 821-2440 www.greenscapegardens.com.
Backyard Chickens
8-31 (Tues. 7-8:30 pm, $25 – $30) Introductory session on how to raise and keep chickens in urban and suburban environments. Learn the benefits of chickens, resources for coop building and hen selection, local ordinances, and more. EarthWays Center, 3617 Grandel Square – St. Louis, MO 63108 To register (314) 577-5140 www.mobot.org/classes.