Winterizing Your Landscape: Protecting Your Garden Through the Cold

November 3

Monday, 6:30-8:30pm

Course Description:
Winter can be hard on your landscape, but with the right preparation, you can protect your garden and set it up for a vibrant spring. This class will show you how to shield your trees, shrubs, and lawn from freezing temperatures, heavy snow, and wildlife damage while addressing the unique needs of fruit trees and other plants.

What You’ll Learn:

Simple ways to protect delicate trees and shrubs from winter stress.
Key pruning techniques for fruit trees and perennials before the freeze.
How to manage winter watering to keep plants hydrated without overdoing it.
Smart strategies to prepare your lawn and prevent snow and wildlife damage.

Leave this class with practical tips and expert guidance to help your garden not just survive but thrive through the winter months!

James Batton is a consulting arborist, horticulturist, and local Youtube gardening host. Since 1979 he has worked in the landscape gardening field as a research assistant, estate gardener, greenskeeper, designer, arborist, and horticultural instructor. He has served as president of the Local Chapter of The International Society of Arboriculture, and consulted on many projects including City Creek's Landscape, Thanksgiving Point water features, and the Oregon Symphony's designers' showhouse. Come enjoy James' engaging storytelling style of teaching skills in the garden.