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Designing for Every Season: Year-Round Beauty in Your Landscape
Monday, 6:30-8:30pm
Course Description:
Imagine stepping outside or gazing from your window to find a garden that’s alive with color, texture, and interest in every season. Picture vibrant blooms in spring, lush foliage in summer, fiery autumn leaves, and striking bark or evergreen accents in winter. A well-designed landscape offers beauty and enjoyment all year long, and this course will show you how to create it.
Learn how to select trees, shrubs, and perennials that provide a succession of blooms, colors, and textures from season to season. Discover how to incorporate design elements like structure, layering, and contrasting forms to keep your garden captivating, even in winter. With expert tips and plant suggestions, you’ll leave this course inspired to transform your outdoor space into a landscape that thrives with year-round beauty.
What You’ll Learn:
- Selecting plants for year-round interest.
- Incorporating structure and layering into your design.
- Adding seasonal color and texture.
- Designing landscapes with trees and shrubs for winter beauty.
Join us and bring your landscape vision to life! Whether you’re designing a peaceful retreat, a vibrant gathering space, or simply want to enjoy the view from your kitchen all year round, this course will give you the tools and inspiration you need. Let’s create a garden that captivates in every season and becomes a source of joy for years to come!
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.