April 23, 2011 - 10:00am
Carolina Farm & Wildlife Supply
2640 South Carolina 56 Pauline, SC
29374-1707
(864) 585-0935

Everything under the sun in a container garden! Container gardening with vegetables annuals, perennials, shrubs and even trees! It all grows in a container!

April 30, 2011 - 10:00am
Lichtenfelt Nurseries
947 Anderson Ridge Rd.
Greer, SC 29651
864-458-9864

Garden Topic:
“Fiddlin’ and Fussin’ with your foundation planting”!!!!!
I will talk about the good old American “bed of lettuce” effect of the traditional foundation planting. Mixing it up with a variety of plant materials can add interest to your foundation and give you more room to garden within the parameters of a standard residential lot. Perennials, annuals, containers, and even wall mounted sculpture can give you real “drive by zip” making you stand out among the neighbors. Do you have old plantings TOO big for your foundation? Lets talk about some “Short kids” or short plants that stop growing around three feet tall. Want to shrink the lawn? How about extending the depth of the foundations planting area?

May 21, 2011 - 9:00am
Gunter’s Gardens
287 Caldwell Circle
864-595-6900.

Garden Topic:
GREET, GAB, AND GARDEN!!!!!!
Back by popular demand Creative Containers gardens demonstration. I will make, as always a ROYAL MESS as I sling potting soil from one end of George Gunter’s nursery to the other. We will go over the basics, of course, talking about drainage and soil mixture along with re-potting existing plants out of one pot and into another. We will touch on the value of a pruning saw for root pruning containerized plants and getting them the heck out of their pot without destroying them!!!! With the late date of this GREET, GAB AND GARDEN, George's nursery will be about to pop with color. I will hang around for a few hours to help you with your purchases of Ferns and Hostas and Maples and Hydrangeas and Rhododendrons and Azaleas and Roses and annuals and perennials and, and, and, WOW! ON YOUR MARK -GET SET, GROW!!!!!!