Dates Event
April  
April 1, 2006 Stew Leonard's Garden Shop Opens
• Weather permitting
April 8, 2006 Make your Neighbor Green with Envy
• Preparing and caring for a green lawn, fertilizing, feeding, mowing and watering, demo soil test
April 15, 2006 Easter holiday weekend
• No class
April 22, 2006 Pruning Plants
• Cutting, Trimming, Improving your shrubs, tools required
April 29, 2006 Mulching
• the right type of mulch for your garden, alternatives to mulch such as rocks and sand, weed control
May  
May 6, 2006 Selecting Spring Shrubs
• Selecting, planting, resisting deer and critte
May 13, 2006 Mother's Day weekend
• No class
May 20, 2006 All About Annuals
• Feeding, watering, lighting and soiling for annuals
May 27, 2006 Memorial Day weekend
• No class
June  
June 3, 2006 Ins and Outs of Container Gardening
• Selecting containers and plants, discussing soil needs
June 10, 2006 Planning for Perfect Perennials
• Learning about bloom times, division, progressive planting
June 17, 2006 Talking Tomatoes
• Differentiating between warm and cold weather vegetables and tomatoes
June 24, 2006 Smell the Roses
• Planting, pruning, pest control, sunlight and feeding
July  
July 1, 2006 Fourth of July weekend
• No class
July 8, 2006 Shrubs and Soil
• >Buying hydrangeas to boxwood, selecting shrubs
July 15, 2006 Birds, Butterflies and Fragrance
• Choosing bird feeders and houses, feeding, nature in the backyard
July 22, 2006 Deer and Critters Keep Out!
• Controlling wildlife without landscape barriers, using sprays
July 29, 2006 Finding Color in the Shade
• Shared gardening, plants, ornamentation, wet vs. dry
August  
August 5, 2006 Sunning
• Xeriscaping for a maintained free garden
August 12, 2006 Garden Designs
• Providing rooms, focal points and tips
August 19, 2006 Talking Tools
• Picking the proper tool, gloves, hats, shoes, sunscreen
August 26, 2006 Preparing for Next Season
• Pruning, cleanup, planting fall bulbs for spring color