September Garden Talks 2011
Two Saturdays in September at 11 a.m.
Free and open to the public
Bring a lawn chair. - Will be held indoors in case of rain.
Tranquil Lake Nursery in Rehoboth, Massachusetts will offer two free garden talks on Saturdays in September. These workshop are designed to highlight the many plants that will extend the beauty of the gardening season through the fall and into the winter. This is your opportunity to learn about fall blooming perennials, plants with attractive fall flower, fruits and foliage and other plants that will extend the season into the winter, while you also learn how to get your gardens ready for winter and prepare for the spring ahead.
All workshops are free and will be held at 11 a.m. We will move indoors in case of rain. Bring a lawn chair. All plants that are discussed will be available for sale.
Sept. 17 The Mixed Border: Plant Combinations of Perennials, Trees & Shrubs for a Long Season of Interest
Garden color and interest need not fade with the first fall frost and may even persist through winter snows. Enhance this often overlooked garden season by adding perennials, grasses, shrubs and small trees that will add color, texture and structure in your borders throughout the fall and through the winter. Warren Leach, landscape designer and co-owner of Tranquil Lake Nursery will highlight a number of versatile uncommon and lesser known late season gems that can be used in diverse planting combinations of colorful flowers and foliage These beauties.will spice up your borders adding late-season blooms, fall foliage effect, colorful twigs and attractive fruit to brighten the fall and winter landscape in his garden talk “The Mixed Border: Plant Combinations of Perennials, Trees and Shrubs for a Long Season on Interest.” He will also offer design suggestions for combining these plants into your borders and protecting them for the winter ahead.
Sept. 21 Foliage, Fruits, Seeds and More to Add interest to the Late Season Garden
Light up your fall and winter garden by adding some of these stunningly beautiful perennials, grasses and shrubs that offer outstanding foliage qualities and dramatic appeal for the late season. Warren Leach, landscape designer and co-owner of Tranquil Lake Nursery will suggest an assortment of exceptional plants with “Foliage, Fruits, Seeds and More to Add Interest to the Late Season Garden” providing examples that will shine in conditions ranging from full sun to dense shade. Some of these foliar beauties will reach their peak in autumn, while others are outstanding performers across the garden season. Experience their unique texture, bold size and shape and superior fall color. He will offer design tips on how to integrate them into your garden.
You will also have a chance to see the late-blooming flowers in the gardens as well as a large selection of early-blooming daylilies and Siberian in the fields. Tranquil Lake Nursery is the largest grower of these plants in the northeast, with over 3,600 cultivars of daylilies and more than 300 varieties each of Siberian and Japanese Iris. We also have display gardens and offer a diverse selection of perennials, herbs, grasses, vines, shrubs, small trees and tender perennials.
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