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Calendar of Events - 2008 Saturday, April 26 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Spend an educational and fun-filled day at Tranquil Lake Nursery in Rehoboth on Saturday, April 26th from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Learn new techniques that will help you hone your gardening skills and improve the look and ease of care of your own garden. We have invited a variety of speakers and exhibitors to share their knowledge and tools of the trade with you through workshops, hands-on activities, and garden talks and demonstrations. Ten free lectures and demonstration will be conducted throughout the day on the half hour. These workshops are designed to highlight the many plants and techniques that will create a beautiful garden from early spring through frost and into the winter. This is an opportunity to learn about getting your beds ready for plant, garden design, spring pruning, copicing and cutting back, making a structure with twigs, great garden plants, plant combinations, and gardening using earth-friendly practices. Learn how to choose Siberian iris and June blooming companions. Explore a variety of herbs for fragrance, flavor and beauty and meet some favorite trees and shrubs that will extend the season in the mixed border. Bring a picnic lunch; we'll provide the drinks. For more information, call the nursery at (508) 252-4002. Plan to spend the whole day and learn how to get your garden ready for a summer of glorious bloom. You will also see more that 10 acres of fields of Siberian Iris and Japanese Iris and daylilies. Tranquil Lake Nursery is the largest grower of these plants in the northeast, with more than 3,000 cultivars of daylilies and more than 300 varieties each of Siberian and Japanese Iris. You will also have the opportunity to wander among the acres of gardens at Tranquil Lake Nursery, where you will see a diverse variety of perennials, grasses, shrubs and vines. The gardens include a number of perennial borders, mixed perennial and shrub gardens, an ornamental vegetable garden, a thyme bench, container herb garden, an entry garden, an ornamental grass garden, a pond-side water garden, a bog garden, a dry-scree garden, spectacular container plantings brimming with annuals and perennials, a pool with a water rill and a new purple garden designed to attract hummingbirds. All plants discussed during the day will be available for sale.
Workshops and Demonstration Schedule (Click here for a description of each workshop) 10:00 a.m. Getting the Garden Ready for Spring Planting: Preparing the Border and Soil
10:30 a.m. Planting and Designing the Mixed Border
11:00 a.m. Hardy Prize Winning Plants for Your Garden
12:00 noon Cutting Back, Spring Pruning and Coppicing Your Trees and Shrubs
12:30 p.m. Wattling and Weaving Garden Fences and Structures
1:00 p.m. June Blooming Siberian Iris, Daylilies and Their Companions
1:30 p.m. Herbs for Fragrance, Tasting and Garden Ornamentation
2:00 p.m. Creating Container Gardens Filled with Shrubs, Perennials, Herbs and More
2:30 p.m. Arranging with Spring Flowers and Foliage, Japanese Style
3:00 p.m. Soil Preparation Essentials and Water Conservation minded Garden Techniques
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Tranquil Lake Nursery 45 River Street Rehoboth, MA 02769 508-252-4002 send us a message at: Tranquil Lake Nursery |