Urban Plant Protection And Perennial Classes This Week At Center For Urban Horticulture



The Center For Urban Hortculture (3501 NE 41st Street) is having the following classes this week:

Urban Plant Protection
Wednesday, May 15, 9am – 4pm
Fee:$85.

The class description says:

This integrative course will provide a working knowledge of insects and diseases of plants growing in the urban environment in the Seattle area, including trees, shrubs, flowers, vegetables and grasses. Emphasis will be placed on pest and damage recognition, control methods, and integrated pest management systems. Topics covered include: introductions to entomology and pathology; an overview of insects and diseases of foliage, stems, branches, roots, flowers and fruits; mycorrhizas; hazard trees; and insect and disease management.
 

Instructors:

Robert L. Edmonds, Plant Pathologist, Professor Emeritus, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington.  Dr. Edmonds has instructed courses on urban plant protection and forest pathology. He has almost 40 years of experience conducting research on tree diseases.  Robert I. Gara, Entomologist, Professor Emeritus, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington.  Dr. Gara specializes in urban plant protection and forest entomology. He has over 40 years of experience conducting research on insect problems in the Pacific Northwest.

 

Perennial Companions
Wednesday, May 15, 7 – 8:30pm and Saturday 1-3:30

The class description says:

In this class you will learn how to put plants together in satisfying combinations that endure and to use site information (such as sun, shade, dryness, etc.) to place companion plants who need similar conditions together, while taking color, form and texture into account.
 

Instructor:

Carrie Becker, co-author of Perennials: The Gardener’s Reference, has spent 40 years immersed in the study of plants as a gardener, professional landscape designer, consultant, and educator.  One of the original designers of the Northwest Perennial Alliance Borders at the Bellevue Botanical Garden, she has taught classes about perennials, bulbs, annuals, and biennials in the horticultural department at Edmonds Community College in Lynnwood, Washington for 17 years.  A recipient of the Garden Writers Association Gold Award for Technical Writing in 2008, Carrie has written articles for Horticulture, Pacific Horticulture, Arboretum Bulletin, and the Northwest Perennial Alliance. She was a Hortus Praefectus of the Northwest Perennial Alliance in 2008.  Carrie lectures in various garden clubs, nurseries, arboretums, and flower shows around the Northwest.  When she is not gardening, Carrie can be found creating jewelry, treasure hunting, and cooking.

 

For more information go here, email urbhort@uw.edu or call 206.685.8033

Also this year's UWBG Student Poster Exhibit will be showing at the Miller Library starting on Friday. Poster subjects include environmental horticulture, conservation biology, restoration ecology and much more. There will also be a public opening night reception from 5-7pm.