2012 Year-Round Gardening Series

For tips on planning and maintaining your garden, landscape, and improving your outdoor living space throughout the year, the expert staff of White Oak Garden Center presents the Year Round Gardening series free to the community.

2011 marks their 16th year of providing gardening demonstrations and sharing new ideas for planning, maintaining and improving your indoor and outdoor garden spaces.

* All programs are on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. Monfort Heights Branch Library, 3825 West Fork Road, Cincinnati, OH (513) 369-4472. Free to the community.

• Jan 9th: Indoor Gardener

  Enhance you home with new and easy care houseplants.
  

• Jan. 23rd: Crash Course in Flower "ID"

  Identifying the "invasive" and how to recognize your flowers as they emerge in spring.
  

• Feb 13th: Theme Gardens

  Ideas for new and innovative gardens and time tested favorite styles.
  

• Feb 27th: What's Your Garden Style

  Formal, informal, serenity or modern, we'll cover them all.
  

• March 12th: Sticks and Stones; Make Your Garden Your Own

  How to add personal touches that show your individualized style.
  

• March 26th: How to "Make Your Bed"

  Getting down to the "nitty-gritty" for garden success.
  

• April 16th: Holy Heucheras!

  A time tested favorite and hot new stars of 2012. The choices and colors of these Coral Bells will amaze you!
  

• April 30th: What's New for 2012

  Annuals, Perennials, Trees & Shrubs.
  

• June 4th: In Living Color

  Using the bright and beautiful to create your best garden ever!
  

• June 18th: "BEE"-leve

  The how and why you should attract nature's workhorses to your garden.
  

• July 9th: Perennial Vines 101

  Selection and care with creative ideas on how to use vines in the perennial garden and landscape.
  

• July 23rd: Ornamental Grasses

  How to integrate the nuts and bolts of the low maintenance gardening into the landscape.
  

• Aug 6th: Made In the Shade

  Blinded by the light: plants that were made for the shade.
  

• Aug 20th: Shining Stars of Fall: Trees and Shrubs

  Learn which plants make a stunning statement in the landscape.
  

• Sept 10th: Flowers for Fall

  Integrating fresh annuals, grasses and perennials into you tired summer garden.
  

• Sept 24th: Bright Bulbs, Big Bang!

  Choosing the biggest, boldest and most reliable bulbs for a spring flowering show.
  

• Oct 15th: Diggin' In

  Preparing perennials, shrubs and newly planted trees for the winter.
  

• Nov 5th: Greening With Envy

  Using fresh holiday greens to make your holiday extra special... and fragrant!
  

2011 Seminars in a Snap!

These fun, 30 minute educational opportunities are for busy people who want to enhance their outdoor living space with style and beauty.

* Saturdays at 11:00am, only at White Oak Garden Center.

• Feb 4th: Landscape Design Basics with Fred

  Attend the seminar for basic landscape design tips from Nursery Manager and Designer Fred Brown.
  

• Feb 11th: Pruning 101

• Feb 18th: Healthier Houseplants

  Bring in your crowded houseplants and we'll help you re-pot them. Free potting and instruction from one of our plant specialists. Free soil and fertilizer with purchase of a pot.

• Feb 25: Grow Your Own Groceries

  We'll help you make a basic plan to grow your own herbs and veggies this spring.