How To Grow Anything: Make Your Trees & Shrubs Thrive
Offered By: Craftsy
Course Description
Overview
Description
Join horticulturist, certified arborist and nationally syndicated garden-show host Melinda Myers and learn how to make trees and shrubs an integral and manageable part of outdoor spaces you’ll love. Taking you through a variety of different landscapes, climates and seasons, Melinda will reveal effective — and practical — gardening techniques and strategies for purchasing, planting and caring for trees and shrubs. Learn about the many trees and shrubs that make great fits for landscapes with different climates, soil types and size constraints. Then, get insider tips and techniques for growing and maintaining your trees and shrubs, and find out how to enhance their ornamental appeal with pruning methods that create tunnels or help plantings grow flat against walls and fences. Branch into new gardening skills today to grow stunning trees and shrubs — and save money in the long run!
Syllabus
- Class Preview
- A Framework for Your Landscape
- Form & Function in the Landscape
- Trees & Shrubs for Challenging Conditions
- Shopping for the Best Trees & Shrubs
- Planting Your Trees & Shrubs
- Spring & Summer Care of Trees & Shrubs
- Fall & Winter Care of Trees & Shrubs
- Pruning Old & Young Trees
- Pruning Shrubs
- When Trees & Shrubs Fail to Thrive
- Restoring a Landscape to Health
- Expanding Your Landscape's Framework
Taught by
Melinda Myers - Instructor
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