Garden Design with Goldenrod Garden Design
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Garden Design 1
June 13
9-11 am
Slusser Center
$40
2 hour lecture with in class activities
This introductory class will guide you through the essentials of creating beautiful, functional outdoor spaces that fit your style and environment. Whether you’re starting from scratch or enhancing an existing garden, this class will cover key principles of layout, color theory, plant selection, and seasonal planning. You’ll learn how to consider factors like sunlight, soil, and water needs to create a balanced and sustainable garden. Perfect for beginners and experienced gardeners!
Bring a layout (graph paper or Google map) of your personal spot that you wish to landscape. Stephanie will guide each of you to create a layout design for your area.
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Garden Design 2
July 25
9-10 am
Slusser Center
$10 (which will go toward cost of plants)
On site evaluation of Slusser Center
In this class we will discuss how to evaluate a location at the location. We will look at the building and grounds as well as traffic patterns and other aspects that require consideration when designing a site. This site evaluation and design will be used to complete the project with plantings later in the summer.
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Garden Design 3
September 13
9 am
Slusser Center
It’s time to plant…. The Slusser has been in need of a gardening facelift and today we are putting the plants in the ground. Come and help us beautify this piece of Hopkinton. We will need diggers, fertilizers, planters, weeders etc. Come for an hour or two. Many volunteer hands make light work!
About Stephanie Green of Goldenrod Garden Design...
Stephanie Green has been a Hopkinton resident since 1990. She has certifications in Permaculture and Native Plant and Horticultural Ecology and was the lead garden designer at Black Forest Nursery. She is the owner of Goldenrod Garden Design here in Hopkinton which focuses on residential and commercial Garden Design and specializes in utilizing native New Hampshire plants in design. She has one of the first certified pollinator gardens in the state and was featured on NH Chronicle as the designer of the Bridges House Garden in Concord, the home of all New Hampshire sitting governors. When she is not creating beautiful gardens she a Sociology professor at Plymouth State University or is at home with her six dogs.