Seaside Gardening, 2010 Fall Gardening Symposium
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County
Southampton Inn, 91 Hill Street, Southampton, NY
Date(s); August 24th, 2010
Time 9am - 10am
For registration info call Caroline Kiang @ (631) 727-7850 ext. 337.

A garden cultivated by the seaside can be a real chore. Salt air, harsh weather, rapid changes in climate, and thin sandy soils are just a few of the obstacles facing gardeners and landscapers. This lecture addresses sound design principles and cultural issues critical to the success of any seaside residential setting. Using examples of naturally occuring seaside landscapes, the talk will focus on creating gardens that are an extension of seaside ecosystems yet meld with your specific architectural style and site.

Perennial Garden Design: Succession Planting
For Year-Round Pleasure
RISD CE
Date(s); January 29, 2011
Time 2pm - 4pm

The dynamic, revered garden designer Christopher Lloyd’s gardens at Great Dixter in Sussex, England feature exuberant perennial plantings that have become the aim of many an American gardener: gardens that achieve continuously exciting and ever-changing displays. In this lecture we will explore principles of historically important perennial garden styles and show how these styles have applications for the home landscapes of New England. Students will examine theories of formal and naturalistic garden styles, and will discuss plant selection based on form, texture, and color harmonies. The lecture will uncover ways of creating structure in the garden using woody plants, biennials, tender perennials and annuals. Learn how to select, find, group and space plants as part of the garden design process to create a memorable planting design

Offered thru RI School of Design, Providence, RI.
Call (401) 454-6209 for registration, or visit RISD CE Website

Residential Landscape Design
RISD CE
Date(s); January 15 - February 19, 2011
Time 10am-1pm
The crunching of gravel underfoot, the sound of a wind chime or of a fountain splashing, the color of blossoms against a wall -- these are the details that help build a successful home landscape design. In this course, students learn to achieve a sense of completeness and satisfaction by integrating plantings with the structures that support, enhance and guide a person's experience of the outdoor environment. Participants begin by drawing a base plan or scheme of their property, using simple conventional landscape drafting methods. They then explore such variables as plant materials, pavement, decks, fences, walls, furniture, lighting and pools. Through brief assignments and in-class work, students develop their own landscape

Offered thru RI School of Design, Providence, RI.
Call (401) 454-6209 for registration, or visit RISD CE Website

The Art of Place: Styles in Landscape Design
RISD CE
Date(s); January 22, 2011
Time: 2-4 pm
What is "style" in landscape design, and how is it created?
This lecture addresses sound design principles and other issues critical to the success of any landscape garden design. Focusing on residential and small-scale design, discussion covers how to read a site and understand its potentials and constraints, how to decipher existing plant communities, the of combining landscape design elements to create style, and the importance of matching style to architecture and site.
Slides are used to demonstrate numerous good (and bad) examples of the design principles discussed. Beginning gardeners should find the information presented invaluable to helping them get their ideas off the ground, while more experienced gardeners and designers can use the many visual examples to modify existing projects.

Offered thru RI School of Design, Providence, RI.
Call (401) 454-6209 for registration, or visit RISD CE Website