Thank you everyone who attended my recent spring garden punch list class at Echter's Nursery & Garden Center in Arvada, CO. Many thanks to Echter's for hosting me. It's an honor to be part of the group of knowledgeable garden professionals taking part in their Meet the Experts series.
You're in luck if you didn't attend. I've posted the PowerPoint program in this blog, along with links to resources to many of the topics I mentioned in class.
This online version is about ten slides longer than the class version with additional slides about shrub pruning.
Resources in order presented in the PowerPoint, plus Extra topics-
Frost Dates and Climate Summary
Downloadable Plant Designs Plant Select® and Many Native Plants
Water Wise Landscaping/Xeriscaping
Flowering Herbaceous Plants: Flowers, Ground Covers and Ornamental Grasses
Critters in your Yard burrowing types
Beneficial Insects and Other Arthropods
Ornamental Plants that help the Natural Enemies of White Grubs
Tachinid Fly beneficial parasitoid of pest insects, including Japanese beetle
The Spring Tiphia: a Natural Enemy of the Japanese Beetle
How to Clean and Sharpen your Garden Tools Video with Laura, Garden Answer
Small Fruits includes grapes
Soils, Fertilizers and Soil Amendments includes composting
Soil, Water and Plant Testing Laboratory, CSU in Fort Collins
Trees and Shrubs includes selection, planting, care, pruning, diseases, insects
Best time to Divide Perennials from Garden Gate Magazine
Lawns includes grass selection, aeration, fertilization, mowing, diseases, watering, weeds, pest insects and more
Vegetables and Herbs includes many topics
Seeding and Planting Charts for Herbs, Vegetables (Cool and Warm) and Annuals from Betty's Blog
Mulching with Wood/Bark Chips, Grass Clippings, and Rock
Many other Garden Topics not covered in the PowerPoint. Also try searching on my blog, I might have written about the topic.
Most of my videos with the Denver Post are in the left column under Betty's Garden Videos.
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