Valley View Farms has scheduled seminars to be helpful and fun for our community. In addition to our classes, we have many informative handouts, plant diagnostic services, water testing for ponds, and extraordinary signage on all of our plants. Most important, we have friendly, knowledgeable personnel to assist in any way we can.* This year we will be donating $5.00 for every project created in our workshops to the WBAL Kids Campaign.
Join Martha Meehan, our instructor since 1985, to learn about the many faces of bonsai, both tropical and outdoor. Chinese and Japanese styling techniques will be compared. Ficus is our Plant of the Month.
Learn all about winter sowing with Vinaya Frank including the how-to, different techniques, and strategies that will set you up for success with this immensely gratifying gardening activity. Winter sowing is an excellent way to keep your gardening passion active through the dormant winter season using this low-maintenance, cost-effective technique to expand your garden.
Speaker info: Vinaya Frank, Howard County Master Gardener, and Vice President of Wild Ones Greater Baltimore, has been winter sowing for several years. Over the course, she has taken an experimental approach by trying different soils, containers, and types of seeds. In addition to covering the basics of winter sowing during this workshop, Vinaya will share the tips and tricks she has learned through her years of experience.
All supplies will be provided and participants will leave with a completed container. Additional seeds will be available for those that would like to repeat the process at home. Winter sown plants will sprout and be ready for planting in the spring.
Plant your own potted garden of succulents. Our locally grown plants come in many varieties. Most plants cost $4.99. Includes a clay pot, 5 succulents and soil for an approximate cost of $38 for today’s project. Led by Cynthia and our Greenhouse staff.
A bioactive terrarium (sometimes called a vivarium) is a self-sustaining ecosystem that mimics a reptile or amphibian's natural environment -- a contained space where living cretaures and various microorganisms and invertebrates live together and encourage a natural balance by breaking down waste materials and recycling them into plant food. Hannah will demonstrate using a container, plants, soil/substrate, and microfauna (insects) to achieve a bio-active environment.
Diagram courtesy of Exo-Terra
Photo courtesy of The Bio Dude
