Here are a few highlights from my wonderful season of teaching this year;
Spring and Summer of 2018
Classes were held in Bishop, San Diego, Oregon and Washington
Gardening Classes Spring and Summer 2018
I have three classes to offer this gardening season.
~"Planting for Pollinators and all things gardening"
~"Love in the garden"
~"An introduction to Flower Essences and how to make them"
All of the classes are fun, informative and interactive as I share the knowledge I've gained from over 30 years of gardening experience.
In my "Planting for Pollinators and all things gardening", I cover basic topics such as creating good soil, planning and planting the garden, choosing the best plants for your unique garden environment, how to protect your plants from adverse weather conditions such as wind, frost, heat and cold and how to manage your water usage through drip irrigation, mulching, hand watering and water catchment systems. I also focus on planting for the pollinators (which include bees,butterflies and hummingbirds to name a few) and I explain the important role they play in our lives especially in our food supply. With one out of every three bites of food coming to us through the work of animal pollinators,it's important that we protect and provide for them. I share the ways we can each create a pollinator garden sanctuary which requires a gentle touch and a garden that is poison-free. When we grow using organic methods all can thrive and I teach the basics on how to do that. At the end of the class I provide a hand-out on "Planting for Pollinators" which will give you all you need to create your own garden sanctuary. The pollinators need our help more than ever and providing a garden sanctuary is a good place to start. The cost of the class is $15 and most classes are held in private gardens, botanic gardens and nurseries. You can check my class schedule to see if there is one nearby or you can even host a class in your own garden! If you're interested in hosting a class you can email me at hummingbird91956@gmail.com
The 2nd class,"Love in the garden" has a more spiritual focus, expanding on the ways we can change the current gardening paradigm, one of dominion over nature, to a new paradigm that embraces inclusion and unity with all of nature.In the inclusive way of gardening all are welcome as we develop a co-creative partnership with the various members of the garden,both seen and unseen. This includes the plants, animals and soil life as well as the unseen realms of devas and nature spirits. All are important and contribute to the whole. In the class we'll discuss the ways we can work with the new paradigm as we heal and open our own hearts to this expanded way of being. When problems arise, how do we find more gentle solutions such as when the crows are ravaging in the corn or the beetles are taking over the rosebed? How do we embrace inclusion when the gophers or moles move in? These are not easy answers to figure out and each situation can be quite the learning curve as we open to love (and not war) in the garden. What we do know is that love is the answer but how do we put it into practice when the going gets rough? There are times when we need to set a boundary with the animals and insects and other times when it's important to let nature run her course. As a group we'll discuss the ways we can practice love in the garden so everyone thrives. A peaceful planet begins with us and the garden is a perfect place to start. At the end of our discussion we'll close with a beautiful chakra balancing meditation (no meditation experience required). From that balanced state we'll send our collective love into the heart of Gaia, our sweet Mother Earth.She'll receive it gladly as she always does. The cost of the class is $15 and it's often held at spiritual venues such as conferences, Unity Churches and in private gardens.You can check my class schedule for times and locations.
In my 3rd class,"An Introduction to Flower Essences and how to make them", we'll delve into the wonderful world of flower essences as we have the opportunity to make one of our own. The classes are held in a private garden, either mine or someone else who hosts the class, so we'll have access to a garden to make our essences from. Flower essences are a beautiful vibrational remedy similar to homeopathic remedies that provide healing and balancing in a subtle yet powerful way. Each flower essence emdodies the healing signature of the particular flower from which it was made. They're created by placing a flower (or flowers) in a bowl of water and allowing it to sit in the sun for about three or four hours which allows the specific healing and balancing pattern contained within the flower petals to be released into the water. The water has thus been potentized and is now ready for use. In the class we'll discuss what flower essences are,how they work, their history in the healing arts and how they help us to heal. Then we'll create an essence from the flowers in the garden. Participants are required to bring a clear glass bowl and a pair of scissors to use to snip the flowers for their essence. Because it takes 3 to 4 hours for the essence to fully potentize in the sun, each person will take their bowls of essence water home to place in their own gardens (usually a piece of cling wrap is all that's needed to keep them from spilling over). I'll provide a hand-out on instructions for making flower essences as well as a half ounce dropper bottle to put your essence in when it's done. The cost of the class is $20 and if you're interested in hosting a class in your garden,all that's required is that you have enough varieties of flowers for the participants to choose from. Each flower essence only requires a few flowers so they'll be plenty of flowers left in your garden after the class! You can email me at hummingbird91956@gmail.com
If you know of a venue who might be interested in hosting one of my classes,such as a nursery, a garden club or a botanic garden, please drop me an email and let me know how I may contact them.Or if you're interested in hosting a class yourself, let me know that too. My email is hummingbird91956@gmail.com
This promises to be a great season of classes this year and I hope to see you at one of them! In the meantime, as always, have fun in the garden!
This promises to be a great season of classes this year and I hope to see you at one of them! In the meantime, as always, have fun in the garden!
Spring/Summer/Fall 2018 Class Schedules
Planting For Pollinators and All Things Gardening
Saturday, April 14th 9AM to 11AM Cost $30 members $36 non-members
This class will be held at "The San Diego Botanic Gardens" 230 Quail Gardens Drive Encinitas,CA. The San Diego Botanic Gardens, nestled in the heart of Encinitas is just a few miles from the ocean and contains 37 acres of more than 4,000 plant species and varieties. The gardens represent 15 different regions of the world and they include bamboo groves, desert gardens, a tropical rainforest, Calif native plants, Mediteranean landscapes and a subtropical fruit garden. Join me as I teach my class in this beautiful setting!
Sunday, April 29th 2018 1pm to 2:30pm Cost Free Verde River Growers 300 S. Rocking Chair Ranch Road Cottonwood, Arizona
This class will be held at the Verde River Growers Nursery in Cottonwood, Arizona. They're located on a beautiful 15 acre property right off the Verde River, with one acre dedicated to ten greenhouses for bedding plants. They produce a majority of their annuals, vegetables, herbs, trees and shrubs, making these plants capable of thriving in the unique climate of the Verde Valley and Northern Arizona. They're a family friendly business and pet friendly too which is always a good thing! It will be a delight to teach a class in this lovely setting and I'm sure they'll be a few pollinators on hand to help me teach the class! I hope you can join us.
Saturday, April 14th 9AM to 11AM Cost $30 members $36 non-members
This class will be held at "The San Diego Botanic Gardens" 230 Quail Gardens Drive Encinitas,CA. The San Diego Botanic Gardens, nestled in the heart of Encinitas is just a few miles from the ocean and contains 37 acres of more than 4,000 plant species and varieties. The gardens represent 15 different regions of the world and they include bamboo groves, desert gardens, a tropical rainforest, Calif native plants, Mediteranean landscapes and a subtropical fruit garden. Join me as I teach my class in this beautiful setting!
Sunday, April 29th 2018 1pm to 2:30pm Cost Free Verde River Growers 300 S. Rocking Chair Ranch Road Cottonwood, Arizona
This class will be held at the Verde River Growers Nursery in Cottonwood, Arizona. They're located on a beautiful 15 acre property right off the Verde River, with one acre dedicated to ten greenhouses for bedding plants. They produce a majority of their annuals, vegetables, herbs, trees and shrubs, making these plants capable of thriving in the unique climate of the Verde Valley and Northern Arizona. They're a family friendly business and pet friendly too which is always a good thing! It will be a delight to teach a class in this lovely setting and I'm sure they'll be a few pollinators on hand to help me teach the class! I hope you can join us.
Adaptable Gardening in Climate Change and Planting for Pollinators
Saturday, April 28th 2018 from 10am to 11:30am Cost Free! Windmill Gardens Nursery 9550 E Cornville Road Cornville, Arizona
This class will be held on the beautiful grounds of the Windmill Gardens Nursery in Cornville, Arizona. More than just a plant nursery, they have tree shaded curving pathways, a beautiful courtyard and even their famous "pink shade tent"! It will be a joy to teach there. The class will be all about ways to practice adaptability in the garden. I'll introduce many of the tricks and tools I've learned in working with heat waves,late and early season frosts,wind,drought and the importance of water wise management including using mulch and drip irrigation. We'll discuss the ways our gardens can not only survive but thrive in the midst of a changing climate. We'll also discuss the importance of the pollinators as we learn how to create garden sanctuaries to support them. They need our help more than ever and as gardeners we can make a difference. This will be a fun and informative class and I hope you can join me!
Saturday, April 28th 2018 from 10am to 11:30am Cost Free! Windmill Gardens Nursery 9550 E Cornville Road Cornville, Arizona
This class will be held on the beautiful grounds of the Windmill Gardens Nursery in Cornville, Arizona. More than just a plant nursery, they have tree shaded curving pathways, a beautiful courtyard and even their famous "pink shade tent"! It will be a joy to teach there. The class will be all about ways to practice adaptability in the garden. I'll introduce many of the tricks and tools I've learned in working with heat waves,late and early season frosts,wind,drought and the importance of water wise management including using mulch and drip irrigation. We'll discuss the ways our gardens can not only survive but thrive in the midst of a changing climate. We'll also discuss the importance of the pollinators as we learn how to create garden sanctuaries to support them. They need our help more than ever and as gardeners we can make a difference. This will be a fun and informative class and I hope you can join me!
An introduction to Flower Essences and how to make them
Saturday, May 26th 2018 9AM to 10AM Cost $20
This class will be held in my garden in Bishop,Ca. First we'll have a discussion about how Flower Essences balance and heal us and also a bit of history about their use in the healing arts. Then we'll talk about how they're created and everyone will take their glass bowls and scissors and choose the garden flowers they want for their essence. It's a simple and heartfelt process as we partner with Nature to co-create these beautiful essences. It takes about four hours for the essence water to potentize in the sun, so everyone will take their bowls of water home to place in their own gardens. They'll receive a handout explaining the essence making process and a dropper bottle to put the essence in when it's done. Students are required to bring a glass bowl and scissors to snip the flowers they need for their essence. My address is 47 Waford Rd Bishop,Ca. Call for directions 760 872-3713
Saturday, May 26th 2018 9AM to 10AM Cost $20
This class will be held in my garden in Bishop,Ca. First we'll have a discussion about how Flower Essences balance and heal us and also a bit of history about their use in the healing arts. Then we'll talk about how they're created and everyone will take their glass bowls and scissors and choose the garden flowers they want for their essence. It's a simple and heartfelt process as we partner with Nature to co-create these beautiful essences. It takes about four hours for the essence water to potentize in the sun, so everyone will take their bowls of water home to place in their own gardens. They'll receive a handout explaining the essence making process and a dropper bottle to put the essence in when it's done. Students are required to bring a glass bowl and scissors to snip the flowers they need for their essence. My address is 47 Waford Rd Bishop,Ca. Call for directions 760 872-3713
Planting for Polliators; Creating garden sanctuaries to support pollinators year-round
Saturday, June 2nd 2018 9:30AM to 10:30 Cost Free
City Farmers Nursery 3110 Euclid Ave San Diego
Saturday, June 2nd 2018 9:30AM to 10:30 Cost Free
City Farmers Nursery 3110 Euclid Ave San Diego
Love In The Garden
June 21st thru the 24th 2018 Twisp, Washington
I'm happy to announce that I'll be joining the Fairy Congress this year presenting two workshops on "Sacred Gardening". The fairy congress brings many folks together to celebrate their love and respect for the Earth and for the unseen realms such as the faeries, devas and gnomes that play a vital part in the well being of our planet. It will be a beautiful event and I feel blessed to share what I know about the garden. I will be teaching my class at "The Fairy and Human Relations Congress". This is an annual event held in the foothills of the North Cascade Mountains in Methow Valley, Washington State. The Congress is dedicated to promoting communication and co-creation with Nature Spirits, Devas and the Faery Realm. When people and nature are in harmony then magic and beauty are everywhere! There are many workshops held during the Congress; mornings are from 11AM to 1PM and afternoons are from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM. I'll be teaching my class,"Love in the Garden", two times during the course of the event. Check out their website www.fairycongress.com for times and location of my class and all the other wonderful happenings at the Congress!
June 21st thru the 24th 2018 Twisp, Washington
I'm happy to announce that I'll be joining the Fairy Congress this year presenting two workshops on "Sacred Gardening". The fairy congress brings many folks together to celebrate their love and respect for the Earth and for the unseen realms such as the faeries, devas and gnomes that play a vital part in the well being of our planet. It will be a beautiful event and I feel blessed to share what I know about the garden. I will be teaching my class at "The Fairy and Human Relations Congress". This is an annual event held in the foothills of the North Cascade Mountains in Methow Valley, Washington State. The Congress is dedicated to promoting communication and co-creation with Nature Spirits, Devas and the Faery Realm. When people and nature are in harmony then magic and beauty are everywhere! There are many workshops held during the Congress; mornings are from 11AM to 1PM and afternoons are from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM. I'll be teaching my class,"Love in the Garden", two times during the course of the event. Check out their website www.fairycongress.com for times and location of my class and all the other wonderful happenings at the Congress!
Adaptable Gardening in a Changing Climate and Planting for Pollinators
Saturday July 21st 2018 9am to 10:30am Moonfire and Sun Garden Center 61944 27th St Bend,Oregon Cost-Free!
This class is held at Moonfire and Sun Nursery,a very fun garden center offering a wide variety of plants suited to the unique growing climate of Bend and Central Oregon.I love this nursery! The class will explore some of the ways we can embrace an attitude of adaptability with our gardens as we face the challenges of a changing climate,including protecting our plants from heat, cold, wind or drought. I've learned some tricks and tools in my own garden in the high desert of Bishop and I'll be sharing them with the folks in Bend. We'll also talk about creating garden sanctuaries for the pollinators who are also having to adapt to a changing climate. Our gardens can play an important role so that our pollinators not only survive but thrive Bend is such a fun city and I hope you can join me for the class!
Saturday July 21st 2018 9am to 10:30am Moonfire and Sun Garden Center 61944 27th St Bend,Oregon Cost-Free!
This class is held at Moonfire and Sun Nursery,a very fun garden center offering a wide variety of plants suited to the unique growing climate of Bend and Central Oregon.I love this nursery! The class will explore some of the ways we can embrace an attitude of adaptability with our gardens as we face the challenges of a changing climate,including protecting our plants from heat, cold, wind or drought. I've learned some tricks and tools in my own garden in the high desert of Bishop and I'll be sharing them with the folks in Bend. We'll also talk about creating garden sanctuaries for the pollinators who are also having to adapt to a changing climate. Our gardens can play an important role so that our pollinators not only survive but thrive Bend is such a fun city and I hope you can join me for the class!
