Program Guide Winter/Spring 2017

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W i n t e r / S p r i n g 2 0 1 7 ( J a n u a r y, F e b r u a r y, M a r c h )

Herbal Cold & Flu Remedies

Problemsolving Plants All Season Beauty with Conifers WHAT’S NEW AT THE TBG! Discover Wild Winter Food Learn how to harvest winter food in a sustainable way.

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Lecture series The Toronto Botanical Garden is proud to present the winter 2017 Lecture Series. Come early to grab a light dinner or visit TBG’s Garden Shop for great member discounts.

Bistro opens 5:30 p.m. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Lecture: 7:30 p.m.

Members free (Bring a friend for $10); Public $15; Students (with ID) $12. Door sales only.

Plant-hunting in the American West: How Garden Plants are Domesticated

Kenton Seth

Thursday, Feb. 16

Kenton Seth Kenton lives in his high desert hometown of Grand Junction, Colorado, where he enjoys all things gardening. After retiring as head of horticulture for Western Colorado Botanical Gardens, he pursued plant-related international travel, falling in love with crevice gardens in the process. After returning to the United States he began work in the Denver horticultural scene, starting his own company, Paintbrush Gardens, which installs non-irrigated and xeric landscapes incorporating rock and crevice gardening. Kenton has written for many horticultural publications, including Horticulture magazine and Rock Garden Quarterly, and blogs at kentonjseth.blogspot.ca Clematis: The Genus of Diversity Thursday, March 9

Deborah Hardwick Deborah has spent the last 15 years studying, collecting, growing, and hybridizing clematis. Her garden

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contains more than 1,300 registered and species clematis in addition to her nursery with hundreds of proprietary hybrids. Deborah describes her avocation as “a single genus focus and relentless obsession to learn, network, collect and share knowledge about clematis.� Through a large collection of photographs, Deborah will demonstrate the vast diversity in foliage, form, colour and habit of clematis. She will also dispense planting and culture advice garnered from a decade and half spent obsessing over this beloved plant.

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GARDENING & DESIGN

All Season Beauty with Conifers Saturday, Jan. 28, 1 to 3:30 p.m.

Public $30; Members $25

Conifers are the main source of structure and colour during the colder seasons, but add beauty and drama the whole year. Marion will help you determine the best conifers, small and large, for your garden, discussing the many new dwarf conifers. Learn where and how to grow these and other conifers and what to grow with them.

[PG17W05] Marion Jarvie Basic Winter Tree Pruning

Saturday, Feb. 4, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Public $30; Members $25

Learn how to prune for optimal tree growth and health with an experienced gardener. Stuart will discuss the best tools and timing for the job as well as how to assess a tree’s overall health. Dress for the weather as this class will include a walk outdoors for some virtual pruning.

[PG17W07] Stuart McPherson

Garden Design Certificate Offered in partnership with George Brown College, this certificate teaches a practical approach to designing gardens and landscapes for personal or professional interest. Classes are held at the downtown Toronto campus. coned.georgebrown.ca/gardening | 416-415-5000, ext. 2092 | celiberal@georgebrown.ca

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Backyard Urban Farming

these gardens are complex and challenging to create.

[PG17W13] Frank Kershaw

Get serious about growing good food in your backyard with this three-week intensive led by BUFCO (Backyard Urban Farm Company) who will have you seed- and soil-savvy in time for spring. Week one will cover garden planning, companion planting and crop rotation; week two will cover designing and constructing with raised beds and containers; and week three will cover growing from seed and planting your garden. Students will create their own garden plans and go home with a new package of organic seeds each week.

[PG17W10] Arlene & Marc Green

Problem-solving Plants

Contemporary Minimalist Garden Design

Explore the space where aesthetics and ecology meet in your garden with award-winning blogger and designer, Tony Spencer, of The New Perennialist.

Discover leading-edge methods to create naturalistic perennial compositions in your own backyard. This is a full-day creative workshop with a lunch break.

Sold out last year, so book ahead.

[PG17W16] Tony Spencer

Thursdays, Feb. 9 to 23, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. (3 sessions) Public $96; Members $80

Thursday, March 2, 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Public $30; Members $25

Contemporary, minimalist gardens— with their clean, modern look—are gaining in popularity. Frank’s talk will focus on the roots of this movement and its imprint on large and small landscapes. While called minimalistic,

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Thursday, March 9, 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Public $30; Members $25

Stumped by wet or dry sites, the heavy shade and shallow roots of Norway maples, steep slopes and nutrient-poor soils? This session is for you. Frank will highlight the many solutions available to help gardeners solve these problems and create beautiful gardens.

[PG17W15] Frank Kershaw New Perennial Planting at Home

Saturday, March 18, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Public $36; Members $30

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courses • lectures • events Gems of Early Spring Gardens

Saturday, March 25, 1 to 3:30 p.m.

Public $30; Members $25

Including spring-flowering plants is a great way to bring colour into your garden early in the year. Many of these plants, like hellebore, are easy-to-grow.

As they fade away, they make room for later-blooming plants. Learn all about ephemeral plants—eliable species, placement and care—from an experienced garden educator.

[PG17W19] Marion Jarvie

WELLNESS

Discover Wild Winter Foods Saturday, Feb. 4, 1 to 3 p.m.

Public $30; Members $25

Join Dyson from Forbes Wild Foods for a tour of wild foods to collect and enjoy during winter. Discover which trees can be used for food, and how to harvest in a sustainable way. Special attention will be paid to the history of maple syrup production. Dress warmly for the outdoor portion of this class.

[PG17W08] Dyson Forbes

Herbal Body Care

Monday, Feb. 13, 7 to 9 p.m.

Public $50; Members $42

Skincare should be simple, safe and uplifting. With direction from an experienced creator of herbal care products, learn how to use medicinal plants, essential oils and common household items to create healthy, sensual products. Everyone will go home with bath salts, massage oil and recipes.

[PG17W11] Natalie Affolter Herbal Cold and Flu Remedies Monday, Feb. 27, 7 to 9 p.m.

Public $42; Members $35

Natalie will share her grandma’s tried and true recipes as well as her own insights as a contemporary herbalist.

Students will learn how to make teas, tinctures and syrups, and will go home with samples and recipes.

[PG17W12] Natalie Affolter

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URBAN BEEKEEPING

From the Hive: Making Mead Saturday, March 18, 1 to 3 p.m.

Public $42; Members $35

Beekeeper and award-winning mead maker, Catherine Henderson, will share the history and practice of making mead. Students will bottle up their own sweet elixir to take home.

[PG17W17] Catherine Henderson

BEEKEEPING SERIES

Including in-class and “in-hive” components, this series provides grounding in basic beekeeping.

Please choose Group A (more weekdays) or Group B (more weekends) when registering. Some sessions combine both groups. Instructors: Mylee Nordin, Cathy Kozma and Oliver Couto.

Group A: PG17W20 Public $300; Members $250 Group B: PG17W21 Public $300; Members $250

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Session 1: Intro to Bees & Hive Equipment Groups A & B: Sunday, March 26, Noon to 4 p.m.

Get the 101 on honeybees (Apis mellifera) and modern beekeeping.

Build hive equipment and explore beekeeping suits, smokers and hive check tools as we prepare for the year ahead.

Session 2: Design & Plant a Pollinator Garden

Groups A & B: Sunday, April 23, 1 to 4 p.m.

Rain date: Sunday, April 30, 1 to 4 p.m.

See flowers from a bee’s perspective.

Learn which plants provide optimum nutrition to honeybees throughout the growing season, as well as optimum honey for the beekeeper.

Session 3: Plan the Season & Check the Spring Hive

Group A: Friday, May 12, 1 to 4 p.m.

Rain date: Friday, May 26, 1 to 4 p.m.

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Group B: Sunday, May 14, 1 to 4 p.m.

Rain date: Sunday, May 28, 1 to 4 p.m.

Experience an exciting time in the beekeeping season as bees wake up from their winter slumber. Don beekeeping gear and learn about safety in the bee yard. Common challenges and their tried-and-true solutions will be discussed.

Session 4: The Summer Hive Check

Group A: Friday, June 9, 1 to 4 p.m.

Rain date: Friday, June 23, 1 to 4 p.m.

Group B: Sunday, June 11, 1 to 4 p.m.

Rain date: Sunday, June 25, 1 to 4 p.m.

Learn to handle hive equipment and identify the queen, worker and drone bees. Assess honey stores, look for signs of parasites and review organic solutions to this problem.

Session 5: The Honey Harvest Groups A & B: Sunday, July 23, Noon to 4 p.m.

Rain date: Sunday, July 30, Noon to 4 p.m.

This is the most exciting (and sticky!) time of the beekeeping season when bees and beekeepers share the bounty.

Learn how to sort and pull honey

from frames, remove wax cappings, extract liquid honey from honeycombs, clean frames and return spun frames to the hive.

Session 6: Honey Jarring & Processing

Group A & B: Sunday, Aug. 20, 1 to 4 p.m.

Learn how to harvest honey, so that it is ready to enjoy and share, and render wax to be used in candles, soap and lip balm.

Session 7: Late Summer Hive Check and Review

Group A: Friday, Aug. 25, 1 to 4 p.m.

Rain date: Friday, Sept. 8, 1 to 4 p.m.

Group B: Sunday, Aug. 27, 1 to 4 p.m.

Rain date: Sunday, Sept. 17, 1 to 4 p.m.

Review what you have learned in the classroom and bee yard to prepare for beekeeping on your own.

Session 8: Put the Bees to Bed

Group A & B: Sunday, Nov. 5, 1 to 4 p.m.

Wrap up the season by conducting a final check for parasites, wrapping the hives and ensuring equipment is ready for winter storage. Students will go home with a jar of honey.

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ART & PHOTOGRAPHY

Wednesdays, Jan. 4 to 25, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Public $190; Members $155

Work at your own pace and develop your own botanical painting style in this relaxed class with experienced instructor, Leslie Staple. All levels welcome. Bring watercolour materials and an inspirational subject.

Use what you’ve learned from Fundamentals I & II to explore the ground-breaking designs developed in the freedom-seeking 1960s. Creative design styles such as parallel, satellitic, synergistic, underwater and duo-designs will have you thinking outside the vase.

Prerequisites: Classic Design Fundamentals I & II (formerly Introduction & Basic Floral Design) [PG17W01] Margaret Taylor

Thursdays, Jan. 12 to March 16, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

FULL SESSION – TEN CLASSES

[PG17W03] Public $336; Members $280

HALF SESSION – FIVE CLASSES

[PG17W04] Public $174; Members $145

FLORAL DESIGN

This series of hands-on courses is taught by accredited floral design judges from the Garden Clubs of Ontario, and is suitable for both personal and professional interest. All courses marked with the floral emblem can be applied to the Floral Design Certificate. Course fees do not include flowers or supplies unless otherwise stated. Students must purchase these on their own at a cost of $50 to $60 per class. A material list will be e-mailed prior to the start date.

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Creative Design

Botanical Art

Classic Design Fundamentals I

Mondays, Jan. 9 to 30, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Public $190; Members $155

This course is the pre-requisite to all other courses in TBG’s Floral Design certificate program. Learn floral design fundamentals such as how to select and condition flowers, how to use floral design supplies, and how to achieve different types of designs in this popular, hands-on course. Each week you will create one of the following designs in class using the prin-

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courses • lectures • events ciples and elements of design and colour: water viewing, hand-tied bouquet, crescent and triangular.

[PG17W02] Lillian Taggart Manipulating Foliage

Wednesdays, Feb. 1 to 22, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Public $190; Members $155

Manipulating foliage in a design can create rhythm, interest, impact and abstraction. In this hands-on course, learn how to use techniques like rolling, plaiting, braiding and boondoggling on leaves such as aspidistra, flax and palm. A one-time materials fee of $80 will be due at the first class.

Prerequisites: Classic Design Fundamentals I & II (formerly Introduction & Basic Floral Design) [PG17W06] Ursula Eley

New design styles will be taught each week including a vertical line design, a Hogarth Curve and an asymmetrical mass design.

[PG17W09] LillianTaggart Advanced Miniature, Small and Large Design

Mondays, March 6 to 27, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Public $190; Members $155

Apply modern design concepts and techniques to miniature, small and large designs and create exciting and dynamic designs in all sizes!

This totally new approach will broaden your design horizons.

Prerequisites: Five required courses [PG17W14] Margaret Taylor

Classic Design Fundamentals II

Tuesdays, Feb. 7 to 28, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Public $190; Members $155

In this follow up to Classic Design Fundamentals I, gain a deeper understanding of traditional design and plant material as well as the importance of colour and how to create different colour harmonies.

Explore the concept and importance of asymmetry in a design and how this can be used to great effect.

HORTICULTURAL THERAPY HT Certificate Program The Horticultural Therapy Certificate offers a comprehensive look at the principles and practices of the professional use of horticulture as therapy. This fourpart program focuses on the core skills and knowledge recommended for HT

education by the Canadian Horticultural Therapy Association (CHTA). This is an on-going program with new sessions beginning at various times. Registration for Module One will open in March 2017. The course will begin May 2017.

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COURSE LISTING Pag e

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[PG17W01] Creative Design

Wednesdays, Jan. 4 to 25

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[PG17W02] Classic Design Fundamentals I Mondays, Jan. 9 to 30

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[PG17W03-04] Botanical Art Thursdays, Jan. 12 to March 16 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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[PG17W05] All Season Beauty with Conifers Saturday, Jan. 28

1 to 3:30 p.m.

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[PG17W06] Manipulating Foliage

Wednesdays, Feb. 1 to 22

6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

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[PG17W07] Basic Winter Tree Pruning

Saturday, Feb. 4

10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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[PG17W08] Discover Wild Winter Food

Saturday, Feb. 4

1 to 3 p.m.

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[PG17W09] Classic Design Fundamentals II Tuesdays, Feb. 7 to 28

6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

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[PG17W10] Backyard Urban Farming Thursdays, Feb. 9 to 23

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

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[PG17W11] Herbal Body Care Monday, Feb. 13

7 to 9 p.m.

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[PG17W12] Herbal Cold and Flu Remedies Monday, Feb. 27

7 to 9 p.m.

6:30 to 9:30 p.m 6:30 to 9:30 p.m

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7 to 9:30 p.m.

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[PG17W14] Advanced Miniature, Small and Large Design

6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

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[PG17W15] Problem-solving Plants Thursday, March 9

7 to 9:30 p.m.

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[PG17W16] New Perennial Planting at Home Saturday, March 18

10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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[PG17W17] From the Hive: Making Mead

Saturday, March 18

1 to 3 p.m.

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[PG17W19] Gems of Early Spring Gardens

Saturday, March 25

1 to 3:30 p.m.

6 [PG17W20-21] Session 1: Intro to Bees & Hive Equipment Groups A & B

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Mondays, March 6 to 27

Sunday, March 26 Noon to 4 p.m.

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WESTON FAMILY LIBRARY

Canada’s largest private horticultural library.

Open Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and weekends, Noon to 4 p.m.

Search the online library catalogue at www.torontobotanicalgarden.ca/library TBG Book Club Discuss books with a gardening theme.

Last Wednesday of every month, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Open to TBG and Book-Lovers Members only. FREE. To register, and for more info, contact Jan Neuman: janneuman@rogers.com | 416-656-8246.

Drop-in Library Story Time Drop by the library for nature stories and songs. Recommended for ages 1 to 5.

Mondays, 11:15 to 11:45 a.m., Jan 23 to June 26 No registration required. FREE.

TBG Student Art Show An exhibition of works produced by students in TBG’s art classes.

January to April.

Authors of Soul Garden Chapter Poetry Group A friendly group to share your poetry, meet other writers and get inspired. For more information and to register for your first meeting, contact Kirk Davis at kirk.davis@hotmail.com Last Monday of each month, 6:30 to 8 p.m. FREE. Documentary Screening Series Documentaries will resume in April.

Last Saturday of each month.

Members $10; Public $12.

Garden Travel Join DeNure Tours and expert gardener Marjorie Mason on 2017 garden tours to Newfoundland, Niagara, Scotland and the Chelsea Flower Show. Call 1-800-668-6859 or see denuretours.com for more details GARDEN TOURS with Margaret Dailey-Plouffe. Tours that exceed your expectations. 2017 tours – March: Philadelphia Flower Show | April: Gardens of Victoria and Vancouver Island | May: Philadelphia & the Dupont Gardens; Ottawa Tulip Festival; Discover Croatia | June: WAFA in Barbados | July: Quatre Vents & Reford, Quebec Garden Tour | August: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Chicago/Wisconsin.

Contact: Margaret@hnatravels.com 416-746-7199 www.hnatravels.com

Support the TBG and mention that you saw it here! A portion of TBG registrations for these trips supports our programs.

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special events

Garden Shop. Pre-loved gardening books will be for sale at great prices, with proceeds going to the Weston Family Library.

Saturday, Feb. 18, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Seedy Saturday Trade seeds with other gardeners in the seed exchange, stock up on seeds from local growers and attend seed-saving and gardening talks.

Saturday, Feb. 25, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. FREE.

Organic Farmers’ Market Enjoy fresh produce, preserves, baked goods and ready-to-eat treats all winter long! Visit the market in the main lobby from 2 to 7 p.m. every Thursday.

SAVE THE DATE! Mark your calendars for these exciting spring events: • Canada Blooms, March 10 to 19,

Get the Jump on Spring Beat the winter blues at our annual open house for the horticultural community with live plant displays, free gardening advice, talks, demonstrations and a floral design competition. Enjoy lunch in the Jump Café and purchase specialty items from vendors, artisans and the

Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place, Toronto • TBG Plant Sale, May 13 to 15 • Woman to Woman, Tuesday, May 30 • Through the Garden Gate, June 10 and 11 • Frank Kershaw day tours, May 25, July 6

ABOUT THE TORONTO BOTANICAL GARDEN Toronto Botanical Garden (TBG) offers year-round learning experiences for all ages including programs, garden tours, nature day camps, and the Weston Family Library. TBG is a registered charity (No. BN11922 7486 R0001). For more information, visit torontobotanicalgarden.ca or call 416-397-1341.

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