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Based on the popularity of our work shops last year, we are again offering gardeners a chance to get a jump on spring by planting hanging baskets or planters for the spring in March and April. Best of all, after you plant them, leave them with us to grow in the greenhouses until it is warm enough to enjoy them outside.
You are welcome to bring your own containers, or we will have some available for sale on the day of the class. There is no charge for the class itself, but just for the plants that you will be selecting to put in your pots.
We will grow and care for your planters until you pick them up sometime in May. We will have an assortment of empty planters and hanging baskets available for you to purchase at these work shops.
There are two different types of workshops: Early Bird Workshops and Container Workshops.
There are four Early Bird sessions and these are the earliest classes that we offer. For all of the containers planted at these sessions, we use small, rooted starter plants that are called plugs. Plugs are approximately the size of your thumb and are not blooming at the time that we plant them. We will have information and photos of the flowers and what the mature plant will look like, in order to help you choose what to plant.
At the Early Bird Workshops, we charge a flat fee, depending on the size of the container. This charge includes the soil, enough plants to fill the planter, time release fertilizer and the time and care in the greenhouse until you pick them up. These are the costs:
- Containers 12” across or less: $43.00 each
- Containers over 12” across and less than 16”: $52.00 each
- Containers over 16” across: $65.00 each
These prices do not include a container. You are welcome to bring your own and we will also have an assortment of empty planters and hanging baskets available for purchase.
These are the planting dates for the Early Bird Workshops:
The Container Workshops are different from the Early Bird Workshops in that we use potted, growing plants to fill the containers instead of the smaller plugs. It works in much the same way, with you choosing what to plant in your pots, but the plants are larger, might have some flowers and buds and there will be a greenhouse full to choose from!
At the Container Workshops, we charge you for the plants that you select and also a potting fee. These are the potting fees:
- Containers 14” across and less: $6.00 each
- Containers over 14” across: $8.00 each
The potting fee covers the soil, time release fertilizer and the care and time in the greenhouse until it is warm enough to move your containers outside.
These are the planting dates for our Container Workshops:
- Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 10:00 am
- Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 10:00 am
- Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 10:00 am
- Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 10:00 am
- Evening - Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 5:00 pm
- Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 10:00 am
- Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 1:00 pm
- Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 10:00 am
On all of these days, we will host gardeners who just cannot wait to plant some containers for the upcoming season. At all of our workshops, we will give you some basic ideas and instructions and then turn you loose in the greenhouse to you choose the plants that you want and get your hands in the soil.
Get a group together and come to Shady Hill to celebrate the end of our long winter and get excited for the spring. Please make reservations at 630-365-5665 or e-mail Joe directly at jheidgen@sbcglobal.net to reserve space.
Stop out sometime after March 29 and see what we have been growing over the winter!
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