Designing for Every Season: Year-Round Beauty in Your Landscape
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Wednesday, 6:30–8:30 pm
Learn how to create a garden with color, texture, and interest in every season. The course covers selecting trees, shrubs, and perennials for a succession of blooms, colors, and textures, as well as using structure, layering, and contrasting forms to keep a garden captivating—even in winter.
Whether you’re designing a peaceful retreat, a vibrant gathering space, or simply want to enjoy the view from your kitchen all year round, this course will give you tools and inspiration to create a garden that captivates in every season.
In-person and phone registration ends at 5:00 pm on class dates. Online registration remains open until the start of class.
James Batton is a consulting arborist, horticulturist, and local YouTube gardening host. Since 1979, he has worked in landscape gardening as a research assistant, estate gardener, greenskeeper, designer, arborist, and horticultural instructor. He has served as president of the local chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture and consulted on projects including City Creek’s landscape, Thanksgiving Point water features, and the Oregon Symphony’s designers’ showhouse. Come enjoy James’ engaging storytelling style of teaching skills in the garden.