Monday, August 20, 2007

CEU Opportunities at Missouri Botanical Garden

Best Shrubs and Planting Techniques HD57A
- Paul Robert, Director of Horticulture at St. Louis Community College @ Meramec showcases best choices for St. Louis as well as bring up to date research on Best Management Practices for planting trees and shrubs. Register for class at http://www.mobot.org.

Is it an Invasive Plant? HD31A
The Nature Conservancy's Horticulture & Landscape Professions Liaison Valerie Vartanian and MaryAnn Fink, Grow Excellence Consultant/Habitat Practitioner and Coordinator for MLNA team up to discuss which plants have been placed on the Missouri Botanical Garden's Invasive List and which are on most professional horticulturist Thug List! Discussing these, their impact and alternative choices for the landscape is valuable information for the professional. MLNA invites you to comment! List your "Garden Thugs" - Register for class at http://www.mobot.org.

Tough Plants for Clay Soils HD13A
Deborah Ladd, Master Gardener with a master’s degree in botany from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, presents a listing of 200 stalwarts that can thrive in clay. A member of the Missouri Native Plant Society and the Webster Groves Nature Study Society. She shares her interest in native plants with her husband Doug Ladd, an employee of the Nature Conservancy and author of the book Tall Grass Prairie Wildflowers.
- Register for class at http://www.mobot.org.