Ridgefield Public Schools Continuing Education Program
Gardening

Gardening

Design Your Own Garden
Start planning your spring garden now! You will learn how to prepare and design your own garden including site preparation, plant selections and much more. Different trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals will be discussed. Bring your ideas and a photo of the area you want to design to class. Taught by Alexandra (Sandy) Lamarre. Sandy Lamarre, owner of Alexandra’s Gardens, a 10 year old business, designsl, installs, and maintains gardens, paths, stone walls, and outdoor rooms.
Please call (203) 431-9995 for Fall 2010 dates.

Landscape Garden Design Workshop: Garden Color Harmonies
Deciding on a color palette for your landscape, and then repeating those colors in drifts and lines throughout your garden will create a cohesive look and season long interest. Learn the color choice techniques used by professional landscape designers. The instructor will present PowerPoint slide shows and lectures to explain the theories, and then the class will create designs using graph paper. Drawing skills are not necessary. Instructor Cynthia Woodbyrne is a landscape designer and owner of Woodbyrne Eden Arts. She was trained at the NY Botanical Gardens and also teaches workshops there. Previously she was a film producer.
Please call (203) 431-9995 for Fall 2010 dates.

Plan then Plant ~ The Anatomy of a Garden
It’s natural to pick plants we’re attracted to, and then try to casually fit them into our gardens. However, this approach doesn’t always give the best results. Instructor Cynthia Woodbyrne will use a PowerPoint slide show, plant lists, and worksheets to present a landscape design philosophy, to help home gardners make smarter plant choices. Using the analogy of a human body, the instructor will present a unique guide to thinking of gardens. Landscapes that are created from a “function first” standpoint can still have “heart”. Cynthia Woodbyrne, landscape designer and owner of Woodbyrne Eden Arts was trained at the NY Botanical Garden. Previously she was a film producer.
Please call (203) 431-9995 for Fall 2010 dates.