Adult Classes
Creating a Moon Garden
Thursday, July 10 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Alabama Advanced Master Gardener Dianna Fortner invites you to the enchanting world of nighttime gardening and outlines the process for creating a moon garden from plant selection to creating and…
Building A Bee Hotel
Tuesday, July 15 | 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Bee boxes, or bee hotels, can attract pollinators to your garden and promote biodiversity. In this informative hands-on workshop, Friends’ volunteer group leader John Markus will review guidelines for constructing…
Identifying and Eradicating Invasive Plants
Thursday, July 17 | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Chinese wisteria, English Ivy, periwinkle, nandina, and kudzu are only a few of the invasive, non-native plant species that threaten the Alabama landscape. Join Director of Land and Water Conservation…
Field Journaling With Friends
Wednesday, July 23 | 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Join teaching artist and naturalist Melissa Shultz Jones for our early morning field journaling series. Each month, you are invited to explore a different aspect of plant life in the…
Hostas, The Shade-Loving Perennial
Tuesday, July 29 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Are you searching for a plant that will produce beautiful blooms in shade? Hostas are very hardy perennials beloved for their lovely shades of green and chartreuse foliage, cascading form,…
Air Layering: Propagating Difficult-To-Root Plants
Friday, August 1 | 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Cuttings and other forms of propagation can fail for some plants, especially azaleas, rhododendrons, camellias, and other woody plants. Unlock the secret to an effective propagation method for difficult-to-root plants…