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Adult Classes

Creating a Moon Garden

Thursday, July 10 | 1:00 pm2:00 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 pm3:00 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 pm1:30 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 am10:00 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 pm2:00 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 am11:00 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…