Bald is Beautiful! Gardening for Winter Interest

Winter can be a drab and lonely season in most gardens. This lecture will discuss how to get the most out of your garden in the winter, focusing on tough plants that provide multiple seasons of interest and a list of flavors-of-the-month that you’ve got to try. Expect a presentation chock full of ideas that will help your garden shine through every month of the year. 

Greg Paige discovered his career goal early, creating and working in beautiful public gardens, and then sharing and teaching this passion to others. Prior to joining the JC Raulston Arboretum Greg worked at the Bartlett Tree Research Laboratory as Director of Horticulture and Arboretum Curator. His 30-year career in public horticulture involved work at some of the finest gardens in the country: Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden in Belmont, North Carolina, the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College, the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, the Holden Arboretum outside Cleveland, Ohio and the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden.

For more information about the Willamette Valley Hardy Plant Group or this event, visit our website at www.thehardyplantgroup.org/events or email us at info@thehardyplantgroup.org

Doors on the east side of the building open at 6:30 PM for botanical sample browsing, refreshments and socializing. Admission is free for members and $5 for non-members. Membership in the Hardy Plant Group is open to all and is $30 annually. There is ample parking in the parking lot which can be accessed from both Chambers St. or W 13th Ave, with additional parking in the adjacent Looking Glass Center parking lot to the north, but please do not park under their covered entry way. Overflow parking is also available in the first 20 spaces on the east and south side of Redeemer Fellowship Church just across Chambers St. to the west. 

This in-person meeting will also be broadcast live over Zoom to members who are unable to attend in person. The Zoom broadcast will be recorded, with a viewing link sent to members to watch within two weeks of receiving the link. If you are interested in watching our Zoom broadcast, and not a member, please see the “About” page on our website at www.thehardyplantgroup.org/about to download our membership form to join.

Join the Willamette Valley Hardy Plant Group on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 7:00 PM in the Unitarian Universalist Church, 1685 W 13th Ave, Eugene OR.

The Willamette Valley Hardy Plant Group is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) volunteer organization for gardeners of all experience levels. The Group is dedicated to educating the community about perennials, shrubs, and other plants for use in the garden, sharing each other’s gardens, and fostering a love of gardening. For more information, visit www.thehardyplantgroup.org.