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Seminar: The New Native Cottage Garden
Venue: Biocomplexity Institute Conference Center, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Thursday, May 9, 2013
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost:
Friends of the Garden: $10.00 General Public: $15.00

Description:
The Hahn Horticulture Garden at Virginia Tech presents a special seminar entitled "The New Native Cottage Garden: Update the Classic Cottage Garden with Bold, Contemporary Designs!" with Thomas Rainer on Thursday, May 9th in the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Auditorium on Thursday, May 9th.

It's time to take a fresh look at the cottage garden! This traditionally British form can be easily adapted for American gardens using American plants. The charming jumble of perennials and shrubs can be a truly sustainable and beautiful model for small gardens. American gardeners can have all the advantages of a cottage garden--the romantic appeal, the low maintenance, and the colorful charm of it all--with a wildlife friendly native mix. Thomas will share tips for designing a contemporary cottage garden, including his picks of native plants best suited for cottage gardens.

Thomas Rainer is a landscape architect by profession and a gardener by obsession. Thomas has worked on projects such as the U.S. Capitol grounds, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, and The New York Botanical Garden, but is happiest puttering in his small garden in Washington, D.C. You can find more about Thomas at his award-winning blog, "Grounded Design." Thomas thinks you should use more natives, plant in humongous masses, and loosen up that landscape, for crying out loud.

Registration is required. To register, call Stephanie at 540-231-5970 to register by phone or email vtgarden@vt.edu.

The Virginia Bioinformatics Institute is located along Duck Pond Drive and Washington Street.

For more information, visit: http://www.hort.vt.edu/hhg/events or call: 540-231-5970.