Join me and fellow Portland Metro region garden and container designers for FREE Saturday morning workshops and container planting demonstrations.

Workshop Limit: 20

FREE ADMISSION plus 10% discount coupon for purchases at Contained Exuberance

Pre-register for these workshops using contact form under “My Shop” drop down at www.hylandgardendesign.com or phone/text 518.929.0699

• Saturday, April 2     11am – 12noon     SPRING FLING CONTAINER PLANTING

With Kate Bryant, garden writer, designer, and horticultural consultant. Get ideas and strategies for early explosions of color, texture and pizzazz in your garden containers. Jumpstart the season!

•  Saturday, May 7     11am – 12noon     CONTAINED EXUBERANCE; Planting Pots for Bold Impact

With Lucy Hardiman, principal and owner of the dynamic Portland-based garden design collaborative Perennial Partners. Pick up tips and observe techniques from a master gardener of container plantings that maximize visual appeal and ease of maintenance.

• Thursday, May 12     6pm – 7:30pm     TERRA COTTA POTS FROM SEIBERT & RICE

With Lenore Rice, co-owner of Seibert & Rice, leading American importer of handmade terracotta planters and urns from Italy. Learn about the merits and advantages of high-fired, frost-proof terra cotta pots…the best money can buy! Traditional, classic designs, and artistic, one-of-a-kind pots.

• Saturday, June 4     11am – 12noon     HAND CAST STONE POTS from apotspot

With Claire Bandfield, artist, craftswoman, pot-maker. Meet-greet and hear about locally made, LIGHTWEIGHT, beautifully crafted pots for succulents, airplants, and Japanese-inspired plantings.

• Saturday, July 9     11am – 12noon     SUMMER CONTAINERS; Tune-up Pots to Ride the Season

With Lynn Wolfstone, Portland garden designer and past president of APLD (Association of Professional Landscape Designers). Get great ideas on how to invigorate and refresh containers with plantings and accessories for maximum outdoor summer enjoyment.