Three-Part California Native Garden Design with Andreas Hessing beginning Saturday, January 25

Saturday, January 25, 8:30am-12:30pm
Saturday, February 8, 8:30am-12:30pm
Saturday, February 29, 8:30am-12:30pm
Last day to register: Friday, January 17

This comprehensive three-session course for home gardeners offers a sound foundation in design styles and process, the importance of sustainability and how to model a garden after patterns in nature. Students will devise a base/plot plan, implementing knowledge of hardscape materials, irrigation, soils and more. Prior to the class, students will complete a preliminary questionnaire and warm-up exercise for their site. In addition, students are asked to bring photos of their site and a baggie of the site's soil to the first day of class.

COURSE PREREQUISITE: Our Right Plant, Right Place class. This class must be taken before the start of the design course.

Andreas Hessing is an artist and landscape designer and contractor (scrubjaystudios.com). For more than 20 years, his site-specific installations have celebrated regional biodiversity while focusing on the philosophical, political and social implications of California’s indigenous flora.

$225 members, $275 nonmembers; $285 member couples, $335 nonmember couples.

Cancellation Policy: Full refunds will be given if the cancellation is made more than 7 days before the first class. If a cancellation is requested 7 days or less before the first class, only a postponement will be given, with the following fees attached: $130 for members, $175 for non-members, $185 for member couples, $245 for non-member couples. No refunds will be given within 7 days of the first class, and postponements will only be given within 7 days of the first class.