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Drew University Historic Preservation Classes

Historic Landscape Preservation:  Propagating Historic Plants

Finding period-appropriate plants for a historic garden restoration can be problematic.  Nurseries, even mail order suppliers, cannot always supply plants grown during the period of significance.  During this class, students will learn a variety of methods for how to “make more plants” from seed, cuttings and division.  Students will take home a tray of seeds and flat of cuttings.

By the end of the workshop, each student will be able to: To sow seeds from heirloom biennials; take hardwood and softwood cuttings from some of the 1930s original shrubs at the Cross Estate gardens; divide a selection of the original perennials from the Cross Estate gardens; try a variety of other propagation techniques:  scaling lily bulbs, scooping hyacinth bulbs and layering.  Instructor: Marta McDowell  Date/Time: Saturday, July 14, 9:30am-3:30pm  Location: Cross Estate, Bernardsville, NJ  

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Cost: $115

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