Get in the seasonal spirit with these creative classes
This fanciful pumpkin is an example of the project to be made in the Pressed Botanical Pumpkin workshop on Sunday, Oct. 6, at The Secret Garden. Courtesy The Secret Garden
How do you get in the mood for fall gardening and entertaining? With some spirited workshops, courtesy of The Secret Garden.
The destination Elk Grove garden store is hosting a full schedule of fall workshops including three this weekend, Oct. 5 and 6:
– “Bury Me with My Plants” workshop,10:30 a.m. Saturday: Make a spooky, fun succulent arrangement as your Halloween centerpiece. Class features “instruction and everything needed to create this hauntingly adorable cemetery scene including 8-inch pot, soil and rock, succulents, dried floral, skeleton, and your choice of two mini accessories,” say the hosts. “More seasonal accessories will be available for purchase. Once spooky season is past, swap out the graveyard scene for something fresh and enjoy your arrangement year round.” Owner Jennifer Kahl will lead the instruction in this 90-minute workshop; $55 including materials.
– Botanical Poster Watercolor workshop, 2 p.m. Saturday: For budding artists, this workshop uses the fall garden as inspiration. “This design is inspired by Fall flowers and foliage from our nursery,” say the hosts. “We will collect examples of seasonal foliage and students will learn to sketch and watercolor their designs. Students will use pencil, ivory parchment paper, and high-grade Japanese watercolor paints to create their poster. Wooden frame is included as are all materials and instruction.” This class lasts more than 2 hours; fee is $55.
– Pressed Botanical Pumpkin workshop, 10:30 a.m. Sunday: Turn a faux pumpkin into a lasting piece of fall decor. Use pressed leaves and flowers to create an original design. Fee is $55 including materials and a discount coupon for other purchases.
Space is limited for these workshops. Register in advance via the nursery’s website at: https://www.secretgarden-online.com/workshops
At the same site, sign up now for these additional workshops in October and November:
– Kokedama workshop, 11 a.m. Oct. 13: Learn how to make these beautiful moss-filled hanging planters with your choice of indoor or outdoor plants; $50.
– Mushroom Forest Wreath workshop, 11 a.m. Oct. 20: Make a lasting woodland-inspired wreath to greet visitors throughout the fall holidays. Includes 12-inch grapevine wreath base, preserved moss, pine cones and other natural elements; $55.
– The Herbal Craft workshop, 11 a.m. Nov. 3: This two-hour experiential class covers the art of herbal tea blending, incense making and herbal salves; $55.
– Pressed Botanical Candle workshop, 10:30 a.m. Nov. 10: Make fall-themed candles decorated with pressed leaves and flowers; $55.
The Secret Garden is located at 8450 W. Stockton Blvd., Elk Grove.
Details and directions: https://www.secretgarden-online.com/
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Garden Checklist for week of Nov. 3
November still offers good weather for fall planting:
* If you haven't already, it's time to clean up the remains of summer. Pull faded annuals and vegetables. Prune dead or broken branches from trees.
* Now is the best time to plant most trees and shrubs. This gives them plenty of time for root development before spring growth. They also benefit from fall and winter rains.
* Set out cool-weather annuals such as pansies and snapdragons.
* Lettuce, cabbage and broccoli also can be planted now.
* Plant garlic and onions.
* Keep planting bulbs to spread out your spring bloom. Some possible suggestions: daffodils, crocuses, hyacinths, tulips, anemones and scillas.
* This is also a good time to seed wildflowers and plant such spring bloomers as sweet pea, sweet alyssum and bachelor buttons.
* Rake and compost leaves, but dispose of any diseased plant material. For example, if peach and nectarine trees showed signs of leaf curl this year, clean up under trees and dispose of those leaves instead of composting.
* Save dry stalks and seedpods from poppies and coneflowers for fall bouquets and holiday decorating.
* For holiday blooms indoors, plant paperwhite narcissus bulbs now. Fill a shallow bowl or dish with 2 inches of rocks or pebbles. Place bulbs in the dish with the root end nestled in the rocks. Add water until it just touches the bottom of the bulbs. Place the dish in a sunny window. Add water as needed.
* Give your azaleas, gardenias and camellias a boost with chelated iron.
* For larger blooms, pinch off some camellia buds.
* Prune non-flowering trees and shrubs while dormant.
* To help prevent leaf curl, apply a copper fungicide spray to peach and nectarine trees after they lose their leaves this month. Leaf curl, which shows up in the spring, is caused by a fungus that winters as spores on the limbs and around the tree in fallen leaves. Sprays are most effective now.
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