Design Strategies for an English Garden - 4 sessions

This workshop will begin with an outline of strategies and design elements that may be adapted from authentic English gardens into North Carolina gardens. Then you will have the opportunity to sketch out the basics of a plan for your landscape. The devices of definition, open ground and mixed borders will be refined with discussions of plant palette, the influence of light on color, and right plant/right place approaches. Participants should plan to bring a drawing of the site they want to develop. No site should be larger than 75 x 75 feet. Qualifies for Home Horticulture Certificate elective credit (10 hours). Class dates: 4 Wednesdays, Jan. 20-Feb. 10, 6:30-9 p.m. Participant limit: 15. Registration/information: 919-668-1707 or gardenseducation@duke.edu.