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Botany for Gardeners (Course)

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Saturday, April 28, 2007

9am to 12 noon

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Course Details Topics to be covered: plant names and botanical Latin, plant structure, how an understanding of plant ecology can save work in the garden, simple plant physiology – the scientific basis of frost and drought tolerance, flowering and pruning.  

Instructor Quentin Cronk  

Location At the Botanical Garden Pavilion, near the Food Garden (Directions to the Botanical Garden)  

Class Size 30 people maximum  

Cost (General) $40.00  

Cost (Garden Members) $33.00  

Please Note Advance registration required.  

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