 Canada Blooms, Toronto March 16Patio Play Garden Party - Following the theme for Canada Blooms 2015 season, "Let's Play", Crystal will share ideas on how to utilize your deck or balcony space for play, relaxation and entertaining in a gardening environment. A great presentation for apartment and condo dwellers. |  Blomidon Nurseries March 21"Amazing Annual Planters" will show how to create stunning combinations using Blomidon's great selection of annuals. Preregister for this talk. |
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 Edible Landscaping: Fruit April 9Have a fruitful year! Ways to grow fruit trees and shrubs successfully at home in containers and the landscape. At the Up!Skilling Festival in Annapolis, time to be announced. |  Fall River Garden Club now April 20Shade gardening will be the topic for this month's meeting of the Fall River Garden Club. We will discuss what plants thrive in your shady garden. |
 Grow Roses Successfully in N.S.Lee Valley presentation April 10 - how to chose hardy roses to NS along with their planting and continued care. We will also talk about growing roses in containers. Preregister for this event. |  What Plant Where Lee Valley April 11Lee Valley tools has invited us to talk about the best plant choices for your particular conditions. Preregister at Lee Valley, Halifax NS |
 Saltscapes Expo, Blomidon's BoothHerb pot demo - Learn how to put together a great herb container garden. We will also talk about other edibles in pots too. Crystal would like to thank Blomidon Nurseries for the invitation to do this demo on their behalf. |  Make a Spring Container - Lee ValleyEvery year Lee Valley puts on a national container event and this year Crystal has been invited to instruct the workshops being held on May 8th, one at 5:30 - 6:30 and another 7:30-8:30. |
 Gardening for Your Health May 9Gardening for Mental & Physical Health presentation at the St. Margaret's Bay Women's Wellness Expo at Shining Waters Marine. Presentation time is 12:30pm to 1pm and please visit us at our booth for a chat and to view our spring container gardens. |  Make a Summer Container June 5 6-8pmHands on workshop! Let's make a container garden to take home with us - all material provided. Preceded by a PowerPoint presentation with stunning graphics showing creative combinations of annuals, perennials, shrubs, herbs and evergreens. We will discuss soil mixes, caring for the plants, and exciting new annual varieties to look for this year. Purchase tickets at Lee Valley in Halifax. |
 Crystal's Container Creations demosCrystal will be at Blomidon Nurseries on June 13 & 14 conducting container building demos at 10am & 2pm both days. Crystal will also have some Secret Garden creations on hand for purchase and she will be at the nursery throughout both days to answer any questions that you may have. |
Tillandsia harrisii is a forgiving, easy air plant for the beginner. It has a velvety, silver sheen from the trichomes on the surface. Plant will turn a deep purple in bright light. Check out pics for scale and more info. Click the details tab for general air plant care.
