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Re: garden design workshops

For anyone within travel distance of Hamilton, Ont., (about an hour west of Toronto, for those of you south of the border), here's info on a couple of workshops to be held at Royal Botanical Gardens in mid October.

 

Presenters include Julie Moir Messervy who designed Toronto's 3-acre harbourfront Music Garden, on which she collaborated with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, as well as landscape architect Virginia Burt and Karen York, author of The Holistic Garden (Karen is a member of this list). The press release from RBG follows, with dates and the registration information.

 

Yvonne Cunnington

Author of Clueless in the Garden

www.theperennialfarm.com

 

Well-Known Garden Design Experts Featured At Two Day-Long Workshops

At Royal Botanical Gardens
Sunday, October 19 and Monday, October 20 at RBG Centre

 

Royal Botanical Gardens presents an exclusive opportunity for home gardeners and professional landscape designers to learn how to create personal, tranquil garden spaces in two day-long workshops on October 19 and 20.

 

·         Beyond Colour in the Garden: Restoring Health and Mind, October 19 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at RBG Centre, features an exciting roster of internationally renowned garden design experts who provide insight into creating restful garden spaces for contemplation and tranquility. Julie Moir Messervy, who holds master’s degrees in architecture and city planning and has written three garden design books, speaks about transforming home gardens into sanctuaries. Virginia Burt, a landscape architect and principal of Visionscapes Landscape Architects Inc., discusses how a labyrinth is used for many healing and creative approaches in public and private gardens. And, Karen York, author of Holistic Garden: Creating Spaces for Health and Healing, provides insight into how a home garden can become a healing space. Beyond Colour in the Garden: Restoring Health and Mind is geared toward anyone interested in gardening and landscape design. An optional lunch box is available.

 

·         Well-known landscape designer and author Julie Moir Messervy, explores the process of designing individual landscapes in Creating Inspired Gardens, a workshop for professional landscapers and designers, on Monday, October 20, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The workshop includes hands-on exercises and drawing sessions to help professional landscape designers translate their clients’ desires into physical form. Participants receive a certificate upon completion of the workshop. Lunch is provided.

 

Beyond Colour in the Garden: Restoring Health and Mind is $65 for Royal Botanical Gardens’ members and $75 for non-members (plus an optional $10 charge for lunch box).

 

Creating Inspired Gardens is $180 for Gardens’ members and $200 for non-members. Lunch is included.

 

Participants must register by October 10. For more information or to register, download a symposium form at www.rbg.ca or call 905-527-1158, ext. 270, or pick one up at RBG Centre, 680 Plains Road West, on the Burlington-Hamilton border.

 

For more information, please contact:

Sarah Stewart, Communications Coordinator
680 Plains Road West, Burlington

905-527-1158, ext. 513
sstewart@rbg.ca 

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