We will look at 2024's peak bloom that occurred in early July, featuring our oldest clematis from the original 2004 inventory. I will then repeat a Founder's Garden presentation originally given pre-COVID as an in-person event that was not recorded, and now will be. There will be a break at around 10:30am. A Zoom link will be emailed to you prior to the event.

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On a walk through the garden learn what, when, and how to prune your clematis for fall blooms. Attendees discover how to make their clematis into multi-season performers!

Instructors: Beutler/Toler

$25 for general public, $10 for FRCC members, free to Patron and Duchess of Waverly members

Registration for this class is CLOSED.

This class focuses on how and when to cut, condition, and arrange blooms and greens from your garden. Basic principles of floral design will be taught and handouts will be provided. Attendees please bring a bud vase and clippers to create your own arrangement. Part 1 is not required as a prerequisite.

Instructor: Whitman

THIS CLASS IS NOW CLOSED.

Learn how to inexpensively increase your quantities of the “Queen of the Vines” by cuttings and divisions in the beautiful Rogerson Clematis Garden. All materials provided. Meet at the RCG greenhouse at Luscher Farm. 

Instructors: Beutler/Toler

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Did you know there are over three dozen heirloom roses in the Rogerson Clematis Garden (RCG)? How are they different from modern roses, and how do you prune them? Join clematis curator and rose researcher Linda Beutler for an illustrated presentation followed by a tour of the "OGRs" in the Heirloom Garden within the RCG. Prepare for a feast for the senses.

Instructors: Beutler/Toler

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How to purchase, where and how to plant, when and with what to fertilize, and how to prune clematis are covered in this class. There will be demonstrations on planting and pruning, and time for questions and answers. Information coincides with the First Steps with Clematis info sheet under Clematis Care. Shopping opportunities available after class.

Instructor: Beutler/Toler

REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS NOW CLOSED

Visit us at our booth at the Spring Garden Fair at the Canby Fairgrounds. For more details, visit the Spring Garden Fair website.

We will be selling plants at the Canby Spring Garden Fair at the Canby Fairgrounds. Visit the Spring Garden Fair website for more details.

Plant materials for this project are identical to those in the fabulous hanging baskets on our city streets. Plants, baskets, planting materials, and maintenance instructions are provided. Select from plant materials suited for sun or shade. Leave with your own beautiful creation! 

Instructor: Whitman

CLASS IS NOW CLOSED

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Plant materials for this project are identical to those in the fabulous hanging baskets on our city streets. Plants, baskets, planting materials, and maintenance instructions are provided. Select from plant materials suited for sun or shade. Leave with your own beautiful creation! 

Instructor: Whitman

CLASS IS NOW CLOSED

YOUR SHOPPING CART IS IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER. SCROLL UP TO SEE YOUR CART.

Susan T. will be giving training to future docents of the Rogerson Clematis Garden. Meet at the greenhouse.

We are combining the opening onsite sales day and a Members Only Event! As always, FRCC members will shop early on opening day (from 9:00am, with sales opening to the public at 10:00am). After you’ve shopped, join Linda at 10:30am for a garden walk-about, looking at some of our oldest clematis in the Montana and Atragene sections of the genus. You can always go back and shop again for the charmers you’ll see on the walk-about.

Members may bring one guest at a cost of $5. This fee will be deducted from the guest's membership should they join at the event.

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We will be selling plants at Garden Palooza. Visit the Garden Palooza website for more details.

We will be selling plants at Garden Palooza. For more details, visit the Garden Palooza website.

Visit the Hardy Plant Society’s Hortlandia 2024 Spring Plant Sale page for more details.

Visit the Hardy Plant Society’s Hortlandla page for more details.

Learn how to create beauty in your garden and bring it indoors. In the first class in this series you’ll learn when, where, and what to plant. Planting lists and ideas provided. A second class later in the season covers how to harvest your blooms and arrange them like an expert. 

Instructor: Whitman

THIS CLASS HAS BEEN CANCELLED due to insufficient registration.

Save the Date! Visit the Plant Nerd Night Afternoon website for more details.

The span of Valentine's Day to St Patrick's Day is the sweet spot for pruning large-flowering hybrid clematis. You will have hands-on training in hard pruning, grooming, and tidying techniques for maximizing spring and summer bloom. Information coincides with the On Pruning Clematis info sheet under Clematis Care. Bring your favorite light-duty hand pruners; all other materials provided. Dress for the weather. Note: This is an outdoor class.

Instructors: Beutler/Toler

$25 for general public, $10 for FRCC members, free to Patron and Duchess of Waverly members. Class limit: 12

Patron and Duchess of Waverly members, REGISTER HERE.

Registration closes February 20

This webinar, offered by the International Clematis Society (I.Cl.S.), is open to members and the public. The webinar speakers are Linda Beutler, our curator, and Maurice Horn.

“Often even accomplished gardeners are not aware that not all clematis climb. The most noteworthy of these non-climbing herbaceous perennials is Clematis integrifolia. It was one of the first species to be used in European clematis breeding (often with Clematis viticella), and it consorts well with the oriental large-flowered species in interesting and beautiful ways. This presentation will examine this history of this hardiest of species, how to use it in gardens, and the amazing hybrids and selections available today.” (from IClS announcement)

Share this Zoom link with friends and colleagues who might be interested:

https://swarthmore.zoom.us/j/85379375255

This event was originally scheduled for January 20. If you have registered, it is not necessary to register again.

From 10-11am, Linda will repeat the Member’s Only nomenclature presentation that was given pre-COVID and pre-Zoom and has never been available for replay on the Member’s Only web page. This will be followed at 11:15am by a shorter presentation on the Beginning and History of the RCG Database/Accessions List. This may sound a bit dry, but we promise lots of pretty or fun pictures, maybe both! A Zoom link will be sent out prior to the meeting.

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Troughs are great for growing alpine, miniature, and high alkaline soil-loving plants in sun or shade. Learn the whys and hows of making troughs and leave with a new trough ready for you to unmold and finish at home, with all materials provided.

Instructors: Beutler/Toler

$30 for general public, $15 for FRCC members, free for Patron and Duchess of Waverly members.

Patron and Duchess members, register here.

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Class limit: 12

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