Event Listing - Home & Garden
Sat Jul 18

Hakone Estate & Gardens presents

From Art Theory, to Container Plantings to Garden Design

with Valerie Monroe


Tel. 650-873-5917
Website
$35 - $40

Location
Date and Time
City of Saratoga - Hakone Gardens

Saratoga, CA 95070
district: Saratoga

Sat Jul 18 (10 AM - 1 PM)

Description
**** A lecture and demonstration. Hands-on pruning guidance - bring a plant & shears. ****Learn to express the Hidden Garden of your imagination in a small, quick and manageable space. Learn basic design tenets including Japanese design. Learn to apply these to landscapes, how to interpret landscape observations into a container planting, individual tree, or garden. Learn how pruning can enhance or create an effect, Critique plantings at Hakone Gardens. Participate by coming to listen, sharing drawings & photos. Hands-on pruning guidance offered - bring a plant & shears.
****RSVP 650-873-5917. Advance discount: mail a $35 check 5 days in advance, payable to Valerie Monroe, 212 Sylvan Av, San Bruno CA 94066
****Valerie Monroe has an art background and teaches about styling in ways everyone can understand. She appreciates the value that age and maturity of the plant material bring to the garden. One of her trees recently placed in the World 100 Bonsai Competition.