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You
are invited to join the area’s top experts for FREE garden
talks. Please come early to insure a seat. If you are
running late, we recommend you bring a lawn chair.
Reservations are only necessary when noted. Call
314-965-3070 for reservations.
GARDEN CLUBS WELCOME
Looking for something special for
your next meeting? Come to Sugar Creek. We would be happy to
host your meeting and put on a program for your group. Another fun
idea--book your group for one of our popular
Garden Parties. Call 314-965-3070 for reservations.
This service is free.
2010 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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‘Beginning Perennial Gardening,’ Sat.,
March
6, 9:00 a.m. and 11:00
a.m., and Sat., March
13, 10:00 a.m. and 1:00p.m. We
will take you though the steps needed to create a successful
perennial garden. The fundamentals of soil, plant
selection, light requirements, and color schemes will be
discussed.
Call
314-965-3070 for reservations.
‘Success with Seeds,’ Sat., March 6,
1:00 p.m. Growing
plants from seeds is an inexpensive and easy way to get
plants. In this class you will learn the best techniques
for good seed germination, along with proven tips to give
your seedlings a healthy start.
Call 314-965-3070 for reservations.
The St. Louis Hydrangea Society meeting, March 16, Tues.,
6:30 p.m.
We are delighted to host this newly formed group that is
dedicated to the enjoyment and study of Hydrangeas, and
invite you to attend. Meet with other hydrangea enthusiasts
to discuss the best varieties, propagation, growing
techniques, and horticulture problems.
‘New Trends in
Gardening,’ Sat.,
March 20, 10:00 a.m.
and 1:00 p.m. Hear
about the trends that have the gardening world all abuzz,
along with the most exciting new plants to date. Call
314-965-3070 for reservations.
‘Let’s Make a Terrarium!’ Sat., March
27, 9:00 a.m. Are
you intrigued by terrariums but aren’t sure how to make
one? Where do you get those tiny plants? And what kind of
potting soil should you use? What about drainage? Let us
take the terror out of terrariums by providing all the
supplies along with an experienced terrarium tutor to guide
you through the process. From traditional designs to fairy
garden terrariums to more modern looks, we’ve got the
inspiration to help you make your terrariums a one-of-kind
work of art. We’ll provide a variety of glass containers
for you to choose from, potting soil, and plants, and walk
you through the process as we build our terrariums
together. Be prepared to get your hands dirty—when the
class is finished, you’ll have a completed terrarium to
enjoy for years to come. Class
size is limited and reservations are required. All supplies
included: $30. Bring your own glass container and save $10
on class fee. Call 314-965-3070 for reservations.
‘Best New Perennials and Shrubs,’
Tue., March 30, 6:00 p.m. Talented
hybridizers have concocted truly remarkable plants for 2010
You’ll hear about the exciting new creations that have the
garden world amazed, awed, and just plain star struck. Call
314-965-3070 for reservations.
‘Lighten Up—Colorful
Combinations to Light Up Your Shade Garden,’
Tue., April 6, 6:00 p.m. Explore
the ever-expanding selection of shade plants. Learn how to
combine flower and foliage color, form and texture for
season-long interest in your garden.
‘Successive Blooms—Keep Your Garden In Bloom Spring
Through Fall,’ Tue., April 13, 6:00 p.m. Learn
the secrets of a
breathtaking, ever-blooming garden. You’ll discover how to
orchestrate plants’ color, texture, height, and bloom to
create a masterpiece that looks great all season. Gardening
techniques that encourage strong, profuse blooming plants
will also be discussed.
‘Best New Annuals, Perennials and Shrubs,’ Tue., April 20,
6:00 p.m.
We’ve searched the
world to find the most incredible, long-blooming, colorful,
or unique plants available. You’ll hear about these exciting
delights and learn how to use them to create distinctive,
showy displays.
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Home Harvest
Gardenfest
April 22-29
Learn how you can luxuriate in a bumper crop of tantalizing
scents, vibrant colors and delicious rewards. Experienced
vegetable, fruit, and berry gardeners will be available
to answer all your questions and to give you proven tips.
¨ Free
handouts, demonstrations
and
classes.
¨ Learn
organic gardening techniques.
¨ Herb
and veggies 15% Off.
¨ ‘Berry
Delicious,’ Thur., April 22, 6:00 p.m.
This
class will teach you the techniques to create a
beautiful haven of sweet fruits, luscious berries, tasty
herbs, and mammoth juicy vegetables.
¨ ‘Square
Foot Gardening,’ April 27, Tue., 6:00 p.m.
Learn
this popular gardening method that can double your yields in
half the space. You’ll see how gardening can be fun and
easy, with less watering, weeding and maintenance.
¨ ‘Cooking
with Chef Diana,’ Wed., April 28, 6:00 p.m.
We
are honored to offer you this very special class with
Personal Chef and ardent gardener Diana
Smith.
The rewards of cooking with home grown herbs and produce
from the garden is unsurpassable, bursting with flavor and
freshness. Diana will share with you her inventive
recipes inspired by the garden harvest, along with basic
herbal cooking techniques. Diana is a Dietitian who,
in addition to ten years of professionally practicing the
culinary arts, has also studied at the Cordon Bleu School in
London. Reservations
required, call 314-965-3070.
¨ One
free premium vegetable
with any $10 purchase
for class participants.
Hours: Everyday, 9 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Sun. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
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Blue
Ribbon Plants
Garden Party
April 29,
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Learn
about the plants that have been named the best of the best.
Missouri Botanical Gardens Plants of Merit, Perennial Plant
Association Plants of the Year, All American Selections,
American Rose Society Winners and more will be on display.
Bring
your family and friends for an evening of merriment. You’ll
enjoy:

¨ 10%
Off your Total Purchase between 6:00 and 7:30 p.m.
¨ FREE
refreshments, wine, punch and snacks
¨ Door
Prizes
¨ Surprise
Sales during the evening
¨ ‘Missouri
Botanical Gardens Plants of Merit and Other Exceptional
Plants,’
6:00 p.m.
The Plants of Merit Program
was created by the Garden to teach people about outstanding,
but underused plants. Learn how to use these proven
performers, along with Sugar Creek Gardens’ favorites, in
your own garden.
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‘Captivating Containers,’
Tue., May 4, 6:00 p.m., Thur., May 6, 9:00 a.m.
Learn creative combinations of plants, colors and textures
to amaze your family and friends. We will show you many
dazzling plant combos that will transform window boxes, moss
baskets, hayracks, and pots into living art forms. Always
fun! Get inspired, or let us do the hard work for you.
‘Best New Annuals, Tropicals and Succulents,’ Thur., May 6,
6:00 p.m.
If you are dreaming
of heading to the tropics this class is for you. Learn to
create a luscious haven in your own back yard with the
exciting new creations that have the garden world amazed,
awed, and just plain star struck.
‘Easy Tips for Growing Clematis,’
Tue., May 11, 6:00 p.m. Learn
how you too can grow Clematis that will turn an ordinary
garden into a showcase. Pruning and maintenance techniques
needed for dazzling displays, along with the varieties with
the most vibrant colors and vigorous habits will be
discussed.
‘Rain Gardens,’ Wed., May 12, 6:00
p.m., presented by Cindy Gilberg.
At
this class you will be instructed and charmed by the popular
Cindy Gilberg. Cindy's extensive experience includes
owner of a perennial nursery, landscape design and
consulting, plus teaching and writing. She currently
teaches at the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Native Plant
School at Shaw Nature Reserve and at St. Louis Community
College. Cindy will teach you how to create a rain
garden that captures and absorbs water like a natural
watershed. You'll also learn the plants with exceptional
flowers, fruit and bark that will create a rich environment
of beauty and interest. For more on Cindy go
here
http://www.cindygilberg.com/about_cindy.htm.
Diane Brueckmann Rose Trunk Show, Thur,
May 13, 6:00. We
are honored to host an evening with the renown rosarian, Ms.
Diane Brueckmann. Along with spending many years as the
rosarian at the Missouri Botanical Gardens, Diane is a
former president of the St. Louis Horticulture Society and a
current member of the board of the Greater St. Louis Rose
Society. She also teaches Adult Education courses and
lectures on roses at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Diane
will share with you her favorite roses for St. Louis along
with techniques and tips for the showiest displays. Roses
from Ms. Brueckmann’s own collection will be available for
purchase.
‘Billowing Blossoms—Garden Maintenance
and Care for Outstanding Displays,’ Tue., May 18, 6:00.
Learn
the garden practices that produce the longest-blooming,
heaviest producing plants. You’ll hear about soil
preparation, fertilizing, dead-heading and other proven
techniques.
Garden Stroll with Ann Million, May 15
and May 22, 10:00 a.m., Sats. One
of our most popular events! Here
is a chance to see a fabulous mature garden, spilling over
with luscious blooms. This class will take place at Ann’s
extraordinary perennial and rose garden in Crestwood.
You’ll see for yourself exquisite plant combinations and
mature specimens. Fertilizing and maintenance techniques
will also be discussed. Call
314-965-3070 for reservations and directions.
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Gardenpalooza
Please join us in celebrating the
art of gardening
May 20-27, 2010
A
fantastic showcase of the best perennials to date will be
on display. Landscape Designers and
Horticulturists will be available to show you the steps
needed to create a successful perennial garden. Talk to
experts about the fundamentals of soil, plant selection,
light requirements, color schemes, and plant care.
¨ Free
handouts
¨ Gardening
displays
¨ Membership
information for Gardening Clubs and Societies
¨ Door
Prizes
¨ 15%
Off Selected Perennials
¨ Surprise
Sales
Kick Off Party
May 20, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
¨ Special
Guest Speaker Missouri
Botanical Gardens Kemper Center Supervisor June Hutson, ‘My
Favorite Plants,’ May 20, 6:00 p.m.
June will fill you in on the exceptional varieties she loves
the best.
¨ Free
refreshments,
wine, punch and snacks
Free Garden Talks
¨ ‘Sugar
Creek Gardens’ Best Gardening Tips,’ Tue., May 25, 6:00 p.m.
Take
the guess work out of gardening with this class. We’ll
share with you proven garden tips that will transform your
garden into
a living, breathing masterpiece.
¨ ‘Low
Maintenance Long Blooming Gardens,’
Thur., May 27, 6:00 p.m.
If
you enjoy the flowers but hate the work, this class
is for you. Learn about the showiest, longest
blooming plants available that
look good without all
the fuss. You’ll
also discover gardening techniques that will keep your
garden in top form all season.
Hours:
Everyday 9 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Sun. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
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Sugar Creek's Insider
Garden Tour
Sat., June 5, 10:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m.
We invite you to tour the private gardens of the staff of
Sugar Creek to benefit ‘Go Green,’ a joint program of St.
Patrick Center and Gateway Greening. This outstanding
effort offers job-training to St. Patrick Center clients.
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A wide range of gardening styles are represented in 6
gardens throughout the Kirkwood, Glendale, and Webster
Groves area—as unique and colorful as the Sugar Creek team.
Ticket holders will get to experience the grand, the
intimate, the whimsical, and the outrageous gardens that our
own employees nurture and love—see how the “professional
gardeners” garden! You will also have the opportunity to
enjoy a myriad of varieties that serious plant nerds grow.
A highlight of the tour will be the City Seeds Urban Farm,
located near Union Station in downtown St. Louis. Tended by
St. Patrick Center clients, these urban farmers seek to
overcome homelessness, beat drug addiction and cope with
mental illness. Mentored by Gateway Greening, farmers take classes
in horticulture while learning hands-on vegetable production
and landscape maintenance. As the seasons change, farmers
undergo a personal transformation as their experience
instills teamwork, responsibility and self-confidence. Food
grown is sold at local farmers markets to provide salaries
for St. Patrick Center participants and is donated to food
pantries. You will see first hand how gardening can create
jobs and change lives. Tickets $15, $18 day of tour.
To
learn more about the St. Patrick Center go here
http://stpatrickcenter.org
To
learn more about Gateway Greening go here
http://gatewaygreening.org/index.asp
Click on City Seeds to learn more about the program.
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Hydrangea
Festival
June 10-17
Come
join us in celebrating the magnificent blossoms of
Hydrangeas.
¨ Outstanding
varieties on display
¨ 20%
off all Hydrangeas
¨ Drawings
to win FREE Hydrangeas
¨ Best
Blossoms Contest--enter your Hydrangeas for a chance to win
Gift Certificates
¨ FREE
handouts
Kick-off Party
June 10, 5:00-7:30 p.m.
¨ FREE
refreshments, wine, punch and snacks
¨ Door
prizes
¨ 6:00
p.m. Garden Talk ‘The Best Hydrangeas for St. Louis,’ presented by
Kim Reiss, founding member of
the St. Louis Hydrangea Society
Garden Talk
¨ ‘The
American Cottage Garden,’ Sat., June 12, 10:00 a.m.
If your idea of garden beauty is the delightful look
of the English cottage garden, then this class is for you.
This American-style interpretation will teach you how to
incorporate Hydrangeas, peonies, iris and others into your
garden.
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‘Bring on the Heat,’ Sat., July 10,
10:00 a.m.
Discover
the best, long blooming hybrid perennials, shrubs and
grasses, along with the toughest wildflowers that laugh at
heat and humidity and look good even in the hottest of
summers.
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CASINO NIGHT PARTY
July 16, 5:00-7:30 p.m.
20% or More Off Everything.
Play games to win FREE PLANTS and GARDEN
ACCESSORIES,HUGE
DISCOUNTS or even your TOTAL PURCHASE FREE.
This happy couple won their entire
purchase free at Casino Night.
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‘Gardening Under Trees,’
Sat., July 24, 10:00 a.m. This
entertaining and informative talk will teach you how to
garden under your trees without damaging them. Also
discussed will be the ever-expanding selection of shade
plants. Learn how to combine flower and foliage color, form
and texture for season-long interest in your garden.
‘Maintaining Perennials and
Rejuvenating Your Summer Garden,’
Sat., July 31, 10:00 a.m. We
will teach you aggressive pruning techniques that will help
you achieve strong, more compact plants and many more blooms
in your garden. A very informative class for those willing
to be truly daring!
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‘Extreme Gardening—Great Plants for
Tough Environments,’ Sat., Aug. 7, 10:00 a.m. We
all have them, those difficult gardening spots—be it poor
soil or be it too wet, too dry, too shady or too hot.
Discover the gardening techniques to help your plants cope
along with the best varieties that naturally do well in
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Monarch Mania—Gardening for Wildlife Garden Party
Thur., Aug. 12, 5:00-7:30 p.m.
Attract hummingbirds, butterflies, birds and other wildlife
by enhancing your gardens with nectar rich blooms, plump
berries, and decorative seeds. Bring your family and
friends for an evening of merriment. You’ll enjoy:
¨ 20%
Off your Total Purchase between 5:00 and 7:30 p.m.
¨ FREE
Refreshments, wine, punch and snacks
¨ Door
Prizes
¨ One
FREE plant for every guest (with any plant purchase)
¨ Surprise
Sales during the evening
¨ Gardening
for Wildlife talk at 6:00 p.m.
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‘Indian Summer, A Late Season Garden’,
Sat.,
Aug. 21, 10:00 a.m.
Though
beautiful in their own right, chrysanthemums
and ornamental kale need not be the extent of your
end-of-the-season garden display. There are a surprising
number of beautiful flowering perennials that are at their
best in late summer and fall. Learn the secrets of a
breathtaking late season garden.
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PANSY DAYS
Your chance to buy wholesale
Aug. 27-Sept. 12, 2010
You’ve held on to those Pansy Dollars all summer, now is the
time to turn them in.
Pansy Dollars may be used towards the purchase of
ALL MERCHANDISE.
More plants than ever!
Outstanding selection of Perennials, Roses, Clematis, Vines,
Ferns,
Hydrangeas, Crapemyrtles, Shrubs, Ornamental Grasses, Mums,
Winter Hardy Pansies, Garden Statuary and Ornaments,
Containers, Garden Gifts, Wreaths, Fall Decorations, Wrought
Iron Bakers Racks, Benches, Plant Stands, Trellises,
Halloween and Christmas Decorations, Books, Groundcovers,
Fertilizers, Compost, Mulch
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‘Creating a Beautiful Lawn,’ Sat.,
Sept. 4, 9:00 a.m.
How many times have you passed by a luscious lawn and wished
it was yours? You too can create a great looking lawn, and
here is your chance to learn from the best. In this
question and answer session, Adam Lewis, assistant
superintendent at Old Warson Country Club, will fill you in
on the techniques needed.
‘Spread the Wealth, Propagating
Perennials,’ Sat., Sept. 18, 10:00 a.m.
This class takes you through the basics of plant division,
along with other techniques of perennial propagation.
‘Window Boxes and Containers for Fall
and Winter,’ Sats., Sept. 25 and Oct. 9, 10:00 a.m.
Enliven your window boxes and plant containers with the
festive foliage and plants of the season. Learn how to use
an exciting variety of plants for great color and texture
that will last through fall, the holiday season and beyond.
‘The
Garden In Autumn,’ Sat., Oct. 16, 10:00 a.m.
As
the days grow shorter you still can have wonderful displays
of color with the ever-expanding list of fall blooming
plants. Learn about the perennials that boast exceptional
fall flowers and bright foliage.
‘Holiday Decorating,’
Sats., Oct. 23, Oct. 30 , Nov. 13, Nov. 20, Nov. 27, Dec. 4
and Dec. 11, 10:00 a.m.
We
will give you a wealth of ways to adorn your home for the
holidays, from front porch to party table, hall to hearth.
Learn about the newest ideas for wreaths, mantels,
chandeliers, and entryways.
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Take the Guess Work Out
of Plant Selection
For colorful images of
plants, descriptions and care instructions visit
Reference Guide & Images.
For our listing of plants with sizes and
prices visit
Plant Price List.
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