Most of our classes are free. We ask that you please call the stores to in advance to register. Space is limited and classes fill quickly. As thanks for attending, you will receive a 25% discount on all purchases at the end of each class (excluding bulk and propane).

All classes are at 1pm at both of our locations unless otherwise noted. Click here for directions.

Mason Bees
Amherst: February 27, 2010, 1-3pm
North Ridgeville: March 6, 2010, 1-3pm
Make your garden a friendly home for these great pollinators. Bee populations are in trouble and that means pollination problems for your garden. Join us and learn about these fascinating creatures and how they can improve your garden's harvest. Bee nester kits will be available for purchase. Class is FREE.

Pruning
Amherst: March 13, 2010, 1-3pm
North Ridgeville: March 20, 2010, 1-3pm
Don't stand there with your pruners looking like you don't know what you're doing! Join us and learn the right way, time, and tool to use for proper pruning. Your plants will say thank you. Class is FREE.

Home Fruit Gardens
Amherst: March 27, 2010, 1-3pm
North Ridgeville: April 3, 2010, 1-3pm
Learn the basics of growing your own tasty fruit. We will discuss tree fruits, strawberries, grapes, blueberries, raspberries, elderberries, and rhubarb. Class will cover proper planting, maintenance, and harvesting. Come ready to take lots of notes. Class is FREE.

Vegetable Gardens Part 1: Spring
Amherst: April 10, 2010, 1-3pm
North Ridgeville: April 17, 2010, 1-3pm
Get your vegetable garden off to an early start. Class will cover which vegetables do best when given an early start, early sowing techniques, ways to add extra protection against cold and frost. You'll be eating fresh veggies sooner that you thought possible. Class is FREE.

Heavenly Hydrangeas!
Amherst: April 24, 2010, 1-3pm
North Ridgeville: May 1, 2010, 1-3pm
Hydrangeas are so popular in today's landscapes but boy oh boy can they be a confusing family of plants! Let us help you unravel the mysteries of these beauties. A slide show will highlight many common hydrangeas and many new varieties. We will discuss how to properly care for your hydrangeas and how to get them to bloom to match those pictures in your mind. Class is FREE.

Roses! Roses!
Amherst: May 1, 2010, 10am-noon
North Ridgeville: May 1, 2010, 1-3pm
He's back!!! Join Jerry Amoroso, rose expert extraordinaire from Week's Roses, for a class on roses. Bring your rose questions and be ready to take lots of notes. This class is a great introduction to roses and a lead up to Jerry's tour of Lakeview Rose Garden on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - see a description of rose tour in the June section. Class is FREE.

Spring Plant Swap
Hook's Greenhouse: May 2, 2010, 1-3pm
50740 St. Rt. 18, 5 miles west of Wellington
1:00 -1:30 Unload and set up
1:30 - 2:30 Swap
2:30 - 3:00 Leftover free for all
Join Lorain County gardeners for a FREE plant swap. Bring your extra seeds, bulbs, or anything garden related for a fun time of swapping and garden talk. Questions? Email gblank@bright.net.

Amherst Compost Day - Worms and Otherwise!!
Amherst: Saturday, May 8, 2010, 10am-noon
WORMS!! Put them to work for your garden. Patti will show you how to "keep" worms and how they can help feed your garden plants. Fee $5.00.
Amherst: May 8, 2010, 1-3pm
Basic Composting. Learn how to use your yard trimmings and kitchen garbage to create compost. We will build a small compost pile and help you understand what makes it work. Stop wasting that garbage!! Class is FREE.

Don Mould's Spring Open House
Amherst & North Ridgeville: May 15 & 16, 2010, all day
Join us for a fun and informative day. We will be hosting many company reps that can answer your gardening questions. The store will be filled with your spring gardening needs. Food and crafts available and the jumpee for the kids too!

Girl Friend Tea
Amherst: May 16, 2010, 1-3pm
North Ridgeville: May 23, 2010, 1-3pm
If you're like everyone around here you could use a little "just for you" time. Join us for our special "Girl Friend Tea." We will share a relaxed lunch and then move out to the greenhouse where you will design and plant your own "take home" planter of annuals. We supply the pots, the plants and soil, and best of all, the lunch. Bring a friend, your gloves and hat, and relax in the music and greenery. AHHHH! Summer! Class cost: $25.00.

North Ridgeville Compost Day - Worms and Otherwise!!
North Ridgeville: May 22, 2010, 10am-noon
WORMS!! Put them to work for your garden. Patti will show you how to "keep" worms and how they can help feed your garden plants. Fee $5.00.
North Ridgeville: May 22, 2010, 1-3pm
Basic Composting. Learn how to use your yard trimmings and kitchen garbage to create compost. We will build a small compost pile and help you understand what makes it work. Stop wasting that garbage!! Class is FREE.

Vegetable Gardens Part 2: Summer In The Garden and the Good Ladybug
Amherst: June 12, 2010, 1-3pm
North Ridgeville: June 19, 2010, 1-3pm
Summer gardening has its own set of problems: heat, lack of rain, insects, the start of disease, weeds, Aaahhhh!! Be prepared and you can overcome these demons and begin to harvest tasty homegrown produce. Class includes a slide show discussion of "good bugs" and "bad bugs." Class is FREE.

Lakeview Rose Tour - Roses! Roses!! Roses!!!
Amherst store only: Sunday, June 13, 2010
Rain date: June 20, 2010
Join us for a fabulous day of roses. Jerry Amoroso, of Weeks Roses, will join us again for a personal tour of the Lakeview Rose Garden. All the roses at Lakeview are Weeks Roses so this is a very special opportunity. Meet at the Amherst store at 11:30 a.m. The bus leaves 12 noon and seats 24 so we will fill it on a first come first serve basis. We will have an informative tour and then share a box lunch. All participants will take home a container rose. Bring a friend and enjoy one of Lorain County's best gardens. Cost: $20.00 includes bus ride, box lunch, and container rose. Registration and prepayment is necessary!

Our kid's classes are limited in size so PLEASE reserve your child's spot early. We can not promise a spot if you do not have reservations. Also if there is a fee it must be paid at the time of your reservation and they are non-refundable as we will have their supplies ready for them. Classes are for children and we always have an adult class going on at the same time for parents. We ask that a parent please stay on the premises while your child is in class.

Each child will receive a certificate when they complete their first class and a ribbon. They get a ribbon for each class attended. If they collect 8 ribbons during the classes running from September 2009 - July 2010, they can attend the August class, "Lady Bug Bowling Ball Lawn Ornament," for FREE.

RESERVATIONS ARE A MUST!

FEB: Making a Chia Pet - FREE
Amherst: February 13, 2010, 1-3pm
North Ridgeville: February 20, 2010, 1-3pm
Plant your very own chia pet caterpillar. Keep it moist and watch it grow. Have fun trimming it as it grows.

MAR: Decorating a Nesting Box - $8
Amherst: March 13, 2010, 1-3pm
North Ridgeville: March 20, 2010, 1-3pm
We are painting and decorating nesting boxes for our birds. It?s time for them to start preparing a home to lay their eggs. What a better place then a decorated house.

APR: Potato Planter - $5
Amherst: April 10, 2010, 1-3pm
North Ridgeville: April 17, 2010, 1-3pm
French fries, mashed, or baked, everyone LOVES Potatoes. Come and make a take home potato planter. Plant and learn how to take care of your planter so you will be able to harvest great potatoes in late summer. Beautiful vines above your planter and yummy potatoes under your vines. WOW!

MAY: Annual Flower Planter - $5
Amherst: May 8, 2010, 1-3pm
North Ridgeville: May 22, 2010, 1-3pm
Learn how to plant and take care of a flower planter. Then pick your container, pick your flowers, and plant up a beautiful planter. Also make a lady bug stake to put in your planter. Take it home and enjoy flowers all summer long.

JUNE: Worm Farming - $8
Amherst: June 12, 2010, 1-3pm
North Ridgeville: June 19, 2010, 1-3pm
Learn how worms make great compost for our gardens. You will make your own worm farm to take home and let the worms make compost from your table scraps. Worms come with your farm. If you don?t like to touch worms, when we get done with this class you will want to dig for worms with your bare hands. They work hard to make us great soil.

JULY: Summer Break
Don't forget that our August "Lady Bug Bowling Ball Lawn Ornament" class is free if you have 8 ribbons since September 2009.

Don't forget to sign up now for our Metro Park bus trip on August 8, 2010 (rain date is August 15). It's for kids and their parents. Visit our stores for all the information. We only have 24 seats on the bus, so it will fill up fast. Please join us.

AUG: Lady Bug Bowling Ball Lawn Ornament - $10 (or FREE with 8 ribbons)
Amherst: August 14, 2010, 1-3pm
North Ridgeville: August 21, 2010, 1-3pm
From a plain bowling ball to lady bug, that is what we are doing. Wear something that can get paint on it. Sometimes painting can get messy and its not washable paint for this project. Make sure you sign up early to save your seat. If you have a certificate, bring it with you. Show off what ribbons you do have?