Hands on propagation workshop at the home of Susan Stevens - (This is an additional gathering, not a regular meeting.)

14364 Lakeshore Rd, corner of Lakeshore and Stevens Lane

Propagate your own plants from cuttings.  Your own garden is a wealth of potential new plants!  You will learn how to identify the plants that are easiest to propagate as well as eventually plant the plants you create.  You can watch them take root and grow all summer.  They make wonderful gifts, additions to your own garden; or you can donate them to the River Valley Garden Club’s auction or plant sale. Everyone will go home with 2 new plants.

 Prepare to get a little dirty.  Bring:

            2 small pots

            Enough soil to fill the pots

            An old pie pan or flat dish.

Nice to have:

            Small pruning shears

            Gloves

            Small trowel/hand shovel

Cuttings from Hydrangea, Forsythia, Pachysandra, or anything else you want to propagate.  Note: Not all plants will propagate from cuttings.  This process is a little bit of an experiment.

Susan will provide cuttings from Cheyenne Privets and Golden Ninebark, rooting medium, water, and instructions.  We can take a tour of the Stevens’ garden—which has been created mostly from cuttings and donations from the gardens of friends.