Mother’s Day Rose Weekend –

- featuring hundreds of varieties

Saturday, May 10

10AM - General Rose Care and Raffle

with Dan Mooney of Medford Nursery

2:00PM –Soil and Water Conditions for Roses –

with Dr. "Gene" Noto of the Greater Rochester Rose Society and

past New York District Director of the American Rose Society  

 Soil and Water - What are they? -  How and Why they make your plants grow, with special emphasis on growing good roses. Includes structure, texture, pH, the four categories of soil, and why water is so important in rose culture

3:30PM – Rose Culture History: The Quest for Fragrance, Repeat Bloom, and Endurance - with Trish Gannon

Sunday @ 2PM - Fairy Gardens with Jen Evershed –

Fairy Gardens: Create a Miniature Landscape!

Find out how to use plants with fine textures and tiny leaves to create a miniature landscape, otherwise known as a "Fairy Garden" in a container. Get inspired to create the perfect tiny garden complete with tiny paths, a picket fence, or whatever you dream up!  See some fantastic "miniature" plants and accessories! You are only limited by your own imagination.

Sunday @ 3:30AM - Favorite Fragrant and Hardy Roses with Rose Raffle –Trish Gannon

Hosta! Hosta! with Mike Shadrack

June 21 – All-day

Speaking on his newest book, The Timber Press Pocket Guide to Hostas—Michael will lecture and give hands-on workshops.

$5 registration - print form from website, then mail or bring in, OR contact Trish at (585) 223-1212 or trish@waysidegardencenter.com (see below)

10AM - 45 minutes to an hour, plus questions

HOSTA - THE FLOWERING FOLIAGE PLANT

The hosta is the best selling perennial plant in America and this talk covers all aspects of hosta growing, their origins, cultivation tips, breeding and pest control and will introduce some of the newer hosta varieties.

Between 12 noon and 1pm - Mike will be with the Wayside Garden Center collection of retail hostas giving practical advice, growing tips and recommendations.  You will also have an opportunity to meet members of the Genesee Valley Hosta Society and the American Hosta Society.

2PM   45 minutes to an hour plus questions.

LITTLE TREASURES - AN INTRODUCTION TO MINI HOSTAS

Gardens are getting smaller and the time available to care for them is getting less.  One solution is to grow little plants in smaller spaces.  This talk with introduce the mini hostas, of which there are now dozens and dozens, their special needs, how to get the best from them and what other plants look good with them.

Some aspects of hosta care and maintenance will be repeated in both talks.

Mike will have both of his books on sale and will be delighted to sign them--

The Color Encyclopedia of Hosta by Diana Grenfell and Michael Shadrack, Timber Press and The Timber Press Pocket Guide to Hostas by Diana Grenfell and Michael Shadrack