Let It Grow

Four workshops for those who dig gardening

Have this wee k ’ s spring- like temperatures made you antsy to start digging in the garden? If you’ve got a case of spring fever, sign up for A Day of Gardening to get ideas for a yard that will make your neighbors envious.

Sponsored by members of the Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs Inc., District III, this gardening seminar is open to rookie as well as experienced gardeners. It will be held in Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in East Ridge from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24.

The seminar’s 50-minute break-out sessions are set for 10 and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Three presentations are offered at each of the three times from which guests may choose.

The nine topics are Native Bees, Propagating Wildflowers, Sustainable Gardening, Disease-Resistant Roses, Botanical Gardens, Roses in the Rear-View Mirror, Mum’s the Word: Heirloom Chrysanthemums, Tablescapes and Bee Native: Why Native Plants Matter.

The $25 fee includes a noon lunch of homemade soups, breads, dessert and drinks.

Registration is limited to 125 people.

For more information, email crymertfgc@gmail.com or call 423-618-4244.

MORE SATURDAY GARDENING CLASSES

› Drinking Shrubs: Bees on a Bicycle, 1909

Market St., 4 p.m., free. Mixologist Keith Walker teaches how to make plant-based drinks. 703-225-9686. › Terrarium Make

and-Take Workshops: The Barn Nursery, 1801 East 24th St. Place, 11 a.m. or 3 p.m., $35 includes container, potting soil, charcoal, colorful stones and a few plants. 423698-2276. › Vegetable Gardening for Beginners: Signal Mountain Nursery, 1100 Hubbard Road, 10 a.m., free but limited space. Call to reserve a seat: 423-886-3174.

STAFF FILE PHOTO A celandine poppy is one of many native plants that add color to a garden.