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[Virtual] A Sustainable Rose Garden, August 6, 2026 6:30PM
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Thurs., Aug. 6, 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
This lecture highlights all of the sustainable methods used to inform the recent redesign of the Rose Garden at Brookside Gardens, a 55-acre public garden in Wheaton, MD. Learn about heirloom roses, the importance of a diversified plant palette, and IPM techniques that are crucial to practice when keeping an organic rose garden.
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[Virtual] A Sustainable Rose Garden
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Thurs., Aug. 6 | 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Instructor: Kristin Davey
Live class on Zoom
$25 members and Sustainable Landcare accredited professionals | $30 nonmembers
Objective: Learn crucial practices for maintaining an organic rose garden.
Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: none
This class is an elective in the Ecological Gardening certificate program.
Instructor: Kristin Davey is a Horticulturist at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, MD. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Ornamental Horticulture from SUNY Farmingdale, and is currently finishing her master’s thesis on the introduction of botany as curriculum in women’s schools in the mid 19th century at Sonoma State University in Sonoma, CA. Prior to landing at Brookside, Kristin was living in northern California where she practiced biointensive farming and sustainable horticulture for over a decade. She is a NOFA Accredited Land Care Professional. Kristin lives in Washington, DC where she enjoys reading, walking, cooking, and tending to her little backyard garden with her pup, Shep.
Photo credit: High Country Gardens
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