Seminar Information Details
Hooper's Garden Center

Saturday March 6, 2010, 1:30 PM
Perennial Gardening in Northwestern Montana

Valuable information for growing healthy perennial flowers with an emphasis on low maintenance. Professional advice and techniques for planning, making plant and material selections, preparation and maintaining your perennials.
Saturday March 13, 2010, 1:30 PM
Getting Started Early With Seeds

Learn to enjoy the satisfaction of starting plants from seed. Invaluable information and techniques for getting your gardening started early. Draw from over thirty years of seed starting knowledge. Tips and tricks throughout the seminar. A great seminar for experienced and beginner gardeners.
Saturday March 20, 2010, 10:00 AM
Getting Started Early With Seeds

Learn to enjoy the satisfaction of starting plants from seed. Invaluable information and techniques for getting your gardening started early. Draw from over thirty years of seed starting knowledge. Tips and tricks throughout the seminar. A great seminar for experienced and beginner gardeners.
Saturday March 20, 2010, 1:30 PM
Make the Most of Your Outdoor Living Space & Maximize Curb Appeal

Fresh and creative ideas for your landscape, garden, porch, and deck. Professional advice and techniques for planning and maintaining a low maintenance landscape that matches your personal style right here in NW Montana. How to effectively plan, make plant and material selections, prepare and maintain your personal landscape. Valuable information whether you have a new yard or you are renovating an old one. Great ways to make your outdoor living as comfortable as your indoor living.
Saturday March 27, 2010, 10:00 AM
Perennial Gardening in Northwestern Montana

Valuable information for growing healthy perennial flowers with an emphasis on low maintenance. Professional advice and techniques for planning, making plant and material selections, preparation and maintaining your perennials.
Saturday March 27, 2010, 1:30 PM
Vegetable Gardening

Checked out the prices in the grocery stores lately? Concerned about the safety of the food you eat? How long have you been without Taste in your vegetables? Maybe it is time to start growing some of your own vegetables. Join us as we discuss traditional and container vegetable growing. Advantages and disadvantages to both methods; as well as, the importance of proper nutrition, pH, and timing.
Saturday April 3, 2010, 1:30 PM
Selection and Care of Ornamental Trees and Shrubs for NW Montana

Trees and shrubs can add beauty and value to any landscape. With so many options available, determining which trees and shrubs to plant can be a difficult decision. Helpful advice on what trees and shrubs will do best for your specific needs now and in the future. How to achieve the most value from your landscape with the least amount of maintenance. Join us as we discuss trees and shrubs to avoid, and which ones perform best for our area of Montana.
Saturday April 10, 2010, 10:00 AM
Vegetable Gardening

Checked out the prices in the grocery stores lately? Concerned about the safety of the food you eat? How long have you been without Taste in your vegetables? Maybe it is time to start growing some of your own vegetables. Join us as we discuss traditional and container vegetable growing. Advantages and disadvantages to both methods; as well as, the importance of proper nutrition, pH, and timing.
Saturday April 10, 2010, 1:30 PM
Selection and Care of Fruit Trees/Shrubs for Northwestern Montana

Trees and shrubs can add beauty and value to any landscape. With so many options available, determining which trees and shrubs to plant can be a difficult decision. Helpful advice on what trees and shrubs will do best for your specific needs now and in the future. How to achieve the most value from your landscape with the least amount of maintenance. Join us as we discuss trees and shrubs to avoid, and which ones perform best for our area of Montana.
Saturday April 17, 2010, 1:30 PM
Creating Beautiful Hanging Baskets and Containers

How to create breathtaking hanging baskets and containers yourself. Learn which plants perform best for your unique situation. Professional advice on materials, plant selection, fertilization and maintenance for long-lasting beauty and low maintenance. Learn how to use the many new plant varieties that are available to the gardener.
Saturday September 11, 2010, 11:00 AM
Hooper`s Customer Appreciation Day

Autumn is a great time for an old fashioned harvest celebration. Please join us as we thank you our customers for another great year of gardening and your wonderful support of Hooper`s Garden Center. Specials throughout the day in all departments.
Saturday September 11, 2010, 1:30 PM
Summer Bedding Plant Rewind

An Autumn perspective on Bedding Plants. How did everything work in your garden this past summer? Are you new to the Flathead and are unsure what Bedding plants to plant? Have you been unsuccessful with your flowerbeds and want something sure to work? Are you tired of using the same old plants and want to try something new but don`t know what to use? Well, this is the seminar for you. What can you learn from your successes and failures? All this and more will be covered with specific information on what works best for our Flathead Valley.
Saturday September 18, 2010, 1:30 PM
A Gardener's Guide To Autumn Planting

Find out why autumn is such a great time to plant trees, shrubs, and perennials. Fall is also a great time for adding a splash of autumn color with Mums, Cabbage, Kale, Sedum, Pansies and Ornamental Grasses. Learn how to get the most from your gardens for Fall display. Professional advice on autumn lawn care. Please join us as we discuss Autumn Gardening and how to make the most from Fall Color Plantings to brighten the remaining time we have left and a brighter outlook next spring.
Saturday September 25, 2010, 1:30 PM
Basic Landscaping Design and Installation

Professional advice and techniques for planning and maintaining a low maintenance landscape in NW Montana. How to effectively plan, make plant and material selections, prepare and maintain your personal landscape. Valuable information whether you have a new yard or renovating an old one. Doing it correct the first time for long term satisfaction and savings. Join us as we discuss how to create a beautiful low maintenance landscape in your yard.
Saturday October 2, 2010, 1:30 PM
Preparing Your Gardens, Shrubs and Trees for Winter

Montana winters are hard on plants, what you do now will greatly help your gardens and landscape through the difficult winter months. What you should and should not be doing for Annual and Vegetable Gardens, Perennials, Shrubs, Trees, Lawns, and Roses. Everything from fertilizing to watering. A little work now with big results next year.
Saturday October 9, 2010, 1:30 PM
Vegetable Gardening

How did everything work out with your vegetable gardening this year? Did you get a positive return on your time and energy investment? Proper Nutrition, pH, Alkaline Water, proper timing are all key components to maximizing your crops. Join us as we discuss specific information on making the most from growing vegetables at home. Traditional and container vegetable growing will be discussed with the advantages and disadvantages to both methods. Prepare now for a great start next spring.
Saturday October 16, 2010, 1:30 PM
Fall Bulb Planning and Planting

Spring bulbs are making a big comeback recently and now is the time to plant. Learn how to plant bulbs now to get eye stopping beauty in the spring. From Naturalizing to Forcing, come see how simple and easy planting bulbs can be. Professional advice and techniques for whatever your gardening experience. Full discussion on indoor forcing and container gardening with Bulbs. Learn how to have spring indoors throughout the winter months.
Saturday October 23, 2010, 1:30 PM
2011 New Plant Varieties Premier

Looking for something new and exciting for your landscape. Tired of the same plants and are looking for a new look. Well this seminar is just your ticket. This seminar is devoted to more hardy, colorful,insect/disease resistant, longer blooming, compact, and vibrant plant varieties that have recently been introduced on the market. 2011 promises to be one of the best years yet for new introductions with new Trees, Shrubs, Fruits, Berries and Perennials. Please stop in and join Bill Sutton of Bailey Nurseries and Hooper`s as together we introduce some of the new plant premiers that are suitable to our area.
Saturday October 30, 2010, 1:30 PM
Fall & Winter Pruning

Learn what to prune and what not to prune at this time of year. Professional advice on how to get the most out of your Trees, Shrubs and Perennials. Topics will include structural pruning, making proper pruning cuts, locating dead wood without foliage, spring pruning, and much more. Don’t make mistakes, do it the correct way the first time.

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