Saturday, February 4^th

Big Yields from Small Spaces with George Kingston
You don’t need a huge backyard to reap the reward of growing your own food; there are many ways to maximize the output from even a modest kitchen garden. George will share with us how to use raised beds, containers, and other intensive gardening techniques, including square foot gardening (TM) concepts, to maximize the output from your kitchen garden. Included in his discussion will be garden design, proper soil preparation, plant selection and nutrition along with pest and disease management.

George Kingston has been gardening all his life. His current interests are in kitchen and shade gardening and intensive dwarf fruit cultivation. He is a Master Gardener and past president of the Western Massachusetts Master Gardener Association, and a well known local speaker and writer on gardening topics.

Saturday, February 11^th

Creating a Terrarium with Leslie Phaneuf
Yearning for a winter garden? Create a terrarium. Learn how to select a container, pick the right plants, plant them correctly and add some miniatures or mementos. These miniature gardens are easy to create for lasting pleasure.

Leslie's mom was a passionate gardener who traveled to the ends of the earth to find unusual plants and herbs. Leslie took that passion and began gardening, along with helping friends and family landscape. Taking classes at Tower Hill Botanical lead her to leave sales management and seek her dream. Leslie has owned Annie's for 5 years.

Tuesday, February 14^th

Valentine’s Day
Come celebrate - cards, gift certificates and lots of great gifts. Lots of houseplants including flowering primrose, jasmine, cyclamen, miniature roses and many more. Specialty mixed bouquets and cut roses available beginning February 11th.

Saturday, February 18^th

Seed Starting with Maura Brown
Discover the magic and satisfaction from starting your own seeds! This workshop will cover techniques for successful growing be it small or large quantities. Maura will go over succession planting for longer harvests; transplanting and hardening off; and container gardening with herbs and vegetables.

Maura Brown, greenhouse manager and plant buyer at Annie's, has gardened in one form or another since childhood. From growing tomatoes at 6,000 feet in Idaho (where it can snow twelve months a year!) to a window box of herbs in Manhattan she's always had a patch of earth. In 2004 she returned to UMASS to complete a bachelor of Plant and Soil Science and also apprenticed and managed at a local farm. This is her sixth year at Annie's.

Saturday, February 25^th

Caring for your houseplants with Sarah-Mary Gerchman

Saturday, March 10^th

March Madness: Creative Snack Foods with Snack Foods with Mary Ellen Warchol and Denise Lemay

Saturday and Sunday, March 17^th and 18^th

Welcome Spring Sale
Join us in celebrating Spring by saving 20% off storewide including gift certificates.

Saturday, March 24^th

A Garden for All the Senses with Debbie Windoloski

Saturday, March 31^th

Confessions of a Perennial Salesman with Steve Hebert