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Garden workshops with Halloween spirit


Monstera is the appropriate theme of the paint-a-plant workshop at The Secret Garden on Saturday. (Photo courtesy The Secret Garden)

The Secret Garden offers three this week

In the mood for some Halloween-inspired garden fun? The Secret Garden in Elk Grove will host three workshops this week in tune to the season.

Thursday, Oct. 24, create a creepy place to plant something during the “Unhappy Hour Cemeterrarium” workshop. At 6 p.m., learn how to make a terrarium with a Halloween edge, such as a mini desert scene with skulls.

Discover tricks of putting together a succulent terrarium while enjoying some treats. For the $39 class fee, container, soil, rocks and plants are provided with a discount coupon toward extra decorations. Snacks and beverages are provided; bring your own adult beverage if desired.

At 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, a paint-a-plant workshop will focus on Monstera, a tropical favorite with an evocative name. Local muralist Macy Martinez will teach how to create an all-weather piece of art. The $59 class fee covers all materials and instruction. Coffee, tea and doughnuts will be served.

At 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, “Mosaic 101: Cactus” offers another artistic medium for garden art. Create an 8-inch mosaic of this prickly subject. The $50 registration fee covers all materials and instruction for this three-hour workshop. Bring a snack for break time. This is a messy class, so dress appropriately.

The Secret Garden is located at 8450 W. Stockton Blvd., Elk Grove. To reserve a spot, sign up at:
www.secretgarden-online.com/workshops/

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Get out early to enjoy those nice mornings. There’s plenty to keep gardeners busy:

* Warm weather brings rapid growth in the vegetable garden, with tomatoes and squash enjoying the heat. Deep-water, then feed with a balanced fertilizer. Bone meal or rock phosphate can spur the bloom cycle and help set fruit.

* Generally, tomatoes need deep watering two to three times a week, but don’t let them dry out completely. Inconsistent soil moisture can encourage blossom-end rot.

* It’s not too late to transplant tomatoes, peppers or eggplant.

* From seed, plant corn, melons, pumpkins, radishes, squash and sunflowers.

* Plant basil to go with your tomatoes.

* Transplant summer annuals such as petunias, marigolds and zinnias.

* It’s also a good time to transplant perennial flowers including astilbe, columbine, coneflowers, coreopsis, dahlias, rudbeckia, salvia and verbena.

* Feed camellias, azaleas and other acid-loving plants. Mulch to conserve moisture and reduce heat stress.

* Cut back Shasta daisies after flowering to encourage a second bloom in the fall.

* Trim off dead flowers from rose bushes to keep them blooming through the summer. Roses also benefit from deep watering and feeding now. A top dressing of aged compost will keep them happy. It feeds as well as keeps roots moist.

* Pinch back chrysanthemums for bushier plants with many more flowers in September.

* Tie up vines and stake tall plants such as gladiolus and lilies. That gives their heavy flowers some support.

* Dig and divide crowded bulbs after the tops have died down.

* Feed summer flowers with a slow-release fertilizer.

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