A free Ask an Expert discussion hosted by the Garden Club of Morgan Park-Beverly Hills is set for Oct. 4 at the Beverly Arts Center.
The Roy Diblik Garden on the west side of the Beverly Arts Center exemplifies sustainable gardening practices. It is maintained by the Garden Club of Morgan Park-Beverly Hills, which is hosting an Ask an Expert program Oct. 4 at the Arts Center.
Besides obtaining an abundance of information from local gardening resources, participants can also enter free raffles to win gardening books. “I got him a Chia Pet,” she said. “It was the dead of winter — January — and all of a sudden there was something coming to life in the house. It was so life changing. We started a garden that summer.”
Those approaches include less mowing, less watering and less fertilizing, having herb gardens near the back door, making use of rain barrels, and devoting available water mostly to growing fruits and vegetables. While neighbors can sometimes disapprove of the less manicured landscapes, Kehoe suggested landscaping practices that can help mitigate objections, including include repetition of plants, layering of plants, positioning trees as a backdrop with shrubs beneath and lower-level plantings in the foreground.Even skeptical neighbors, Kehoe said, are awed “when a butterfly or songbird suddenly appears out of nowhere.
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