Get expert landscaping tips to help you create the yard and garden you’ve always wanted!

Don Engebretson, The Renegade Gardener, is a former Field Editor and garden scout for Better Homes and Gardens magazine and writes for a variety of newspapers and magazines across the country. He spent time as gardening guru on the HGTV hit show, TIPical Mary Ellen and worked as a landscape design expert on the popular PBS program, HOMETIME. A professional landscape designer, Don has a witty, insightful take on the state of gardening in America today. He preaches that the joy of gardening comes from experimentation, and a passion for gardening comes from failing, laughing, succeeding and learning. Attend one of his seminars for tips and techniques on how to become a better gardener.

Gardening for the Birds, Bees & Butterflies
It’s the number one trend in gardening, and in this concise and authoritative talk, Don presents not just the procedures but the best plants and design tips to create an essential sanctuary for pollinators as well as our larger feathered friends. Attendees will receive valuable handouts with details on the best native pollinator perennials for the St. Louis area, best trees and shrubs for bird habitat, plus best local resources for plants and information.

Twelve Pro Landscaper's Tips I Bet You Don't Know
What do professional landscapers know about gardening that you don’t? Plenty. Can you choose the healthiest tree or shrub at your nursery from the eight seemingly identical plants in the row? Know how to plant a gorgeous perennial garden without drawing little circles on paper? Or how to dig a proper hole, for that matter? Don will share insights gleaned from his decades of experience in this informative presentation. If you DO know all twelve, you’ll win a prize!

Stage Schedule:
Friday
12:00   Twelve Pro Landscaper’s Tips I Bet You Don’t Know
2:30     Gardening for the Birds, Bees & Butterflies
5:00     Twelve Pro Landscaper’s Tips I Bet You Don’t Know

Saturday
12:00   Gardening for the Birds, Bees & Butterflies
2:30     Twelve Pro Landscaper’s Tips I Bet You Don’t Know
5:00     Gardening for the Birds, Bees & Butterflies
 
Sunday
11:30   Twelve Pro Landscaper’s Tips I Bet You Don’t Know
1:30     Gardening for the Birds, Bees & Butterflies
3:30     Twelve Pro Landscaper’s Tips I Bet You Don’t Know