Make moss wall art, learn how to propagate houseplants: 51 things for plant lovers to try in January | Home & Garden

If “maintain vegetation alive” is considered one of your 2023 resolutions, there are dozens of probabilities to find out about subsequent 12 months’s backyard or dig in and make one thing inexperienced.

All through the Lancaster County space (and digital) are talks about native vegetation, pollinators, digital excursions of gardens around the globe and extra. There are DIY courses for youths and hands-on workshops for adults. Plus there’s a winter tree ID stroll and periods on find out how to develop into a grasp watershed steward and a habitat advocate.

Right here’s a roundup of gardening occasions within the area in January. House is proscribed at a few of these courses and most ask for advance registration, so do not wait if one sounds promising.

Triangle Moss Wall Artwork Joyful Hour Workshop. Tuesday, Jan. 3, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Craft a moss wall hanging with air vegetation at Gallery Develop, 150 N. Prince St. $40, contains supplies to make one framed backyard and three air vegetation. BYOB. Register online. 

Creating Yr-Spherical Curiosity with Native Perennials. Thursday, Jan. 5, 6:30 p.m. In a chat for Lititz Backyard Membership, Grasp Gardener Adam Barkafski will speak about perennial vegetation that look nice year-round. At Lititz Public Library. Register at lititzgardenclub@gmail.com.

Hydrangea floral workshop. Friday, Jan. 6, 8 p.m. (and different dates) On this digital class from Alice’s Desk, make a floral association centered on hydrangea. $85 (contains supplies shipped to your property). Register online.

Winter Terrarium Workshop. Saturday, Jan. 7, 11 a.m. Make a winter-themed terrarium at Ken’s Gardens, 2467 Outdated Philadelphia Pike. $25. Purchase or deliver your personal container. Register online. 

Monarch Butterflies: Kings of Migration. Sunday, Jan. 8, 2-3 p.m. This speak (with a digital choice) from Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Protect shares science and myths about monarchs plus how one can assist. $18. Register online.

Tree Treasures of Lancaster County. Monday, Jan. 9, 7 p.m. Creator Len Eiserer leads this speak for Lancaster County Garden Club at Salem United Church of Christ, 2312 Marietta Ave., Rohrerstown. $5 donation for non-members.

Butterfly Science. Monday, Jan. 9, 7-9 p.m. On this webinar from Wild Ones, discover ways to create a pollinator paradise in your backyard. Free. Register online. 

Pennsylvania Forest Seminar: Local weather-Good Seed Sourcing. Tuesday, Jan. 10, noon-1 p.m. On this digital speak from Penn State Extension, study concerning the impacts of local weather change on Pennsylvania’s forests and the way climate-smart seeds might help restoration. Free. Register online.

Digital Lunchtime Tour: Early Winter Highlights. Tuesday, Jan. 10, noon-12:30 p.m. On this digital occasion from Scott Arboretum tour the positioning’s early winter magnificence. Free. Join online.

Deeper Studying By means of Ecology. Wednesday, Jan. 11, noon-1 p.m. This digital speak from the Ecological Panorama Alliance focuses on how infrastructure and gardening can be utilized in schooling. $10. Register online.

Pollinators and Native Plant Cultivators. Wednesday, Jan. 11, 6:30-8 p.m. This webinar from Mt. Cuba Middle covers the advantages and challenges of utilizing native species and their cultivars. $25. Register online. 

Woods in Your Yard Sequence. Wednesday, Jan. 11, 7 p.m. (begins) On this nine-session webinar from Penn State Extension, discover ways to handle woodlots lower than 10 acres. $50. Register online. 

Design Symposium. Thursday, Jan. 12 and Friday, Jan. 13. This native plant symposium from New Instructions within the American Panorama, Morris Arboretum and Connecticut Faculty Arboretum has a digital choice. $380. Register online.

Grasp Watershed Steward Info Session. Thursday, Jan. 12, 6:30 p.m. (and Jan. 26). On this webinar, find out about Penn State Extension’s watershed program. Free. Register online. 

Tree Communication. Thursday, Jan. 12, 6:30-8 p.m. (begins). On this on-line, three-session class from Atlas Obscura, study the science and mysteries of how bushes talk. $80. Register online. 

Hydrangea floral workshop. Thursday, Jan. 12, 7 p.m. (and extra dates). On this digital class from Alice’s Desk, make a floral preparations with hydrangea. $70 (contains supplies shipped to your property). Register online.

Efficiently Rising Joyful Hydrangeas. Saturday, Jan. 14, 9:30-11 a.m. On this webinar from Penn State Extension, discover ways to develop and prune hydrangeas. $5. Register online. 

Propagation of Houseplants. Saturday, Jan. 14, 10-11:30 a.m. On this webinar from Penn State Extension, study a number of methods to propagate vegetation. $10. Register online. 

Rising Native Crops from Seed. Saturday, Jan. 14, 10 a.m.-noon. On this webinar from Penn State Extension, discover ways to develop native vegetation from seed, indoors and outside. $10. Register online. 

Epiphyte Wall Mount Workshop. Saturday, Jan. 14, 11 a.m. Make a wall-mounted epiphyte at Ken’s Gardens, 2467 Outdated Philadelphia Pike. $35. Register online. 

Winter Wonderland Miniature Shrubs Association Workshop. Saturday, Jan. 14, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Create an out of doors tabletop planter at Ken’s Gardens, 3552 W. Newport Street, Intercourse. $10 deposit goes in direction of mission. Register online. 

Pawpaws to the Individuals. Sunday, Jan. 15, 2-3 p.m. This speak (with a digital choice) from Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Protect focuses on North Americas largest native edible fruit. $18. Register online.

Pasa Sustainable Agriculture Convention. Tuesday, Jan. 17 (begins) The digital pre-conference from Pasa Sustainable Agriculture continues by way of Jan. 19. The convention is pay what you may with non-farmers urged to pay $125. Register online. 

(SOLD OUT) Miniature Zen Backyard Joyful Hour Workshop. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Make a backyard with rocks, moss and sand at Gallery Develop, 150 N. Prince St. $35, contains supplies to make one backyard. BYOB. Register online. 

Make a Seaside Glass Slope planter. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 6 p.m. On this digital class from Plant Nite, make a beachy planter. $15 or $45 additional for provides shipped to your property. Register online.

Pollinator Conservation in Working Landscapes. Wednesday, Jan. 18, noon-1 p.m. This digital speak from the Ecological Panorama Alliance focuses on utilizing panorama corridors to assist pollinators. $10. Register online.

Travels at Twelve: The Botanical (& Different) Wonders of São Miguel. Thursday, Jan. 19, noon-1 p.m. On this digital speak from Scott Arboretum, study extra concerning the largest of the Azores, a sub-tropical Portuguese archipelago within the Atlantic Ocean. Free. Register online. 

A Look Inside the World of Tomato Breeding. Thursday, Jan. 19, 2-3 p.m. This digital speak  from Johnny’s Chosen Seeds explores tomato developments. (bonus: one of many audio system, Daniel Yoder, has roots in Lancaster County). Free. Register online.

Habitat Advocates: Constructing Biodiversity in our Neighborhood. Thursday, Jan. 19, 6-8 p.m. (and different dates). On this speak from Lancaster Conservancy, find out about wildlife habitat and conservation landscaping. $30 (with a decreased value choice). This class is a prerequisite for upcoming habitat advocate courses. Register online.

Winter Whites floral workshop. Thursday, Jan. 19, 8 p.m. On this digital class from Alice’s Desk, make a floral association made with winter whites. $70 (contains supplies shipped to your property). Register online.

New beekeeper workshop. Saturday, Jan. 21, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. with Lancaster County Beekeepers Society at The Gathering Place, 6 Pine St., Mount Pleasure. $90, contains meals and a one-year membership to the society. Register online or on the door (if seats can be found, $10 additional).

Fashionable Succulent Planter Workshop. Saturday, Jan. 21, 11 a.m. Make a succulent planter at Ken’s Gardens, 2467 Outdated Philadelphia Pike. $45. Register online. 

Winter Airplant Wreath Workshop. Saturday, Jan. 21, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Create an airplant wreath on a gold ring hoop at Ken’s Gardens, 3552 W. Newport Street, Intercourse. $40. Register online. 

Placing Crops to Work. Saturday, Jan. 21, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. This webinar from Mt. Cuba Middle covers creating lovely and multi-tasking out of doors areas. $25. Register online. 

Preserving Tradition By means of Gardening. Sunday, Jan. 22, 2-3 p.m. This speak (with a digital choice) from Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Protect focuses on a Philadelphia group backyard for refugees. $18. Register online.

Joanne Walkovic Memorial Lecture: Useful Planting, Creating Adaptive Plant Programs. Sunday, Jan. 23, 2-4:30 p.m. On this speak from Scott Arboretum and the Hardy Plant Society’s Mid-Atlantic chapter with a digital choice, panorama architect Thomas Rainer shares find out how to layer vegetation in biodiverse assemblages. Free. Register online. 

How Can Cowl Crops Enhance Soil Well being? Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2-3 p.m. This webinar from Rodale Institute explores the advantages of canopy crops. Free. Register online.

Travels at Twelve: Visiting Gardens and Nurseries in Denmark. How Hygge is That? Thursday, Jan. 26, noon-1 p.m. On this digital speak from Scott Arboretum, study extra concerning the Danish gardens. Free. Register online. 

Bonsai Fundamentals: A Botanical Primer. Thursday, Jan. 26, 1 p.m. On this assembly of the Ladies’s Backyard Membership of Lancaster County, Ryan Wagner will speak bonsai. At St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 301 St. Thomas Street, Lancaster. $5 donation for company.

Digital Moss Wall with Air Plant workshop. Thursday, Jan. 26, 6:30-7:30 p.m. On this digital workshop from Terrarium Remedy, make a framed moss wall with dwell air vegetation. $80-96, contains supplies shipped to your property. Register online. 

Altering Local weather as Noticed in a Suburban Yard. Saturday, Jan. 28, 10 a.m.-noon. On this webinar from Penn State Extension, learn the way local weather change impacts the expansion of vegetation, wildlife and bugs. $5. Register online. 

Winter Terrarium Workshop. Saturday, Jan. 28, 1-2:30 p.m. Create an miniature terrarium planter at Ken’s Gardens, 3552 W. Newport Street, Intercourse. $40. Register online. 

Honeycomb Moss Wall Artwork Workshop. Saturday, Jan. 28, 11 a.m. Make a dangling moss wall in a honeycomb-shaped body at Ken’s Gardens, 2467 Outdated Philadelphia Pike. $60. Register online. 

Winter Plant and Tree ID. Saturday, Jan. 28, 1-4 p.m. Learn to ID vegetation and bushes within the winter at Horn Farm Middle, 4945 Horn Street, Hallam. $35. Register online. 

Suet Cake Making Workshop. Saturday, Jan. 28, 2 p.m. Learn to make suet truffles at Ken’s Gardens, 2467 Outdated Philadelphia Pike. $10. For youths and grownups. Register online. 

Take a one-hour guided tour of Hershey Gardens with biologist Ray Barbehenn. Sunday, Jan. 29, noon- 1 p.m. Free with backyard admission.

Therapeutic Energy of Crops: The Roots of Horticultural Remedy. Sunday, Jan. 29, 2-3 p.m. This speak (with a digital choice) from Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Protect focuses on horticultural remedy. $18. Register online.

Winter Wonderings: Doesn’t Grass Simply Develop by Itself? Monday, Jan. 30, 6:30-8 p.m. On this webinar from Penn State Extension, discover ways to look after the grass in your yard. $10. Register online. 

Epiphyte Wall Mount Joyful Hour Workshop. Tuesday, Jan. 31, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Craft a residing murals at Gallery Develop, 150 N. Prince St. $35, contains supplies to make one wall mounted planter. BYOB. Register online. 

Ongoing:

Floral Design 1, 2 and three. These on-line self-paced course from Longwood Gardens advances your floral design expertise. $99 every. Register on-line. (1, 2, 3)

And searching into February:

100 Crops to Feed the Monarch Butterflies. Wednesday, Feb. 1, noon-1 p.m. This digital speak from the Ecological Panorama Alliance focuses monarch conservation. $10. Register online.

Travels at Twelve: Touring by way of Tennessee. Thursday, Feb. 2, noon-1 p.m. On this digital speak from Scott Arboretum, study extra about gardens all through Tennessee. Free. Register online. 

Orchid show and sale from Susquehanna Orchid Society at Hershey Gardens. Friday, Feb. 3-Sunday, Feb. 5, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free with admission to the gardens. A members-only preview is on Thursday, Feb. 2. 

As we speak’s Horticulture Symposium. Friday, Feb. 3, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. This convention from the Skilled Gardener Alumni Affiliation explores horticultural developments, points and concepts plus a plant sale. $149 (digital registration is $54). Register online.

Winter Tree Identification Stroll with Lancaster Conservancy at Climbers Run Nature Middle. Saturday, Feb. 4, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Learn to determine bushes within the winter. $5. Register online. 

Up to date Farmhouse Wreath Workshop. Saturday, Feb. 4, 11 a.m.-noon. Create a hoop wreath embellished with dried flowers and ribbon at Ken’s Gardens, 2467 Outdated Philadelphia Pike. $40. Register online. 

Therapeutic Energy of Crops: Forest Medication. Sunday, Feb. 5, 2-3 p.m. This speak (with a digital choice) from Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Protect focuses utilizing forest herbs in conventional and mondern herbalism. $18. Register online.

Winter Wonderings: Creating an Edible Panorama Monday, Feb. 6, 6:30-8 p.m. On this webinar from Penn State Extension, discover ways to create a panorama that appears lovely and is edible. $10. Register online. 

Studying Collectively: Magnificent Mossarium. On this on-line class from Longwood Gardens, make a terrarium crammed with moss. For youngsters ages 5-10 and adults. $55 contains provides despatched to your property. Register online.