Design Your Yard workshops
Courses now online!
Not sure what to do with your new yard? Need to reimagine your mature yard?
Learn how to create a well-thought-out, functional yard in this multi-day workshop. Homeowners will work on scale layouts of their own properties and complete step-by-step tasks to create a design that meets their needs.
Participants will learn:
- How to work through the process to develop a yard design
- How to apply basic design principles and techniques for creating a beautiful, environmentally responsible, functional yard
- Basic graphic skills and plant knowledge
- How to calculate volumes of soil and mulch using online calculators and how to access resources in the community (such as free compost from the City)
- Best practices for irrigation of their yard
- How to select plants at a garden centre to fulfill their yard design's requirements
Participants will need:
- Property dimensions - Real Property Report (RPP)
- Graph paper, ruler, pencil and eraser
- Wish list of requirements
- Photos for your wish list
March Sundays Online
Dates: Mar 6, 13 & 20
Location: This course will be delivered online using Zoom so participants can see and speak to the instructor and classmates, making it an interactive experience
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. each day
How to register: Visit the Calgary Horticultural Society registration page. Registration for this workshop will close Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022
March Thursdays Online
Dates: Mar 17, 24 & 31
Location: This course will be delivered online using Zoom so participants can see and speak to the instructor and classmates, making it an interactive experience
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. each day
How to register: Visit the Calgary Horticultural Society registration page Registration for this workshop will close Thursday, March 10, 2022
March/April Monday Evenings
Dates: Mar 28, April 4 & 11
Location: This course will be delivered online using Zoom so participants can see and speak to the instructor and classmates, making it an interactive experience
Time: 6:30 pm to 9 p.m. each day
How to register: Visit the Calgary Horticultural Society registration page Registration for this workshop will close Monday, March 21st, 2022
April Wednesdays Online
Dates: April 13, 20 & 27
Location: This course will be delivered online using Zoom so participants can see and speak to the instructor and classmates, making it an interactive experience
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. each day
How to register: Registration will open soon on the Calgary Horticultural Society Event Calendar. Registration for this workshop will close Wednesday April 6, 2022
April/May Saturdays Online
Dates: April 23, 30 & May 7
Location: This course will be delivered online using Zoom so participants can see and speak to the instructor and classmates, making it an interactive experience
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. each day
How to register: Registration will open soon on the Calgary Horticultural Society Event Calendar. Registration for this workshop will close Saturday April 16, 2022
May Wednesdays Online
Dates: May 11, 18 & 25
Location: This course will be delivered online using Zoom so participants can see and speak to the instructor and classmates, making it an interactive experience
Time: 6:30 pm to 9 p.m. each day
How to register: Registration will open soon on the Calgary Horticultural Society Event Calendar. Registration for this workshop will close Wednesday May 4, 2022
May Long Online
Dates: May 21, 22 & 23
Location: This course will be delivered online using Zoom so participants can see and speak to the instructor and classmates, making it an interactive experience
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. each day
How to register: Registration will open soon on the Calgary Horticultural Society Event Calendar. Registration for this workshop will close Saturday May 14, 2022
May/June Tuesdays Online
Dates: Tuesdays May 31, June 7 & 14
Location: This course will be delivered online using Zoom so participants can see and speak to the instructor and classmates, making it an interactive experience
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. each day
How to register: Visit Registration will open soon on the Calgary Horticultural Society Event Calendar. Registration for this workshop will close Tuesday May 24, 2022