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
Feb./March Saturday mornings online
Dates: Feb. 25, March 4, 11 & 18
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 Feb. 18, 2023
March Thursday evenings online
Dates: March 9, 16, 23 & 30
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 March 2, 2023
March/April Monday evenings online
Dates: March 20, 27 & April 3, 10
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 March 13, 2023
March/April Wednesday evenings online
Dates: March 29 & April 5, 12, 19
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 March 22, 2023
April/May Wednesday evenings online
Dates: April 12, 19, 26 & May 3
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 April 5, 2023
April/May Saturday mornings (location TBD)
Dates: April 22, 29, May 6 & 13
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 April 15, 2023
May Tuesday evenings (location TBD)
Dates: May 9, 16, 23 & 30
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 May 2, 2023
May/June Thursday evenings (location TBD)
Dates: May 18, 25, June 1 & 8
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 May 11, 2023
May/June Wednesday evenings (location TBD)
Dates: May 31, June 7, 14, 21
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 May 24, 2023