Home and Garden and Floral Design

Continuing Education and Community Services

What Bugs You in the Vegetable Garden
After all the hard work of preparing and planting a home vegetable garden, sooner or later it is attacked by insects and diseases. This course will teach how to recognize common harmful pests of common vegetable crops. The time to best control pests will be highlighted, along with cultural tactics. Pest control methods have come a long way from the days when pest control meant reaching for a can of insecticide and zapping the offender. Today many natural, inexpensive methods are available to fight diseases, insect pests, and unwanted intruders in the garden without the use of chemicals or other harmful deterrents. Plants can also suffer from diseases just like people. Identifying and treating vegetable disease can be one of the most challenging aspects of vegetable gardening. With a little knowledge however, you can learn to be your own "plant doctor", preventing and treating many common vegetable diseases.
Fee: $15 Reg Fee: $6 Total: $21
HOM 054 L1 Thurs 6:30pm-8:30pm June 14 D Fiola Valley Mall 3

Fall Vegetable Gardening
Much time and energy is spent on planting a home vegetable garden in the spring. But Fall is an excellent time to grow many vegetable crops. During this season the gardener can take advantage of cooler temperatures and more plentiful moisture. Fall gardening helps extend your gardening season so that you can continue to harvest produce after earlier crops have faded. Many vegetable crops are well-adapted to planting in late summer for a fall harvest. Vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts are better adapted to fall gardening, since they produce best quality and flavor when they can mature during cooler weather. In addition, many spring-planted crops such as lettuce and spinach tend to bolt and become bitter in response to the long, hot summer days and do extremely well as a fall crop. Topics such as watering, mulching, frost protection and season extension will also be covered.
Fee: $45 Reg Fee: $6 Total: $51
Senior Adult Fee: $35 Reg Fee: $6 Total: $41
HOM 039 B Thurs 6:30pm-8:30pm Aug 23-30 D Fiola Valley Mall 3

Low Maintenance Landscaping
Trees, shrubs, and flowers are not always chosen and planted with maintenance considerations in mind. Creating a low maintenance, vigorous home landscape is easy when you learn steps to save time, pesticides, and money. Learn what to do with inferior, overgrown, pest-prone, or high maintenance plants. Learn to select the appropriate "cultivar", particularly those that are pest-resistant. Learn which native plants perform best in our area, based upon specific climatic requirements. Cultural steps to improve plant health whilst reducing pest attack will also be covered, as well as time-saving landscape maintenance and design tips.
Fee: $45 Reg Fee: $6 Total: $51
Senior Adult Fee: $35 Reg Fee: $6 Total: $41
HOM 019 A Thurs 6:30pm-9pm July 5-12 Valley Mall 6

Designing with Style
This new series of interior design workshops focuses on window treatments, bathroom and kitchen remodeling, and developing your own designing style. Series units may be purchased individually - see courses below.
Fee: $55 Reg Fee: $6 Total: $61
HOM 047 L1   Tues   6:30pm-8:30pm   June 5-26   V Hrabal   Oak Hill Interior Design

What Is Your Style?
Let Vickie Hrabal walk you through the world of interior design! What is your style? How do you tell someone what you are looking for? This class will help you define your own unique design style. You will be able to shop or speak to a designer with confidence. Information in this course applies to any room in the house. Topics to be discussed are: formal or casual, high maintenance or low, French Country or Louis XVI, Modern, Arts & Crafts, Retro, Vintage and others.
Fee: $15 Reg Fee: $6 Total: $21
HOM 048 L1   Tues   6:30pm-8:30pm   June 5   V Hrabal   Oak Hill Interior Design

What Do I Do With These Windows?
This course will explore the options for dressing your windows relating to function and appearance. Topics discussed: blinds verses shades, controlling the weather from the inside, fabric treatments, hardware, problem windows, how to measure, and building your look on a budget.
Fee: $15 Reg Fee: $6 Total: $21
HOM 049 L1   Tues   6:30pm-8:30pm   June 12   V Hrabal   Oak Hill Interior Design

Bathroom Remodeling Basics
What is involved in remodeling a bathroom? Are you ready for a quick change or thinking of a full room remodeling. Whether doing it yourself or talking with a professional this class will help you to start your plans off right! Topics include: cabinetry, plumbing, lighting, tile, color schemes, countertops and timetables.
Fee: $15 Reg Fee: $6 Total: $21
HOM 050 L1   Tues   6:30pm-8:30pm   June 19   V Hrabal   Oak Hill Interior Design

Kitchen Remodeling Basics
What is involved in remodeling a kitchen? Big change or small, Vickie Hrabal will guide you through the basics. Whether planning the process out for a do-it-yourself job or pulling your thoughts together to talk with a professional, this class will help you with the steps to starting your project. Topics include: cabinetry, plumbing, lighting, backsplash and flooring options, color schemes, countertops and timetables, appliances and the functional differences for this "heart of the home" room.
Fee: $15 Reg Fee: $6 Total: $21
HOM 051 L1   Tues   6:30pm-8:30pm   June 26   V Hrabal   Oak Hill Interior Design

Clear Your Clutter
Join Joleen Spicker, accredited Home Staging Professional and Feng Shui Consultant, for this great class based on the author Karen Flingston's book Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui. This 2-hour presentation will help you understand and identify clutter, providing techniques to clear clutter today!
Fee: $15 Reg Fee: $6 Total: $21
ANE 247 A WEd 6pm-8pm July 11 J Spickler Valley Mall 4

Previously offered courses

History of Your House
Have you ever wanted to learn about the history and architecture of your house or a building that interests you? Have you ever wondered how to place a building on the National Register? Christine Toms will guide you through the process of reading deeds, wills, census records, city directories, and other reference tools to research the history of your property. Whether you are interested in area history, researching the lore of your own home, or the potential purchase or selling of property, this course will help you gain the basic research tools for success.
Fee: $86 Senior Adult Fee: $56

Growing Vegetables That Generally Money Can't Buy!
Join Horticultural specialist Sandy Scott for this interesting course! Spring is just around the corner! Get your garden motors started! Sandy Scott has developed this interesting class given completely to selecting and growing vegetables generally not grown in the basic vegetable garden and difficult to find fresh in the supermarket.
We all love many of the heritage, family-plot grown vegetables such as artichokes, brussel sprouts, horseradish, kohlrabi, leek, shallot, rhubarb, rutabaga, salsify, soybeans and sweet potatoes to name a few. Now is the time to learn the basics to support these usual and unusual vegetables in your garden this spring and summer.
Fee: $36

Perennial Gardening
Learn how to grow and care for perennials plants that will give you years of enjoyment. Understand the basics of planning, soil preparation, plant selection, planting, maintenance and propagation. Plus, get the inside scoop on proven performers.
Fee: $21

Conservation Landscaping
Learn how to create gardens that preserve habitat and conserve recources. Discover how you can cut your water use in half, recycle yard waste for free and manage insects with organic products. Learn how to incorporate native plants and create wildlife-friendly gardens.
Fee: $36

Clear Your Clutter
Join Jodi Spickler, Feng Shui Practitioner and Accredited Stating Professional for this great class based on the author Karen Flingston's book, Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui. This 2-hour presentation and discussion will help you understand, identify, and clear the clutter.
Fee: $21

Clear the Clutter Part II
Join Jodi Spickler, Feng Shui Practitioner and Accredited Stating Professional for this great class based on the author Peter Walsh's book "It's All Too Much". Focus will be on the Master Bedroom, Family and Living Rooms, and Kitchen.
Fee: $21

Wildflowers
We all appreciate the beauty of wildflowers in a natural setting. Join Sandy Scott for this great new class focusing on the cultivation of wildflowers in your home garden this spring. Most wildflowers are insect- and disease-tolerant and do not require special care. Let Sandy show you how easy wildflowers are to grow!
Fee: $21

Growing Your Own Fruit: Fruit Trees and Small Fruit
One of the greatest rewards a home gardener can have is to pick your own fruit. However, in many cases the reward occurs after much work. Join Sandy Scott, retired Washington County horticulture consultant for this valuable two session course on Growing Your Own Fruit.The first class will cover the small fruits. Fruit in this unit include Brambles (raspberries and blackberries), Strawberries, Blueberries and Grapes. The second class will focus on growing fruit trees. The class will cover planting site, pollination, varieties, soil fertility, insects, diseases and pruning. Tree fruit information will be given on Apples, Pears, Peaches, Cherries and Plums. Reap the benefits this summer by taking the time this spring to learn the basics of growing your own fruit.
Fee: $36

Floral Design
Join floral designer and historic garden specialist Denny Warrenfeltz for this wonderful class that will bring together your creative senses! The many layers of floral arrangement will be explored in this insightful class. We will begin with several sessions focusing on decorating your home with beautiful florals to brighten every room in the winter season, as well as an exploration of arranging silk flowers for a lasting impression. The closing sessions will focus on the spring season ahead, creating lasting arrangements that will surely please your guests and family. Bring your friends and give yourself a treat! You deserve it! Supplies to be discussed during the first session and may be purchased from instructor. Cost dependent upon your choice of materials.
Fee: $91 Senior Adult Fee: $57

Flower Gardening in Fall! Annuals and Perennials
Join horticultural specialist Sandy Scott for this course! The fall month of October is a great time to enjoy those last few flowers and dream of your garden in bloom next spring. Perennials planted in October will develop a strong root system and provide an abundant floral display for next year's garden. This session will cover various methods of dividing, seeding, propagating and planting your favorite perennials and annuals.
Fee: $26

Lawn Care
This course is for homeowners who wish to expand their knowledge of lawn care. Do you want to learn how to recover from the dought-season trauma to your lawn? Learn the basic management practices used to prepare and maintain a healthy lawn. Turfgrass management is presented with a focus on both establishment and maintenance, from both the ideal perspective and the practical. The class will cover soil testing procedures, fertilizer practices, and an overview of turfgrass varieties and their use in different situations. Also included are lawn maintenance practices: mowing, cultivation for the relief of compaction, topdressing and irrigation techniques, renovation procedures, and weed control options (including the common broadleaf and grassy weeds of turf and preventative strategies, as well as herbicide uses and limitations).
Fee: $21

Nuisance Pest
Stinkbugs getting to you? This class is for people who want to acquire the skills and knowledge needed to identify the presence of common nuisance pests in households, buildings and surrounding areas. Identification, life history, and preventative management techniques will be discussed on the brown marmorated stickbug, Asian lady beetles, box elder bugs, clover mites, crickets, and millipedes. Appropriate pesticide treatments and advice on pest prevention and control will be discussed, including interior and exterior insecticide usage as well as alternatives to pesticides.
Fee: $21

For more information, contact Anne Myers at 240-500-2582, or e-mail acmyers@hagerstowncc.edu.