Hues of the Garden

This spring don’t hesitate to splash your garden with the maximum color effect. It can get tricky when selecting the right plant combinations. But the San Francisco Botanical Garden has a solution for all of your hue worries. The Botanical Garden is offering, The Garden in Color (Color Studies: Plant Combinations Using Colorist Techniques) beginning in January. The class will be taught through lectures, slides and workshops by Instructor Cherie Wetzel.

Here is what you will learn:

· Specific color groups of plants
· Munsell Color system
· Commonly used color combinations of plants and the secrets of their success or failure
· Gain an understanding of the steps, materials, and maintenance necessary for continuing

color in the garden throughout the year
· Analyze cellular structure, tissue transparency, chlorophylla and the effects of light on plant

material

All levels are welcome and class will be in session every Tuesday from Jan. 27 - Mar.17 from 9:30a.m.-12:00p.m. Members cost $150.00 and nonmembers cost $175.00. For more information visit http://www.sfbotanicalgardensociety.org/.

~Shaneia Caldwell~

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