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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

June 7

House Plant Sale with Ann Amato and Evan Bean

1 p.m. - Join gardeners, garden bloggers and propagators Ann Amato and Evan Bean for a pop-up houseplant sale. These two plant-crazed gardeners are experts at growing all manner of plants, not least of which are incredible and unusual houseplants. Join them for this presentation of the best houseplants for your home, as well as information about some of the plants Joy Creek Nursery grows that can also double as houseplants. They will have their own plants available for sale, so come prepared to take some treasures home with you. Free and open to the public, 20300 NW Watson Rd., Scappoose, Oregon.

June 15

Summer Library Challenge

Young people are invited to help us reach one million points by reading, learning, making, and helping this summer. Participants can log their time online or on paper. Everyone who helps us toward our million-point goal will receive a prize pack after the program concludes, and additional prizes will be given away over the course of the summer. Keep an eye on the Library's Facebook page or website for details as the date gets closer. This summer will be different, but it's going to be fun, and we hope you'll join us!

June 28

Clematis Tour with Maurice Horn

1 p.m. - Over the last twenty-five years, Joy Creek Nursery has been fortunate to be associated with many wonderful clematis hybridizers and collectors.   As a result, the nursery garden contains a wide variety of both climbing and herbaceous forms of clematis from many parts of the world.  This is an opportunity to learn about many clematis that are rarely if ever seen in the trade. Free and open to the public, 20300 NW Watson Rd., Scappoose, Oregon.

July 12

Hydrangea Tour in the Gardens of Joy Creek Nursery & Their Use as Landscape Plants with Maurice Horn

10 a.m. - Joy Creek Nursery houses a large collection of hydrangeas, not only the showy mop-head and lacecap types that are familiar to the public but also less common species, climbing forms and close relatives. Many of these shrubs are more than 20 years old in the garden and will be at their best in July. This tour is designed to acquaint gardeners with the large variety of hydrangeas that are available and to teach good cultural practices. Learn how to use them as not only specimens, but as landscape plants. The tour begins in the cool of the morning at 10 a.m. and will include instructions and best practices for planting and care. Free and open to the public, 20300 NW Watson Rd., Scappoose, Oregon.

August 23

Fuchsia Tour in the Gardens of Joy Creek Nursery with Maurice Horn

10 a.m. - Joy Creek Nursery houses a large collection of hardy fuchsias, we grow more than 100 varieties and have many of those growing in our gardens. We have some specimens that are quite old, proving to be very hardy plants. This tour is designed to acquaint gardeners with the large variety of fuchsias that are available and to teach good cultural practices. Learn how to use them as not only specimens, but as landscape plants. The tour begins in the cool of the morning at 10 a.m. and will include instructions and best practices for planting and care. Free and open to the public, 20300 NW Watson Rd., Scappoose, Oregon.

October 4

Low Water Gardening with Maurice Horn

1 p.m. - The last many years have brought us record cold, record wet and a record hot, dry summer. At Joy Creek Nursery, we have been pleased how well the plants in our low-water and no-water borders have done despite the weather. This is testament to the plants themselves, of course, but also to the soil amendments and preparation that make these borders possible. During this two-hour workshop, Maurice will present in detail various methods for amending soils, appropriate plant choices and ways for combining plants to maintain long-term interest in the garden. There is a $10 cost for this class. Please pay the day of the class in our retail area (the barn). Everyone who attends will receive a coupon good for the same day only to 20% off of plants at the nursery, 20300 NW Watson Rd., Scappoose, Oregon.

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