This spring and summer, ‘green thumbs’ and green-thumb-wannabes can expand their knowledge with gardening and landscaping courses at Tri-C’s Eastern and Western Campuses, and at the Petitti Garden Center in Strongsville. The courses are sponsored by Tri-C’s Office of Community Continuing Education in partnership with Petitti Garden Centers. Course titles, start dates, locations and fees are as follows:

Course Eastern Western Petitti’s Fee Campus Campus Strongsville Pruning Skills for the Gardener May 16 June 16 $119 Trees and Shrubs April 2 March 27 $125 Plant Disease and Pest Control July 11 May 19 $169 Botany for Gardeners May 7 $169 Landscape Design Solutions March 24 April 14 $164 (plus supplies) Perennials for Problem Areas April 23 April 17 $89 Organic Lawn Treatment March 24 $69 Working with Annuals May 2 May 5 $59 Herb & Fairy Gardens May 1 May 8 $74 (includes supplies) Annuals & Tropicals May 22 May 15 $59 plus supplies from Petitti’s Working with Perennials May 24 June 9 $59 Combination Perennial Planters May 31 June 12 $59 plus supplies from Petitti’s Rain Gardens June 6 June 23 $39 Participants can receive the Rain Gardens course for free by registering for the following series of six courses together – Working with Annuals, Working with Perennials, Herb & Fairy Gardens, Annuals & Tropicals, Combination Perennial Planters and the Rain Gardens – for $295.

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