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Houseplant Care
February 3, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
$18
Course Description:
Does houseplant care all seem like guesswork? It can if you don’t get to know your plants, but there’s really no mystery to keeping house plants healthy, and there’s no such thing as a brown thumb, only a lack of know-how. Most houseplants are simply plants that once grew and thrived in tropical climates and/or in greenhouses. The “secret” to success with taking care of houseplants is to attempt to recreate the same ideal conditions as they would enjoy in their native habitat. Unlike their ancestors in the wild, house plants are completely dependent on you for their care.
This class will cover houseplant basics like indoor plant lighting, watering, humidity, fertilizing, nutrition, grooming, diseases, pests, repotting, and orchid care.
Presented by Randy Meyer:
Randy Meyer, founder of Tropiflora, has had a lifelong love affair with plants. He enjoys sharing his knowledge and passion with clients and helping them bring the benefits of the natural world indoors. Randy studied horticulture and floriculture (flowering and ornamental crops) at the University of Wisconsin. After college, Randy moved to Portland, Oregon and worked for a wholesale grower of tropical plants, an interior plantscaping company, and was the head gardener for a thirteen-acre botanical garden. His interest in tropical plants eventually drew him to Hawaii where he worked with the native flora as caretaker for a three-acre property.
Randy and his family have called Fort Collins home since 1998 where he started Tropiflora in 2007. He blends his plant care experience with a study of emerging worldwide research which demonstrates the many measurable health benefits of having plants in the home or workplace. His knowledge and expertise are unique, valuable resources for the Northern Colorado region.
Experience Level: Beginner-Intermediate
Originally published on December 11th, 2017.