

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Virtual Garden Fundamentals 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 11:00 pm – Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 am
- **Event Description**: Virtual Garden Fundamentals
Tuesdays, January 27, February 3, 10, 17, 24, March 3, and 10, 2026 
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Format: Online via Zoom
Instructor: Robert Pavlis
Fee: $10 +HST per person, per session or sign up for all 7 at once (single transaction) and get one free ($60 instead of $70)*
https://arboretum.uoguelph.ca/educationandevents/workshops

Garden Fundamentals will focus on ornamental gardens including trees, shrubs, perennials, bulbs and grasses. You will gain a good understanding of how these plants grow and their relationship with the soil. We’ll cover lots of practical topics such as planting, maintenance, plant selection, sun/shade requirements, and Robert will give you some of his top picks. This course is suitable for the beginner and intermediate gardener.

Week 1: Techniques - Gardening techniques will be discussed including making new beds, raised beds, composting, crop rotation, mulching and cover crops.
Week 2: Vegetables - This week Robert will discuss growing vegetables from seed including how to start them indoors, transplanting, selecting the right kind, summer care and harvesting.
Week 3: Starting from Seeds - This session is about more advanced topics on seeds including collecting, cleaning, storing, stratification etc. He will also provide the all the information you need to start any seed you want including trees, shrubs, annuals and perennials.
Week 4: Trees and Shrubs - An introduction to trees and shrubs. Selecting, planting, growing them for success. As well as an introduction to pruning them.
Week 5: Perennials - This will be a start to finish course of perennials including selecting, growing planting, dividing. Robert will discuss different types of perennials and how to design with them.
Week 6: Bulbs and Grasses - Spring bulbs, summer bulbs and perennial grasses. They are all essential for a garden that flowers all season long.
Week 7: Pests, Diseases and Garden Myths - This will be a short introduction to pests and diseases, explaining how Robert handles problems in the garden. The second half of the night will look at a wide range of garden myths.

Robert is a Master Gardener and garden writer who publishes two popular gardening blogs and has published several gardening books. He owns and operates a private botanical garden where he grows over 3,000 different varieties of plants.

*Please note: You must sign up for all 7 at once in a single transaction to receive the discount.

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Photo: Various flowers in a garden with a bench in the background. Informative text about the event. Arb logo.
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Guelph, Ontario
- **location**: Online event
- **full address**: Online event, 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, ON N1G, Canada, Guelph, Ontario

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: The Arboretum, University of Guelph (https://allevents.in/org/the-arboretum-university-of-guelph/12998028)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 11:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Online event, 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, ON N1G, Canada, Guelph, Ontario
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Arboretum, University of Guelph
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Virtual Garden Fundamentals  ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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