Get expert landscaping tips to help you create the yard and garden you’ve always wanted!

Don Engebretson, The Renegade Gardener, is a former Field Editor and garden scout for Better Homes and Gardens magazine and writes for a variety of newspapers and magazines across the country. He’s also well known to HGTV fans for the time he spent as gardening guru on the hit show, TIPical Mary Ellen and his work as landscape design expert on the popular PBS program, HOMETIME.

A professional landscape designer, Don has a witty, insightful take on the state of gardening in America today. He preaches that the joy of gardening comes from experimentation, and a passion for gardening comes from failing, laughing, succeeding and learning. Attend one of his seminars for tips and techniques on how to become a better gardener and create the yard, garden and landscape you’ve always wanted.

Yes You Can! Landscape Design for Homeowners
What’s more DIY than gardening? Except homeowners discover that planting a shrub is one thing; creating a professional, functional design plan for their property is another. Don created this presentation as a result of consumer demand. “I want to landscape my own yard but don’t know the steps, or where to begin,” is something Don has heard a thousand times. He’ll take you through every step of the design process and instill the knowledge and confidence you need to create the beautiful yard, garden, and overall landscape you have always wanted.

Common Gardening Myths and the Mayhem They Cause
They are as common as deer, as persistent as Japanese Beetles and as tough to wipe out as Creeping Charley: erroneous myths about garden plants, products and procedures that cost gardeners time and money while actually harming the look and health of their yards, gardens and landscapes. In this fast-paced primer, Don dispenses with false notions created by common gardening myths by replacing error with the truth about fertilizers, wood mulch, landscape fabric, chemical products, lawn mower settings, planting procedures, soil amendments, and many more.

FREE One-on-One Landscape Consultations with The Renegade Gardener!
After each presentation, Don will be available to answer YOUR landscape design questions. What's a good tree to plant in this spot? What shrubs will grow in our shady backyard? Bring phone photos of your problem areas and get advice from The Renegade Gardener himself! (Time-permitting, one question per person please.)

Presentation Schedule:

Saturday
11:00   Yes You Can! Landscape Design for Homeowners
1:30     Common Gardening Myths and the Mayhem They Cause
4:00     Yes You Can! Landscape Design for Homeowners

Sunday
11:00   Yes You Can! Landscape Design for Homeowners
1:00     Common Gardening Myths and the Mayhem They Cause
3:00     Yes You Can! Landscape Design for Homeowners