YOUR 2025 SATURDAY MORNING CLASS SCHEDULE IS HERE!
Saturday classes are listed below, as soon as scheduled. Unless noted, all begin at 9:30 am, in Education Station; and are covered by general admission that day, your Membership, or $5 each class per person. Make RESERVATIONS to reserve one of 40 seats, at 361-852-2100.
Classes are designed, scheduled and often taught in conjunction with the Nueces Master Gardeners.
2025 SATURDAY MORNING CLASSES
February 1:
CULTIVATING TINY TREES
Learn bonsai basics from tools, containers, equipment and techniques from Nueces Master Gardener Tom Andrews and the Corpus Christi Bonsai Club, and transform a tiny tree into a living work of art.
February 8:
HOYAS, HOYAS, HOYAS!
Coastal Bend hoya and plumeria aficionado Lalita Barlow shows you the wide diversity and best care practices for these unusual “wax plants” that most everyone can grow.
February 15:
ABCs of Spring Vegetable Gardening
Nueces Master Gardeners Susan Gonzales and Donna Gonzales share secrets they’ve learned in years of gardening on best varieties, planting methods, and heading off potential problems to maximize harvest.
February 22:
Fruit Trees for South Texas
Transform your backyard into a personal orchard as you grow your own produce. Learn best varieties, planting, fertilizing techniques for South Texas.
March 1:
TERRARIUMS
Nueces Master Gardener Beth Spirko shows how to create tiny ecosystems as her demonstration explains techniques, containers, which plants and decorations work best.
March 8:
DIY Rainwater Harvesting
Discover it’s easy to set up your rainwater collection system from Nueces Master Gardener Cincy Funke as she explains equipment, techniques from her successes and challenges in collecting precipitation to water her garden!
March 15:
BRINGING BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS TO YOUR GARDEN
Whether native butterflies or migrating visitors, learn exactly which plants draw butterflies and moths to your surroundings with the proper plants to support their life cycles, from “Butterfly Lady” Brenda Sattler.
March 22:
IMPROVING CURB APPEAL USING LESS WATER
If you want to spruce up your landscape this spring, Landscape Designer Kathy Hubner from Gill Garden Center & Landscape Co. will offer ideas to add a big splash of color with fewer splashes of water.
March 29:
NATIVE PLANTS for POLLINATORS
Native plants have been attracting bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinators for centuries. STBGNC Executive Director & Horticulturist Michael Womack shares which native plants do best in our area, and which ones can draw specific pollinators to your landscape.
April 12:
PROPAGATING YOUR FAVORITE PLANTS
Learn professional methods of propagation to start your own plants, enhancing your landscape gardens at less cost, from Nueces Master Gardener Rene Brown, TMG Propagation Specialist.
April 19:
DIY DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
Discover the way to efficiently deliver water into landscapes through DIY drip irrigation systems from Nueces Master Gardener Tom Andrews.
May 3:
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT FOR HOME GARDENS
To spray or not to spray…that is the question. Learn different strategies to minimize damage from garden insects & pests from Certified Pesticide Applicator & Nueces Master Gardener Rene Brown.
