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Your Local Plant Nursery Resource for the Rogue Valley Since 2005

3223 Taylor Road, Central Point, OR 97502

Gardening Classes & Events

Shooting Star Nursery offers gardening classes/workshops with topics suitable to the season and taught by our knowledgable and passionate staff. Class length is typically from one to one and a half hours, and many classes qualify for CEH credit. Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for advance notice of gardening classes and events.

Seasonal Classes

2024 gardening classes

Gardening classes are held outdoors at Shooting Star Nursery on designated Saturdays from 10-11:30am (11-12:30 in Feb/Mar), unless indicated otherwise. Space is usually limited to 20 participants with a minimum of 5, so please register below in advance!

Landscape Contractors and Designers, do you need Continuing Education Hours? We have classes that qualify for 2 CEH technical hours. Qualifying classes will include a note in the class description.

Read about and register for upcoming classes below.

evening garden watercolor class at Shooting Star Nursery

Seasonal gardening class topics include tree planting & pruning, waterwise gardening, firewise landscaping, pollinator gardens, wreath making, Mother’s Day plant pots for kids, plant propagation, fall/spring cleanup and more! (Photo: Floral Watercolor Workshop with local artist Alicia Whitman.)

gardening class at shooting star nursery

Assistant Manager Eric Hagerman, a horticulturalist and native plants expert, leads a class at the nursery (above); a young Oliver Mackison carefully plants his decorated pot during a kid-friendly Mother’s Day class (below); and an expert beekeeper displays bees during a pollinator garden class (bottom).

Oliver potting plant during Mother's Day Class at Shooting Star Nursery
pollinator garden class at shooting star nursery with beekeeper expert

Thanks for the class and the opportunity to get some planting fun in! It was a great class, very informative! Looking forward to more!

Miche LaCour
Schedule

Upcoming gardening classes and events

Conquer Clay Soils

Conquer Clay Soils

The Rogue Valley muck can really bog you down, but there are plant solutions!
Lawn Gone

Lawn Gone

April 13, 2024    
10:00 am - 11:30 am
$15.00
Class size limit: 20
Remaining tickets: 8
Finally taking the plunge to get rid of that thirsty, monotone lawn, but unsure what to replace it with? Come explore ways to re-imagine your space through a more drought tolerant and ecologically minded lens.
Explore Drought-Tolerant Designs

Explore Drought-Tolerant Designs

April 27, 2024    
10:00 am - 11:30 am
$15.00
Class size limit: 20
Remaining tickets: 17
Have you noticed our new super drought-tolerant garden at the nursery entrance? And the fresh landscaping around the entrance at the other end of the parking lot, which is an experiment in fall planting, little supplemental irrigation and mostly native plants?
Learn How to Enhance Landscapes with Fragrance

Learn How to Enhance Landscapes with Fragrance

May 4, 2024    
10:00 am - 11:30 am
$15.00
Class size limit: 20
Remaining tickets: 14
Join us for another educational tour, where we’ll explain the choices and design strategy of the new display garden curving around the nursery restroom.  
Mother’s Day Kids Class with Christie

Mother’s Day Kids Class with Christie

May 11, 2024    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
$13.00
Class size limit: 100
Remaining tickets: 97
Make Mom’s Day special and bring the kids to create something from the heart and for the garden.
gardening class at shooting star nursery

Assistant Manager Eric Hagerman, a horticulturalist and native plants expert, leads a class at the nursery (above); a young Oliver Mackison carefully plants his decorated pot during a Mother’s Day class (below); and an expert beekeeper displays bees during a pollinator garden class (bottom).

Oliver potting plant during Mother's Day Class at Shooting Star Nursery
pollinator garden class at shooting star nursery with beekeeper expert

Looking for a specific plant, shrub or tree?

Our availability list is updated frequently so you can see at a glance what we have in stock at the nursery as well as the pot sizes. If you don’t see what you’re looking for, contact us.