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Tranquil Lake Open House April 30

22.02.01

Eleven free garden lectures and demonstration will be conducted throughout the day, on the half hour. Bring a picnic lunch. For more information, directions or a schedule, call the nursery at (508) 252-4002 or visit www.tranquil-lake.com .

10:00 Cutting Back, Spring Pruning and Coppicing Your Tree and Shrubs

The day begins with a pruning demonstration with horticulturist Warren Leach, co-owner of Tranquil Lake Nursery. Learn how and when to cut back shrubs and trees, ornamental grasses and vines as he takes you through the nursery garden "Cutting Back, Spring Pruning and Coppicing Your Tree and Shrubs." He will show you how to cut back trees and shrubs to keep them in scale with the garden, thin out overgrown shrubs and trees, rejuvenate older plantings and encourage prolific bloom in the future. Spring is the best time to prune summer blooming shrubs that flower on new growth. It is also the time to severely cut back and manage certain trees and shrubs to produce exuberant new growth. When coppiced, towering trees become supple shrubs. Cutting back or pollarding also dramatically increases the size of emerging foliage. These specialized pruning techniques will allow you to shape your trees and shrubs, so that they can be used in many versatile ways.

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