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PLANT PROPAGATION
101

This course provides an introduction to sexual and asexual plant propagation. The student will learn the skills and techniques to successfully propagate plants from seeds, cloning, grafting and air layering. The course will involve a short lecture followed by a hands-on lesson in multiple greenhouse propagation techniques located in our Massey Greenhouse on-site. Start your own seeds and make your own cuttings from some of the Garden’s greenhouse specimens under the supervision of TJ.

Fees: Member $72, Non-Member $86

All programs are subject to change. Pre-registration through our website is required.

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden strives to be a Garden for all and we are committed to offering diverse adult learning opportunities that are inclusive and accessible to all learners. If you would like to request an accommodation to support your participation in an adult learning opportunity at the Garden, please contact meganc@lewisginter.org or call 804-262-9887 x320 and we will make our best effort to help.

Register Member $72

Register Non-Member $86

Date:
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Time:
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Event Details

T.J. Oliver

About the instructor

T.J. Oliver is a Horticulturist in charge of the Kroger Community Kitchen Garden here at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Since 2010, he has traveled all over the United States learning and working in Agriculture and in the Apiary business, including in Hawaii, California, New York, Vermont, and now here in Virginia. T.J. utilizes a no-dig gardening method, recognizing that macro and micro biotic organisms in the soil constitute a food-web community which convert available nutrients in the soil to the mineral components plants need to thrive, simulating the natural processes which the natural world uses to maintain fertility in its soil. T.J. cares deeply about organization, cleanliness, and views gardening as a visual art form, incorporating beauty, varieties of beneficial and ornamental flowers, and native plant species into his agricultural gardens. He also prioritizes compost, soil building, and ensuring a thriving mycorrhiza symbiosis between plants and fungi within the soil. In his spare time T.J. likes to fish, hike, camp, and canoe with his wife and also creates aquariums, vivariums, and paludariums which simulate the natural biomes for the many creatures he takes care of, all while progressing his knowledge of the natural world.