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Series of 5 lectures
Members $100.00 / Non-Members $125.00
Lunch provided by McKee’s Garden Café
NOURISH AND FLOURISH – LANDSCAPING EDUCATION SERIES
Ever wondered if your soil was ready for planting?  Need help selecting the perfect plants for your yard?  Are your shrubs and hedges being trimmed at the right time of year? McKee’s landscaping education series is the perfect opportunity to receive the answers to all your questions. Enjoy a delicious lunch from our Garden Café while guest speaker, Jonathan Turner discusses the ins and outs of Florida landscaping. Please join us for an individual class or the entire series.
January 28, 2021 – Intro to Vero Beach, Florida Landscaping
February 11, 2021 – Turf/Lawn Maintenance
February 25, 2021 – Plant Selection & Shrub and Hedge Maintenance
April 1, 2021 – Caring for Florida’s Trees
April 22, 2021 – Planting for the Future
Instructor: Jonathan Turner
Jonathan Turner is currently the foreman and operator at Jones-Turner Landscape in Vero Beach, FL.  Jonathan was born and raised in Vero Beach where he graduated from Vero Beach High School before attending the University of Florida.  While at the University of Florida he competed with the school’s collegiate landscape team and was also employed by UF managing the landscaping at the Frank Stronach Plant Science Center at the Plant Science Research and Education Unit in Citra, FL.  Jonathan graduated with honors with a degree in Landscape and Nursery Management from the Environmental Horticulture Department.  After college he interned with Hayslip Landscape in Fort Pierce, Fl before returning to manage the family run business that his parents started in 1980.  By combining his love of plants and the experience from a lifetime in the horticultural field with a college education he hopes to continue to adapt with the ever-evolving environment to improve the Florida Landscape.