Library hosts propagation demonstration

On Thursday, April 17, at 6:30 p.m., the Rochambeau Library will host an author event and plant propagation demonstration with Kristin Green, Blithewold horticulturist and author of “Plantiful: Start Small, Grow Big with 150 Plants that Spread, Self-Sow, and Overwinter.” Her talk is titled “Making the most of your garden: Plantiful propagation.”

Learn how to stretch your garden budget by taking advantage of nature’s generosity with this gardener’s guide to opportunism followed by a demonstration on how to root tip cuttings using a Forsythe pot – a propagation tool that is simpler than an expensive greenhouse mist system, is more reliable than glasses of water on the windowsill and can be easily made from stuff stashed in the potting shed.

“Plantiful” shows you how to have an easy, gorgeous garden packed with plants by simply making the right choices. Kristin Green highlights plants that help a garden quickly grow through self-sowing and spreading, teaches you how to expand the garden and explains how to extend the life of a plant by overwintering. The book features plant profiles for 50 self-sowers (including columbine, milkweed and foxglove), 50 spreaders (e.g., clematis, snow poppy and spearmint) and 50 plants that overwinter (e.g., lemon verbena, begonia and Chinese hibiscus). Gardeners of all levels are welcome.

Kristin Green is a full-time, year-round gardener serving as interpretive horticulturist, garden blogger and photographer at Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, a 33-acre non-profit public garden in Bristol, Rhode Island. She writes a regular column called “Down to Earth” for local newspapers and blogs at trenchmanicure.wordpress.com. Her writing and photographs have been published in “Fine Gardening” and other magazines.

Rochambeau Library is located at 708 Hope Street and online at provcomlib.org. Events are free and open to the public in an accessible facility.