Gardening Classes For
Landscape Professionals
Deliver more value for clients thanks to classes and courses led by renowned horticulturist Nan Sterman
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Every class, subscription, and course comes with access to the Garden School community, where trained experts, and Nan Sterman herself are ready to answer your questions and provide guidance.
Get Prepped for El Niño Â
A wet winter can be a gift to your garden, or it can be the thing that topples a tree, floods a bed, or washes out a slope. The difference comes down to what you do before the first storm hits.
This easy-to-follow guide is for Southern California gardeners bracing for a "Super El Niño" winter. Get specific, actionable steps that protect your garden.
Just $10 today.
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Create Beautiful Gardens Year-Round
Enhance your knowledge with plant care and landscape design classes
Hot Color, Dry Garden
$20
Design more beautiful gardens that don't use more water. Learn how to use drought-tolerant plants to make gardens feel vibrant and alive. Based on my book, Hot Color, Dry Garden.
Fruit Trees for SoCal Gardens
$20
Southern California is one of the best places in the world to grow fruit. Learn how to properly select, plant, and care for fruit trees and how to design for year-round harvest.
Summer Garden Care
$20
Southern California's Mediterranean climate demands a completely different approach to summer maintenance. Learn how to set up client gardens to survive for weeks during summer without hands-on care.
SoCal Winter Garden Care
$20
The gardening decisions you make in winter affect your clients' plants year-round. Get a practical, regionally specific refresher from two seasoned horticulturists.
For professionals who want to
understand why, not just how.
Get my complete gardening guide package. Learn exactly what to do in clients' gardens each month. GardenWise Plus includes a monthly guide to edible and ornamental gardens, deep-dive on a plant that's perfectly suited to SoCal gardens, and bonus issue on topics that matter most.Â
GET GARDENWISELearn & Grow Year-Round
Grow your Southern California gardening skills all year long with courses and subscriptions made just for our climate.
Fundamentals of Southern California Gardening
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Southern California's unique climate makes all other gardening advice useless. This year-long gardening course teaches you exactly how to garden in our unique climate, saving you money, time, and frustration.Â
Mastering Southern California Gardening
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Fundamentals teaches you the basics, now it's time to dig deeper. In this course, you'll build expertise, grow confidence, and learn to create a garden that’s beautiful, resilient, and deeply rooted in environmental wisdom.
Great Gardens Don't Start With Plants. They Start With Color.
Drought-tolerant doesn't have to mean dull. Master the color design strategies that make water-wise landscapes impossible to ignore.
GET THE BOOKTransform your gardening skills, one week at a time.Â
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