Design course continues

CHAMBERSBURG - The Franklin County Master Gardeners continues"Landscape Design and Plant Selection" workshops on Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9:30, through April 2 at the Franklin County Extension Office, 181 Franklin Farm Lane.

The Landscape Design series is for homeowners interested in creating a landscape design for their property, whether a new home or an existing home site.

For more information, call (717) 263-9226.

Topics of the reminaing sessions are as follows:

March 19 "Native Plants in Your Landscape" will teach participants how to use native plants in their landscape, and will address the problem of invasive plants.

March 26 "Fitting Shrubs into the Landscape" will offer instruction on choosing appropriate shrubs in the home landscape.

April 2 "Trees in the Landscape" will address selecting and placing trees in the landscape.

"Principles of Landscape Design" workshops cost $10 for an individual class, or $40 for the eight-class series.

Pre-registration is required. For information, call 717-263- 9226.