Garden RX Program
Garden RX is a program developed by Texas Discovery Gardens in order to assist individuals/entities of all descriptions, assess and maximize the potential of their landscape and gardens. The scope of this program is to provide horticultural expertise, applying organic principles, to individuals and groups who desire an intimate, one on one, on site, horticultural education experience.
The goal is to help the participants create a safe, healthy organic garden/landscape using plants that conserve water and take minimal maintenance.
Areas of particular expertise include: Butterfly Gardens, native and adapted plant landscapes, organic techniques for growing plants, vegetable gardens.
What a Garden RX program includes:- An individualized, on site class conducted by the Texas Discovery Gardens Director of Horticulture.
- An assessment of any problems/issues already going on in your garden/landscape along with suggestions on how to control them organically.
- Information tailored to meet your concerns, needs and ideas for your landscape.
- This program does not include any landscape design drawings, physical construction of gardens, or physical maintenance.
- site selection for different types of gardens
- bed preparation
- organic maintenance
- new garden construction
- plant species selection
- integrated pest management (beneficial insects in the garden)
- composting
- soil biology
To book Garden RX, contact the Texas Discovery Gardens Horticulture Department: 214-428-7476 ext. 210 or rjohnson@texasdiscoverygarens.org and set-up an appointment.
The cost is $75.00 per hour (your time begins when the Director arrives on-site), plus a travel charge of $0.34 per mile from Texas Discovery Gardens to your site and back.