Owner offers seminars and events

There is a lot more to gardening than watering a bunch of seeds. Although most gardeners already know this, it can still be difficult to keep track of all the elements that go into cultivating a fertile and productive garden, said Tiffany Breed, owner of The Calendar Garden. Breed said she does her best to make gardening easier for her customers.

"The Calendar Garden got its name from the idea that certain plants grow much better during certain times of the year," she said. "We try to educate our customers about what they need to be doing during each season."

Breed, who has a degree in horticulture and is a certified master gardener, opened The Calendar Garden in March 2011.

"A lot of people don't realize that some plants have a cool season and some have a warm season, or that some like the sun and some like the shade," she said. "You can't plant them all at the same time."

Weekly seminars are held through the fall and spring, along with quarterly seminars to inform people what they should be doing to prepare for the upcoming season. In addition to educating people, the Calendar Garden provides a wide variety of plants and supplies, such as mulch, fertilizer and lawn art crafted by local artists.

The Garden is located on a vast 14 acres. The main area is divided into different gardens such as the Rose Garden, which features roughly 35 different variations of roses; the Kitchen Garden, which features vegetables, herbs and fruit trees; and the East and West Texas gardens, which feature native plants to both sides of the state.

Seven acres have been set aside for a future Christmas tree farm. Breed said they will be planting two acres of trees each year and it takes three or four years for the trees to grow big enough to cut.

"We've only been open for one year, so we're still working on expanding and doing more," she said. "We've got a lot of great plans, but it's just going to take some time to get it all done."

Breed said business has been going well, despite having many hurdles to overcome in her first year of business.

"We had the drought, we had record temperatures and we had the wildfires, but I felt like the year went really well for us," she said. "We can only go up from here."

Upcoming seminars and events

• Make a gift for Mom:

• May 5, 10 a.m.—wind chime crafting seminar

• Flower Hour:

• May 9, 3–5 p.m.—flower sale every Wednesday

• Mother's Day celebration:

• May 12—free gift to all moms with purchase

• Lunch with Loy:

• May 15, noon—master gardener discusses garden journaling

• How to build a disappearing fountain:

• May 19, 10 a.m.—guest speaker Glenda Single from Irrigation Station, a distributor of irrigation products based in Houston

The Calendar Garden, 30730 Old Hockley Road, Magnolia, 281-259-8555, www.calendargarden.com