NASHUA – Residents are invited to learn about a few new gardening and design tips during the Container Gardening program, hosted by the Nashua Garden Club.

The event will be held at the First Baptist Church, 121 Manchester St. on April 1 at 7 p.m.

Guest speakers will include Master Gardener Joan Bonnette, tree steward and the Garden Club’s vice president as well as Master Gardener Christina Rufo, president of both the Garden Club and the New England Hosta Society.

Bonnette will pull from her 30-plus years of gardening experience and horticultural training. She will cover major considerations, from design principles to how to plant and care for the specimens included in the containers. Ignite your imagination with fresh ideas for containers themselves, learn about types of plants well suited to these gardens and hear about novel locations where they can be placed around your home and garden.

Along with this information, attendees will be treated to a demonstration of how to construct these ‘gardens in a pot’ by Rufo. Her passion for gardening began ‘many’ years ago in her grandmother’s garden and has grown nonstop over the years. With formal training and experience, her interest blossomed into a full time avocation. Tina now serves as an officer of various garden clubs and volunteers at numerous public and charitable gardens. During the event, she will apply design and planting principles and while she creates a container or two right before your eyes.

All are welcome and requested to arrive by 6:45 p.m. Following the presentation, there will be time for Q&A and light refreshments. Further questions can be sent to NashuaGardenClub@Gmail.com .