H O M E A N D G A R D E N
 FENG SHUI: A NEW YEAR, A NEW LIFE!
Instructor: Linda Lenore < llenore@ix.netcom.com >, < www.LindaLenore.com >
Homes-our safe haven to relax, rejuvenate, refocus and recreate our lives. What is your home attracting into your life? Learn how design techniques and principles from ancient wisdoms can create nurturing qualities to promote health and vitality. Discover how furniture and accessories produce harmonious environments. Gain insights into the psychological implications of your home and garden-creating balance, order and beauty-ultimately influencing your ability to achieve your desires to be blessed with double happiness. There is a $10 materials fee payable to the instructor. Linda Lenore is the only Feng Shui Master, Certified Green Building Professional, and Certified Vital Home/Vital Office Consultant-a European designation of excellence in the United States. She has been featured on national television shows including The Hallmark Channel, Lifetime Media and international shelter magazines like Better Homes & Gardens sharing these unique, yet natural, design elements. For more information, visit Linda's website.
One session: March 2
Monday: 6:30-9:15 p.m.
Palo Alto HS Rm 301: $35
GREEN INTERIOR DESIGN -- THE NUTS AND BOLTS
Instructor: Kirsten Flynn < kir@sustainablehome.com >,< www.sustainablehome.com >
You love to create a beautiful home, but you worry whether the paints, furniture and flooring you choose are healthy for you and the environment. It's time to look into green interior design, a new approach to home decorating that reflects your great taste and your care for the planet. This two-night course covers the environmental issues that are associated with common interior materials and furnishings. In this class you will see and touch building materials and fabrics that are as gorgeous as they are green, and you'll leave the class with a solid understanding of how to select materials for home interiors and the theory behind green building. Your instructor, Kirsten Flynn, owns the design firm Sustainable Home and specializes in environmentally responsible interiors. She teaches on the Peninsula and recently designed the interiors for a house featured in the Solar Decathlon, an international solar home contest.
2 wks: March 4-March 11
Wednesday: 7-9 p.m.
Palo Alto HS Rm 306: $39
ORGANIZE YOUR OFFICE: FROM CHAOS TO CONTROL
Instructor: Christine Palen < chaoscontrol2@earthlink.net >,
< www.chaos-control.com >
Come learn how to systemize, categorize and visualize your information, time and space. Discover creative ways to capture all your paper by turning piles into files. Create foolproof paperflow systems and design personalized and efficient filing systems. Streamline your emails so that you manage your In Box with ease. Gain control of your time with 30-second access and productivity tools. From the home-office to the corporate office, you'll leave with strategies to overcome the information overwhelm of today. A $5 materials fee is payable to the instructor. Christine R. Palen, founder of Chaos Control(r), inspires and guides clients in a lifestyle of choice. Since 1991 she has provided consulting, coaching, and motivational workshops on life and work priorities, values-based schedule planning and effective time management.
One session: February 2
Monday: 6:30-9 p.m.
Palo Alto HS Rm 305: $35
REMODELING YOUR HOME SUCCESSFULLY!
Instructor: Richard Morrison, AIA, ASID
Save time and money on your remodeling job. Your remodel can be smooth and trouble-free. Receive tips on how to select the right contractor, reduce headaches and inconveniences, and avoid typical problem situations. Learn the right way to get bids, how to maximize your investment and when to call in an architect/design professional. The instructor is a licensed architect and interior designer with 25 years home remodeling experience.
One session: February 21
Saturday: 1-5 p.m.
Palo Alto HS Rm 301: $39
SEWING -- CLASS FULL
Instructor: DeAnne Appleton < appletonsews@gmail.com >
Learn the fundamentals of sewing through demonstrations of various techniques and hands-on practice. Sew on your own project with individual help from the instructor. Sewing machines are provided. A $10 materials fee is payable to the instructor.
CLASS FULL
10 wks: January 7-March 11
Wednesday: 7-10 p.m.
JL Stanford Mid Sch Sewing Rm 140: $35*
UPHOLSTERING: Basic Techniques
Instructors: Marjorie DuBois and Ann Laveroni
Learn techniques to update a contemporary piece or recover an antique. Refurbish your furniture, rebuild old worn springs, change the style and/or bring a chair up to date. Antique techniques are taught when needed.
SECTION A
10 wks: January 6-March 10
Tuesday: 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Palo Alto HS Rm 904: $150*
SECTION B
10 wks: January 8-March 12
Thursday: 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Palo Alto HS Rm 904: $150*
FLORAL DESIGN WITH IKEBANA
Instructor: Thanh Kosen Nguyen < ht.nguyen@sbcglobal.net >
Learn Wafu Ikebana composition, cutting techniques, use of pin frogs and containers, the five basic patterns, how to preserve cut plant materials and how to display your arrangements. For practice during the first class, bring sturdy gardening scissors, a low-edge dish and a "pin frog." Information will be given regarding what and where to buy ikebana equipment. A $40 flower materials fee is payable to the instructor, who has 18 years of training in Wafu Ikebana with numerous exhibitions in the Bay Area.
10 wks: January 6-March 10
Tuesday: 1-4 p.m.
Cubberley Rm B-2: $35*
GARDEN DESIGN FOR HOMEOWNERS
Instructor: Patricia Evans < patriciaaevans@sbcglobal.net >
Make your garden plans before the spring planting season! This class will give you the background to look at your land through new eyes, measure it properly, draw a base plan, develop an attractive and functional layout, and choose appropriate plants and materials. A Saturday field trip reinforces design concepts and plant selection criteria. The instructor and the class will provide feedback on each participant's plan. Required text: The Sunset Western Garden Book (2007 edition). A list of useful tools and supplies for a drafting will be provided at the first class. No class January 20 and January 27.
9 wks: January 6-March 17
Tuesday: 6:30-9 p.m.
Palo Alto HS Rm 1708: $135
GARDENING
Instructor: Sherri Bohan
Get the jump on spring! Winter is the time for disease prevention, soil building, pruning and dormant spraying. This quarter covers natural and low-toxic sprays and techniques for healthy gardens, including vegetable plantings. Beginning and experienced gardeners will enjoy learning methods that are environmentally as well as user friendly. Ms. Bohan has 30 years experience as a professional gardener and 10 years experience teaching this class for zones 15, 16 and 17.
10 wks: January 7-March 11
Wednesday: 10 a.m.-12 noon
Cubberley A-2: $19*
SUSTAINABLE VEGETABLE GARDENING
Instructors: UCCE Master Gardeners, Santa Clara County
Gardening year round is easy and rewarding in our mild Mediterranean climate. Learn how to have a successful, environmentally responsible food garden that provides delicious vegetables and herbs every month of the year. This course will stress sustainable gardening practices such as mulching, efficient watering methods, on-site composting, integrated pest management and use of organic fertilizers and soil amendments. Topics will include: soil preparation, amendments and fertilizers; irrigation methods and systems; working with both seeds and seedlings; cultural requirements of specific warm and cool season crops and varieties that do well in our area; and how to identify and manage common pests, weeds and diseases of vegetable crops in Santa Clara County. Instructors are Master Gardeners, a University of California Cooperative Extension volunteer program dedicated to providing research-based gardening information to home gardeners. Please note: class does not meet in February.
6 wks: January 7, January 14, January 21, January 28 and March 4 and March 11
Wednesday: 7-9 p.m.
Palo Alto HS Room 1707: $72
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