{"id":22729,"date":"2026-05-12T15:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=22729"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:06:19","slug":"why-we-love-annuals-how-to-use-them-in-your-garden","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/event\/why-we-love-annuals-how-to-use-them-in-your-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we love annuals \u2013 How to use them in your garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p>Presented by&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mgottawa.ca\/\">Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton (MGOC)<\/a><\/strong>, this speaker series is the perfect opportunity for members of Carleton\u2019s faculty &amp; staff community to learn from a local Master Gardener, acquire new gardening skills and knowledge, and connect with fellow gardeners across campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This series will consist of\u00a0<strong>five in-person talks<\/strong>. Each talk in the series will\u00a0<strong>begin at 12:00pm<\/strong>\u00a0and last for approximately 45 minutes, leaving 15 minutes for questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 25, 2026:<\/strong>\u00a0Why we love annuals \u2013 How to use them in your garden<br><strong>Presenter:<\/strong>\u00a0Claire Leduc<br>From small and sweet to big and bold, annuals with their wide variety of shapes and colours can add personality and character to any garden. Many of them play the useful role of attracting pollinators while others offer a unique twist to your dinner plate, not to mention their role in making stunning containers and baskets. The presentation will help you feel confident in adding and caring for a wide range of annuals in your garden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[],"cu_event_audience":[],"class_list":["post-22729","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2026-06-25 12:00:00","cu_event_end_date":"2026-06-25 13:00:00","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":"TB","cu_event_meeting_room":" 446","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":"grass","cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":{"title":"","url":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/gardening-speaker-series-2\/","target":""},"cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"Healthy Workplace","cu_event_email":"healthyworkplace@cunet.carleton.ca","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/22729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/22729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22730,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/22729\/revisions\/22730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=22729"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=22729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}