Upcoming Gardening Workshops

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May 27, 2011, 4:12:58 PM5/27/11

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Grow Gainesville is offering two upcoming gardening workshops this summer to keep you motivated to garden! Stay tuned to the Slow Food Events Calendar and/or the Grow Gainesville Events Calendar to keep on top of all the great things happening!

Compost the Most! Workshop and Demo

Come join us at the UF Organic Gardens on Saturday June 18, 2011 from 9AM-10:30AM to learn about composting and view a successful community garden compost system in action. Jennifer Seitz with Alachua County Waste Alternatives will give a brief presentation on composting, followed by an up-close and hands-on look at the compost system led by garden member, Ann Burnett. This is intended to be a sharing and learning session and we encourage lots of questions and exchange of ideas among experts and novices alike. For a real opportunity to dig in, a few folks may wish to help the gardeners turn and manage the piles. We will then travel to the UF Ethnoecology Garden for another look at their successful compost system. Refreshments will be provided, but please remember your own water bottle. Bring a chair if you like and your own notebook to scribble notes. Admission is one healthy non-perishable item to be collected for a family in need. Please RSVP to growgai...@gmail.com. If you have seeds or plants to share please bring them.

It’s Not Too Hot to Garden Workshop!

Summer gardening in Florida is for most of us, the time when we retreat from the heat, bugs and diseases than can plague us and our gardens. But there is plenty to think about over the next few months! Join us for a workshop at the Downtown Farmers Garden on Wednesday June, 2011 from 7-8:30PM. Wendy Wilber of Alachua County IFAS Extension will lead a conversation about summer crops, cover cropping, seed saving, solarization and much more for your backyard summer garden. Come share your ideas, ask questions, and bring samples from the garden you may have questions about. We will showcase some of the various topics and techniques at the onsite gardens. Refreshments will be provided, but please remember your own water bottle. Bring a chair if you wish and your own notebook to scribble notes. Please RSVP to growgai...@gmail.com. The admission is one healthy non-perishable item to be collected for a family in need. If you have seeds or plants to share please bring them.