Organic Gardening Workshop Series
Hosted by GOFO and GROW
Gardening season is not over yet. Fortunately South Carolina weather allows for year round planting and growing. The urban gardening movement is exploding across the nation as consumers choose to grow their own food and buy locally as a way of ensuring healthier food and endorsing higher environmental standards. When family members, friends and neighbors grow food together they save money, get physical exercise, have fun, create a supportive network and eat healthier foods.
WORKSHOPS
All classes include theory and practical hands-on garden time. Please dress to be outdoors in the gardens.
Kick-Start a New Garden for a Fall Harvest (basic) – Saturday, July 2nd
It’s not too late to have a harvest of lettuce, beans, beets, broccoli, carrots, cucumbers and more for late summer and fall. Join us for a hands-on session where we’ll build a garden from scratch. Learn different types of soil preparation including sheet mulching and amending for container, raised-bed and traditional gardens. Topics include: Creating the Planting Environment; What to Plant; How and Where to Plant and Companion Planting Basics.
It’s not too late to have a harvest of lettuce, beans, beets, broccoli, carrots, cucumbers and more for late summer and fall. Join us for a hands-on session where we’ll build a garden from scratch. Learn different types of soil preparation including sheet mulching and amending for container, raised-bed and traditional gardens. Topics include: Creating the Planting Environment; What to Plant; How and Where to Plant and Companion Planting Basics.
Food Sponsor:
Breakfast and Lunch Menu provided by
Just in Time Topics for Organic Gardeners (advanced) – Saturday, July 9th
Join us for a four-hour intensive workshop that will include theory and practice around how to manage the day-to-day maintenance, issues, and the overall health of your garden. Topics will include: bugs, weeds, disease, fertilizing, nourishing the soil, composting, extreme weather, maximizing plant growth. This workshop is designed for current gardeners, and those who are thinking about starting one.
Join us for a four-hour intensive workshop that will include theory and practice around how to manage the day-to-day maintenance, issues, and the overall health of your garden. Topics will include: bugs, weeds, disease, fertilizing, nourishing the soil, composting, extreme weather, maximizing plant growth. This workshop is designed for current gardeners, and those who are thinking about starting one.
Food Sponsor:
Breakfast and Lunch Menu provided by
Convert Your Garden to Be More Organic - Saturday, July 16th
Are you wondering how to grow healthy, bountiful, nutritious vegetables and fruits using no synthetic or toxic chemicals and still have a bountiful harvest? Not sure how to transition from conventional to organic gardening? Join us for a four hour session including how to choose organic seeds and grow starter plants, how to create and apply natural fertilizer to nourish the soil and plants and how to use companion plants to increase the harvest yield and manage disease control.
Are you wondering how to grow healthy, bountiful, nutritious vegetables and fruits using no synthetic or toxic chemicals and still have a bountiful harvest? Not sure how to transition from conventional to organic gardening? Join us for a four hour session including how to choose organic seeds and grow starter plants, how to create and apply natural fertilizer to nourish the soil and plants and how to use companion plants to increase the harvest yield and manage disease control.
Food Sponsor:
Breakfast and Lunch Menu provided by
Saving Seeds, Harvesting and Storing Produce – Saturday, July 23rd
This class is designed to help gardeners identify the best ways to go about saving seeds from their own harvest and storing for future planting. Stop throwing your best seeds in the compost pile! You will also learn to select seeds when buying from seed company catalogs and how to harvest and store herbs, vegetables and fruits without freezing or canning.
This class is designed to help gardeners identify the best ways to go about saving seeds from their own harvest and storing for future planting. Stop throwing your best seeds in the compost pile! You will also learn to select seeds when buying from seed company catalogs and how to harvest and store herbs, vegetables and fruits without freezing or canning.
Food Sponsor:
Breakfast and Lunch Menu provided by
Innovative Garden Techniques for Urban Gardeners – Saturday, July 30th
Interested in staying current on innovative gardening techniques for urban and suburban spaces? Join us to learn about new and exciting organic gardening practices that are taking place around the world including aquaponics, hydroponics, roof-top gardens, vertical gardening, indoor gardens, watering systems and more.
Interested in staying current on innovative gardening techniques for urban and suburban spaces? Join us to learn about new and exciting organic gardening practices that are taking place around the world including aquaponics, hydroponics, roof-top gardens, vertical gardening, indoor gardens, watering systems and more.
