You can grow fresh produce all winter in Central Virginia with the use of season extender techniques. Participants will learn • How to use crop choice, garden layout, and row covers to extend the growing season • Where to go for supplies • How to position and secure row covers in a garden through a… Read More »Garden Basics: Season Extenders in the Edible Garden
Starting flowers and vegetables indoors from seed is easy, inexpensive, and satisfying. But if you’re not familiar with seed-starting essentials, a lot can go wrong. Improve your success rate by learning basic seed-starting techniques. This workshop will include time for you to plant a few seeds to take home and grow. You will learn How seeds work Mistakes to avoid when starting seeds Tests and tricks… Read More »Garden Basics: Starting Garden Plants from Seed
Starting flowers and vegetables indoors from seed is easy, inexpensive, and satisfying. But if you’re not familiar with seed-starting essentials, a lot can go wrong. Improve your success rate by learning basic seed-starting techniques. This workshop will include time for you to plant a few seeds to take home and grow. You will learn How seeds work Mistakes to avoid when starting seeds Tests and tricks… Read More »Garden Basics: Starting Garden Plants from Seed
Growing a veggie garden can be enchanting, fulfilling, and, at times, a bit frustrating. This year-long journey through the life of a veggie garden and gardener—from selecting seeds through reaping the rewards of your efforts—will help you avoid getting overwhelmed along the way. We will explore: seed starting and planting; thinning, weeding, and harvesting; and… Read More »Garden Basics: A Year in the Life of a Vegetable Garden–A Gardener’s Path
Growing a veggie garden can be enchanting, fulfilling, and, at times, a bit frustrating. This year-long journey through the life of a veggie garden and gardener—from selecting seeds through reaping the rewards of your efforts—will help you avoid getting overwhelmed along the way. We will explore: seed starting and planting; thinning, weeding, and harvesting; and… Read More »Garden Basics: A Year in the Life of a Vegetable Garden–A Gardener’s Path
Adding native plants to your shady yard is both ecological and beautiful. Learn how to: layer your landscape, identify types of shade, and determine which plants work in each situation. We will cover trees, shrubs, and perennials so you can create an oasis of cool in your garden. Garden Basics is a partnership with the… Read More »Garden Basics: Native Plants for Shade
Adding native plants to your shady yard is both ecological and beautiful. Learn how to: layer your landscape, identify types of shade, and determine which plants work in each situation. We will cover trees, shrubs, and perennials so you can create an oasis of cool in your garden. Garden Basics is a partnership with the… Read More »Garden Basics: Native Plants for Shade
Many beautiful plants come from bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes. Some can be left in the ground over the winter, while others can be dug up, stored, and planted the following spring. You will discover: how to identify bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes; how they reproduce; how to dig them up; and how to store… Read More »Garden Basics: Dividing Bulbs, Corms, Tubers, and Rhizomes
Many beautiful plants come from bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes. Some can be left in the ground over the winter, while others can be dug up, stored, and planted the following spring. You will discover: how to identify bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes; how they reproduce; how to dig them up; and how to store… Read More »Garden Basics: Dividing Bulbs, Corms, Tubers, and Rhizomes
Composting makes sustainable and beneficial use of food and yard waste, reduces chemical fertilizer and insecticide use, and keeps organic wastes out of landfills. This workshop will cover: soil and plant nutrient basics, the benefits of natural soil building by creating compost from organic matter, and composting techniques appropriate for home gardeners. We will also… Read More »Garden Basics: Backyard Composting for Healthy Soil and a Healthier Planet
