3/8 ORGANIC GARDENING BASICS PART 1 – SITE SELECTION, BUILDING A GARDEN, AND COMPOST
Grow Pittsburgh Staff
Wednesday, March 8, 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Grow Pittsburgh, 6587 Hamilton Ave #2W, Pittsburgh 15206
Learn the skills and tools that you need to start your own backyard garden. Topics will include how to select the perfect space for your garden site, basic garden design, and how to compost. Each participant will be given resources for maintaining a healthy organic garden space.
3/18 STARTING YOUR OWN SEEDLINGS AT HOME
With Nick Lubecki, Frick Greenhouse Manager, Grow Pittsburgh
Saturday, March 18, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Frick Art & Historical Society Greenhouse, 7227 Reynolds St., Pittsburgh, PA 15208
Learn the skills and tools that you need to start your own seedlings at home this year. Topics will include choosing the proper soil, crops, trays, pots and lighting along with a hands-on seed-planting activity. Each participant will receive a schedule and instructions for seeding common garden crops. A list of resources will also be provided for purchasing the seeds and equipment that will be discussed
4/8 SOIL TESTING: WHY? AND HOW?
With Marisa Manheim, Grow Pittsburgh
Saturday, April 8, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Garden Resource Center, 147 Putnam St., Pittsburgh 15206
Learn the realities of soil contamination and how to manage the risk. Get hands on with demos of soil sampling. Leave prepared to test your garden’s soil at home.
4/15 ORGANIC GARDENING BASICS PART 2 – SUCCESSION PLANTING, CROP ROTATION AND BEST PRACTICES IN PLANTING AND GARDEN MAINTENANCE
Marshall Hart, Braddock Farms Manager
Saturday , April 15, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Braddock Farms, 1000 Braddock Ave. Braddock, PA 15104
Learn the skills and tools that you need to start your own backyard garden. Topics teach participants on how to make the best of your garden space. Learn how to take care of your garden during the spring and summer to come. Each participant will be given resources for maintaining a healthy organic garden space.
4/27 BUILD IT! LONG LASTING RAISED BEDS
With Rayden Sorock, Community Garden Manager, Grow Pittsburgh
Thursday, April 27, 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Garden Resource Center, 147 Putnam St., Pittsburgh 15206
Learn to build a long-lasting raised bed and leave with additional plans for a compost sifter and compost bin. Specifics will include appropriate wood, hardware, building techniques and recommended soil.
5/10 Medicinal Herb Walk
Wednesday, May 10, 2017, 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
With Michelle Soto, Garden Educator, Grow Pittsburgh
Location to be determined
Join certified Herbalist Michelle Soto to learn about medicinal plants on one of her favorite trails through meadows and woodlands. The trail is accessible for people of different walking abilities.
5/20 Container Gardening
Saturday, May 20th 2 PM – 4 PM
Jeremy Fleishman, Grow Pittsburgh
POWER/EEFC Conference Room
$10 GP Members / $15 Non-members
Saturday, May 20th 2 PM – 4 PM
Jeremy Fleishman, Grow Pittsburgh
POWER/EEFC Conference Room
$10 GP Members / $15 Non-members
Don’t have the space for a full garden? Learn the basics of growing vegetables in pots, including site selection, possibilities for pots, making potting mixes and choosing what to grow for spring, summer and fall enjoyment. Participants will receive one starter seedling and plans for a simple self-watering container. . Register in advance for a chance to win a cedar planter as part of the Plant Something Day Sale at East End Food Co-op on Friday, May 19th.
Urban Chicken Keeping
Date To Be Determined
With Nick Lubecki, Frick Greenhouse Manager, Grow Pittsburgh
Shiloh Farm, The Corner of Homewood Ave. and Thomas Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15208
There are many great benefits to raising chickens in your backyard. Chickens are inexpensive and easy to maintain, and their eggs are fresh, great-tasting & nutritious. Participants will leave this workshop with the knowledge they need to raise their own flock.
7/7 Edible Forest Gardens: Perennial Trees and Shrubs in Your Home Garden
With Seth Nyer
Friday, July 7, 2017, 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Garfield Community Farm, CORNWALL AND WICKLOW STREETS, PITTSBURGH, PA 15224
Learn about the key components and principals of a permaculture food forest and how to adapt these principals into the backyard setting. Participants will leave with a list of suggested edible perennial plants that thrive in the Pittsburgh region.
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