Seed and Plant Selection:

Rodgers Ranch Heritage Center
315 Cortsen Rd, Pleasant Hill
Saturday, March 7th, 2019
9:30am – 12:00pm | $40

Learn how to create, cultivate and enjoy a home garden through the lens of a changing climate. With more extreme temperatures, UV rays, and unpredictable water on the way, set up your garden for success by learning about soil management, choosing the right plants, and making other productive decisions.

• Where to source seeds
• How to read a seed packet
• How to seed (attendees will take home seeds in trays)
• How to choose seeding medium
• Plant placement: the tall, the short, the early, the late, the sipper, the glutton

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Soil: More Critical Now Than Ever:

Rodgers Ranch Heritage Center
315 Cortsen Rd, Pleasant Hill
Saturday, February 29th, 2020
9:30am – 12:00pm | $40

Learn how to create, cultivate and enjoy a home garden through the lens of a changing climate. With more extreme temperatures, UV rays, and unpredictable water on the way, set up your garden for success by learning about soil management, choosing the right plants, and making other productive decisions. Regardless of the size of your garden, you’ll learn how to be more self-sufficient, conserve water and energy, and build community with your fellow gardeners. Students will work on shaping and re-designing their own growing spaces. See your yard in a whole new light!

Soil: More critical now than ever
· How to read your soil
· How to improve soil, slowly and quickly
· Compost, Vermicompost
· Soil Amendments
· What are all those products at the nursery? How to read the labels

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