Gardening for Beginners: Starting from Scratch

You want to start a garden but you don't know where to begin. Planning and preparation are essential to the creation of productive, efficient, and beautiful vegetable and perennial gardens. In this class you will learn about garden design, plant varieties, seed starting, mulching, composting and fertilizing. Organic and “low-till” practices, native plants, and the inclusion of plants attractive to birds, bees, butterflies and other beneficials will be emphasized. $10 for materials (handouts) to be paid to instructor. This class will include a visit to the instructor's nursery in Washington.