Learn to grow vegetables organically with Heart Beet Gardening’s series of 7 workshops this spring and summer. These workshops are short and sweet but cover everything the aspiring victory gardener/urban homesteader/locavore needs to know to begin, maintain and enjoy an organic home vegetable garden. This series of workshops is perfect for complete novices and beginning gardeners who are eager to gain some skills, and turn their thumbs a deeper shade of green.
Workshops begin in APRIL and will be held in Mar Vista (near the 405 and Venice Blvd).
Fees: All 7 workshops 10% off – just $190 including materials. Otherwise, workshops priced between $20-$50.
TO SIGN UP and stay informed: call 310 460 9365 or email info@heartbeetgardening.com
Rudy’s Garden Club Workshops!
Workshop 1: Starting from Scratch: Soil
April 10th– 10am-4pm $50
Starting a garden can be the most intimidating part of gardening. We’ll join together to build a garden from scratch-starting with soil. Learn three different types of soil preparation. Experience the differences amongst sheet mulching, double digging, and simple soil amending. We’ll conduct a semi-scientific experiment over the course of the series to see which methods each of us prefer and which the plants prefer.
Workshop 2: Micro Garden: Seed Propagation
April 17th-2 hours, $26 including materials.
Learn how to successfully germinate seeds for late spring planting, and how to transplant the tender seedlings.
Workshop 3: Plants Need Friends Too
May 8th-3 hours, $30.
Plant an organic vegetable garden. Learn which plants are friends, which are enemies and how to ensure the health of the soil through conscientious gardening practices.
Workshop 4: Water is Life: Drip Irrigation
May 15th-3 hours, $30.
Learn the easy way to install water-conserving drip irrigation at home from a faucet, or existing sprinkler system.
Workshop 5: Learning to Share
June 12th -2 hours, $25 including materials.
Learn and put into practice general garden maintenance and organic methods of pest control.
Workshop 6: Decomposition is Hot
July 10th -2 hours, $30 including materials.
Learn about the processes of composting and vermiculture (worm powered compost). Create a worm compost of your very own.
Workshop 7: Harvest Party
August 14th-2 hours, $20.
Harvest and enjoy the bounty of your hard earned work. Plan your fall and winter garden.