Intro To Organic Gardening: Part I, Garden Design : Indybay

Learn how to grow a healthy and beautiful garden that minimizes the impacts on the environment. From building a healthy soil with compost to selecting beautiful plantings appropriate for the Bay Area’s climate, this workshop will give you the basics to implement sustainable gardening practices.

Topics covered include:

Importance of healthy soil
Organic matter
Composting
Selecting colorful plants for the Bay Area climate
Climate appropriate plants
California natives
How to water without waste
Preventing nutrient run-off
Irrigation basics and watering schedules
Natural pest and weed management
Pesticide alternatives
Non-toxic weed control

Intro To Organic Gardening: Part I, Garden Design
Date	Saturday April 02
Time	10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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Location Details
7th Avenue at Lawton Street San Francisco, California 94122.
Event Type	Class/Workshop
Organizer/Author	Garden for the Environment
Email	info [at] gardenfortheenvironment.org
Phone	4157315627
Learn how to grow a healthy and beautiful garden that minimizes the impacts on the environment. From building a healthy soil with compost to selecting beautiful plantings appropriate for the Bay Area’s climate, this workshop will give you the basics to implement sustainable gardening practices. Topics covered include: Importance of healthy soil Organic matter Composting Selecting colorful plants for the Bay Area climate Climate appropriate plants California natives How to water without waste Preventing nutrient run-off Irrigation basics and watering schedules Natural pest and weed management Pesticide alternatives Non-toxic weed control For more event information: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1034228405 Added to the calendar on Tuesday Jan 18th, 2011 12:02 PM

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