Gardening

Saturday February 25 and Saturday March 3, 2012 (8:30am to noon)

Don’t have a lot of time, money, patience, or space…but want a productive vegetable garden?

Learn about DFW’s unique growing season(s), climate, soils, plants, and water resources

Raise safe, nutritious food for your family

Teach children to know and enjoy gardening

What will I do in the class?

Basics: Gain knowledge needed to turn your bare ground or Bermuda grass lawn into raised-garden beds – in the right place, with the right soil, at the right time, with the right plants. Small enough to manage, big enough to provide real food.

The City of Dallas invites you to learn the science of composting.

By composting we can reduce the amount of waste we send to the landfill.

In fact, at least 30% of the material sent to the landfill is organic and could be composted at home.

Composting at home is easy! Join us for a free class to learn how you can compost in your own backyard.

Spaces are limited so please call us now at 214-671-8134 to reserve your seat.

The City of Dallas invites you to learn the science of composting.

By composting we can reduce the amount of waste we send to the landfill.

In fact, at least 30% of the material sent to the landfill is organic and could be composted at home.

Composting at home is easy!

Join us for a free class to learn how you can compost in your own backyard.

Spaces are limited so please call us now at 214-671-8134 to reserve your seat.

The City of Dallas invites you to learn the science of composting.

By composting we can reduce the amount of waste we send to the landfill.

In fact, at least 30% of the material sent to the landfill is organic and could be composted at home.

Composting at home is easy!

Join us for a free class to learn how you can compost in your own backyard.

Spaces are limited so please call us now at 214-671-8134 to reserve your seat.

Once again farmers, ranchers, gardeners, even some consumers will gather for another educational and networking opportunity!

http://www.tofga.org/ for information.

http://www.tofga.org/TOFGA_events?eventId=356325&EventViewMode=EventDetails

BRIT is staying open two extra hours to offer members and the public one of the last chances to view the Native to this Place exhibition (click on "more details" below to access this link - http://www.brit.org/visit/exhibits - to the exhibition). Mingle with the botanists and educators who put together the exhibition. Light refreshments will be served.

2 full days of FREE Permaculture DVDs with Geoff Lawton--a total of five Lawton screenings with short discussions in between and potluck lunch.

It starts each Saturday (Feb 11sand Feb 18) at 10 am at Community Seeds (the old high school), 602 College St, Lone Oak 75453. Feel free to come for one or both Saturdays.

Please bring a potluck dish to share or your own lunch. Community Seeds has a great place for a potluck--the old home economics classroom.

There is no cost to this event but we do need an RSVP. Among other planning, we need to print your copy of the handouts.

http://www.meetup.com/DallasSustainability/events/50586392/

Schedule

Sat, Feb 11, starting 10 am
Introduction to Permaculture
Harvesting Water
Permaculture Soils

Sat, Feb 18, starting 10 am
Urban Permaculture
Food Forests

We should finish around 4 pm each day.

Learn to compost - or learn to compost better and receive a free book and compost thermometer. Get all the details and sign up at 

http://www.arlingtontx.gov/environment/ and look for "Register for Master Composter Class" tab on the right.

Where: UTA SWEET Center, 406 Summit Avenue

When: Friday February 24, 2012, 6 to 9 pm
           Saturday February 25, 2012, 9 am to 4 pm  

Fee: No fee for Arlington residents.
        $20 for non-residents.

http://www.arlingtontx.gov/environment/composting_mastercomposter.html

Organic gardening replenishes the resources as it makes use of them. An example is feeding depleted soil with composted plants, or planting legumes to add nitrogen to an area that had been planted with heavy feeder. The bigger picture involves working in cooperation with nature, viewing the garden as a small part of all the natural system. Now, combine that with companion planting and you have the perfect garden. Companion planting exists to benefit certain plants by giving them pest control, naturally without the need to use chemicals, and in some cases giving a higher crop yield. 

*Part of Irving’s Urban Farming Lecture Series 

Tuesday, March 20
6 to 7:30 p.m.
West Irving Library
4444 W. Rochelle Road

Speaker:   Julie Whitis, Certified Square Foot Gardening Instructor and Gardening Presenter

To register online click here.

For more information, call Corporate Communications at (972) 721-2533.