Gardening

Meetings are held on the fourth Sunday each month, except for November and December.

Social and snacks @ 6:30 pm, educational lecture @ 7 pm.

PermacultureDenton is offering its first-ever Backyard/Suburban Permaculture Design & Implementation Intensive. This course is tailored to average home-owners for the implementation of Permaculture Design in their own backyards/suburban lots. This 2-day course runs from Saturday, Feb 21, through Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, covering area-specific techniques and touching on the basics of Permaculture. Class hours run 9 am to 4 pm both days. Brown-bag lunch periods will be noon to 1:00 each day. If you don't want to brown bag it, there are two organic grocery stores close by where you can grab some nourishing food and return before class continues at 1pm.

Two-day course. $150. Info: 214-404-7301 or LivingLonger@PermacultureDenton.org

Everything you need to know about plantng and growing tomatoes. Also includes other spring veggies like beans, peas, etc. 

Class held at both locations. Free.

Michael and Lorie Kinler will highlight some of their favorite Redenta’s 50 plants that we regularly use in our landscape design projects. 

Class held at both locations. Free.

The yearly class is a good introduction to the basics of backyard composting, and participants receive an excellent book on compost and gardening and a compost thermometer. Free to Arlington residents.

The class will be held on Feb 27, 6 - 9 pm and Feb 28, 9 am - 4 pm at the building next to the community garden near Davis and UTA Blvd.

Dr Elaine Ingham PhD is one of the leading soil biology researchers and founder of Soil Foodweb Inc. She is known as a leader in soil microbiology and research of the soil food web which she brings to life in her talks. She is an author of the USDA's Soil Biology Primer. In 2011, Ingham was named as The Rodale Institute's chief scientist.  Her passion is to increase fertility to soil, grow strong crops, reduce water usage, use composting to cut down the necessity of waste disposal or the need for burning and to bring biological solutions to depleated soils and teach others to do the same. $99.

Dr. Ingham will also hold a free lecture on Friday, March 20.

Dr Elaine Ingham PhD is one of the leading soil biology researchers and founder of Soil Foodweb Inc. She is known as a leader in soil microbiology and research of the soil food web which she brings to life in her talks. She is an author of the USDA's Soil Biology Primer. In 2011, Ingham was named as The Rodale Institute's chief scientist.  Her passion is to increase fertility to soil, grow strong crops, reduce water usage, use composting to cut down the necessity of waste disposal or the need for burning and to bring biological solutions to depleated soils and teach others to do the same. Free.

Dr. Ingham will also hold an all-day workshop on Saturday, March 21. 

Learn how to grow amazing tomatoes, veggies and herbs with a bale of wheat straw. Garden Consultant Anita Mills will lead a class starting at 10 a.m. preceded by light breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Class is free but reservations are required at 214 202-2163.

All you ever wanted to know about composting taught by master composter Melanie O'Neill. Class starts at 10 a.m. preceded by light breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Class is free but reservations required at 214 202-2163.

Note: This event occurs on Feb. 21. It was mistakenly listed as occuring on Feb. 14 on GSDFW newsletter.

TDG horticulturist Roger Sanderson shows you how he designed TDG's newest gardens as you learn how to plan yours. $50