SEED SHARING & GARDENING PRESENTATIONS.

Join us for our spring Seed Sharing.  We have many varieties of seeds to share, all donated by generous community members.  Please bring seeds, starts, plants, extra garden tools, seed catalogs, and your local gardening knowledge. New gardeners are invited, too!

Speakers from local nonprofits include the Master Gardeners, the Watershed Alliance, NatureScaping, Preservation Beekeeping and regional garden experts will be on site to offer advice and short educational talks all through the event.

12:00 – Making and using compost  — Sue Kvamme, farmer and Master Gardener
12:20 – Why you have weeds, organic solutions — Jacqueline Freeman, biodynamic farmer
12:40 – Planting fruit trees — NatureScaping speaker
1:00   – Keeping fruit trees healthy with Biodynamic tree paste — Jacqueline Freeman, biodynamic farmer
1:20   – Backyard Habitat — Sunrise Mahoney, Watershed Alliance
1:40   – How and why to grow starts — Liz Pike, farmer & Master Gardener
2:00  – What grows best in our area — Liz Pike, Master Gardener
2:20  – Benefits of raised bed gardens for vegetables — Liz Pike, farmer & Master Gardener
2:40  – Making a backyard pond — Sue Kvamme, farmer and Master Gardener

Please BRING YOUR OWN ENVELOPES to put your seeds in and markers to label them.