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FARMily

Garden Workshop Adult Ticket

Garden Workshop Youth Ticket

🌱 Grow with us at our Gardening Workshops Learn simple, hands-on ways to plant, tend, and harvest food while supporting FARMily&#39;s mission of offering nature-based learning for local students. Here are our available workshops:&nbsp;Please choose which workshop you&#39;d like to attend with the &quot;Select a date&quot; dropdown! Pickling and Preservation WorkshopSaturday, October 10th at 10:00am-12:00pm Let&rsquo;s celebrate the bounty of the harvest season and preserve some of our beloved summer crops! In this workshop, you&rsquo;ll get to make and take home a batch of pickles, made with a variety of veggies from the garden, and a dried herb blend.&nbsp; PAST WORKSHOPS:&nbsp;Garden PlanningSaturday, March 7th at 10:00am-12:00pm Looking for help in planning your garden this year? In this workshop, we&rsquo;ll share with you our Reno-centric Garden Seeding Planner, which includes details on when to seed and transplant specific crops in this high desert climate. We&rsquo;ll help break down the process of garden planning and share our tips for maximizing garden space!&nbsp; Compost Building WorkshopSaturday, April 11th at 1:00pm-3:00pm In this workshop, we&rsquo;ll be sharing the process of how we manage and build compost at Farmily. You&rsquo;ll get to take part in building a compost pile at our garden and gain some helpful tips in creating your own compost system at home!&nbsp; Summer Crop Planting WorkshopSunday, May 24th at 10:00am-12:00pm Now is the time to get those summer crops in the ground! In this workshop, we&rsquo;ll be going over the basics of planting and caring for corn, cucumbers, squash, tomatoes, peppers, green beans, and more. We&rsquo;ll include helpful tips on bed spacing, trellising, fertilizing, and companion planting.&nbsp; Organic Pest Management WorkshopSaturday, July 11th at 10:00am-12:00pm This time of year, the garden becomes a tempting oasis for everyone, including some uninvited guests! In this workshop, we&rsquo;ll be sharing our tips for managing and preventing common garden pests in our area, including squash beetles, aphids, and earwigs using organic practices.&nbsp; Seed Saving WorkshopSaturday, August 22nd at 10:00am-12:00pm Saving your own seed is a great way to take your garden to the next level! In this workshop, you&rsquo;ll learn about the many benefits of saving seed. We&rsquo;ll take you through the steps of harvesting and processing seeds from a few crops in the garden and provide some tips and insight on general seed saving practices!&nbsp; Fall Bed Prep WorkshopSaturday, September 19th at 10:00am-12:00pm It&rsquo;s time to prepare our gardens for the fall and winter seasons. In this workshop, we&rsquo;ll walk you through a few of the techniques that we use for fall bed preparations, including cover crop seeding and mulching. You&rsquo;ll learn the importance of keeping soil health in mind when planning your fall and winter garden care. Let&rsquo;s end the growing season strong and set the garden up for success for next year!&nbsp;

🌱 Grow with us at our Gardening Workshops Learn simple, hands-on ways to plant, tend, and harvest food while supporting FARMily's mission of offering nature-based learning for local students. Here are our available workshops: Please choose which workshop you'd like to attend with the "Select a date" dropdown! Pickling and Preservation WorkshopSaturday, October 10th at 10:00am-12:00pm Let’s celebrate the bounty of the harvest season and preserve some of our beloved summer crops! In this workshop, you’ll get to make and take home a batch of pickles, made with a variety of veggies from the garden, and a dried herb blend.  PAST WORKSHOPS: Garden PlanningSaturday, March 7th at 10:00am-12:00pm Looking for help in planning your garden this year? In this workshop, we’ll share with you our Reno-centric Garden Seeding Planner, which includes details on when to seed and transplant specific crops in this high desert climate. We’ll help break down the process of garden planning and share our tips for maximizing garden space!  Compost Building WorkshopSaturday, April 11th at 1:00pm-3:00pm In this workshop, we’ll be sharing the process of how we manage and build compost at Farmily. You’ll get to take part in building a compost pile at our garden and gain some helpful tips in creating your own compost system at home!  Summer Crop Planting WorkshopSunday, May 24th at 10:00am-12:00pm Now is the time to get those summer crops in the ground! In this workshop, we’ll be going over the basics of planting and caring for corn, cucumbers, squash, tomatoes, peppers, green beans, and more. We’ll include helpful tips on bed spacing, trellising, fertilizing, and companion planting.  Organic Pest Management WorkshopSaturday, July 11th at 10:00am-12:00pm This time of year, the garden becomes a tempting oasis for everyone, including some uninvited guests! In this workshop, we’ll be sharing our tips for managing and preventing common garden pests in our area, including squash beetles, aphids, and earwigs using organic practices.  Seed Saving WorkshopSaturday, August 22nd at 10:00am-12:00pm Saving your own seed is a great way to take your garden to the next level! In this workshop, you’ll learn about the many benefits of saving seed. We’ll take you through the steps of harvesting and processing seeds from a few crops in the garden and provide some tips and insight on general seed saving practices!  Fall Bed Prep WorkshopSaturday, September 19th at 10:00am-12:00pm It’s time to prepare our gardens for the fall and winter seasons. In this workshop, we’ll walk you through a few of the techniques that we use for fall bed preparations, including cover crop seeding and mulching. You’ll learn the importance of keeping soil health in mind when planning your fall and winter garden care. Let’s end the growing season strong and set the garden up for success for next year!

FARMily

Gardening Workshops 🌱

1340 Foster Dr

Garden Workshop Adult Ticket

$15

Garden Workshop Youth Ticket

$15

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