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Home Farming
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Upcoming Workshops
Walnut Creek, California
Hosted by
The Gardens at Heather Farms
1540 Marchbanks Drive, 94598
(925) 947-1678
Saturdays 9:30-1:00pm
I. February 24, 2007
II. March 17, 2007
III. April 7, 2007
$110 for the 3-part Series
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Learn the Art of Organic Vegetable Gardening
Sustainable Backyard Home Farming with Margaret Lloyd
margaretlloyd@alumnni.tufts.edu Margaret Lloyd 650.776.1003
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Palo Alto, California
Hosted by
Common Ground Garden Supply
and Education Center
559 College Avenue
(650) 493-6072
Saturdays 10:30-2:00pm
I. January 27, 2007
II. February 17, 2007
III. March 3, 2007
IV. March 24, 2007
V. April 14, 2007
$210 for the Complete 5-part Series
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Berkeley, California
Hosted by
UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens
200 Centennial Drive
(510) 643-2755
Sundays 12:00-3:30pm
I. February 4, 2007
II. February 25, 2007
III. March 11, 2007
$120 for the 3-part Series
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This workshop is designed for those who want to start growing food for the first time,
or who want to learn how to grow food sustainably, or for those who want to improve
and sharpen their growing skills.
This workshop will take you step by step through the months in a sequence that is
seasonally relevant and will prepare you to farm summer! We will cover all the
basics to sfrom etting up your sustainable home farm to harvesting its fruits.
The topics include:
Design and layout
Planning your year
Bed Preparation
Composting
Seed Propagation
Plant care
Harvesting
Irrigation
Crop Rotations
Sustainability
and many other topics
It will involve hands-on demonstrations
for you to learn the real experience!
And after each session, you will have
ample time to apply what you have
learned, and return back to ask
questions and share your experience.
Please feel free to contact me with any
further questions
Sign-up directly with the host organization.
The following are the 3 workshops being
offered in the Bay Area this winter/spring.
All the series will give you a solid, working
base with which to start your sustainable
home farm.
The series at the Common Ground in Palo Alto
is a special 5-part series, which will allow for more
topics to be covered and for more depth.
